Foods to avoid eating during pregnancy

Foods to avoid eating during pregnancy:

Pregnant women are to especially avoid eating the hearts of animals.[1]
Pregnant women are to especially avoid eating liver.[2]
Some write that pregnant women are to avoid eating Turmeric powder throughout the days of their pregnancy.[3]
Some write that pregnant women are to avoid eating radishes throughout the days of their pregnancy.[4]

Some Poskim[6] rule that all foods and matters that are avoided due to memory loss hazards apply also to pregnant women.

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[1] Beis Lechem Yehuda 72:3; Kneses Hagedola; Mishmeres Shalom 72 S.D. 2; Ben Ish Chaiy Acharei 2:11

[2] Ben Ish Chaiy Acharei 2:11; Sefer Zechira Inyanei Netilas Yadayim

[3] Keser Torah Eitz Chaim 9:1; Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] 142:2

[4] Sefer Hamidos; Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] 142:3

[5] See Sefer Shemiras Haguf Vihanefesh [Lerner] Mavo 17-19; Hakashrus page 433.

[6] Beis Lechem Yehuda 72:3; Kneses Hagedola; Mishmeres Shalom 72 S.D. 2; Ben Ish Chaiy Acharei 2:11

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