Lunch meat?

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So I know that you are supposed to heat up the lunch meat before you eat it during pregnancy or something... I never ate lunch meat when I was pregnant with my daughter. So yall help me out!! How many of yall actually heat it up to be safe, and how many of yall don't heat it?? I dont mind having my lunch meat warm at all. I'm asking because like right after I found out I was pregnant I ate 2 sandwiches with roast (that I got from the actual deli) and then my mom freaked out and said that I need to warm up any and all lunch meat to make sure that, if there's any bacteria living on it, the heat will kill it...

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I never heat it up. I'm on my 3rd pregnancy and all my kids have been fine. I dont like warm lunch meat

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I never heat mine. My doctor said if you get the pre packaged ones they’re fine. The only concern is if you get meat sliced at the deli counter or from a sandwich shop.

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I heat it up and just pop it in the freezer for a minute to cool it back down. Fast, easy, and eliminates all risk.

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I've had it at least 3 times and only once had it heated.  The risk is their regardless.  You could e.coli and salmonella from lettuce.  It's uncommon, although not unheard of, to get listeria but you should be fine.

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I don’t hear it up unless I’m making a panini/toasted sandwich.

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I’ve honestly had it cold and warm. Either is okay. According to the typical health codes, as long as the food is either below a certain temperature or above a certain temperature, then it’s fine whether it’s hot or cold. It’s the in between stage where the food isn’t cold enough or heated enough that’s unsafe. That is what you call the danger zone, when bacteria grows.  As long as the meat is kept in a fridge below 40 degrees, it won’t grow bacteria. If you’re going to heat it, it needs to be 165 or higher. Anything between 40-165 for cooked meat is unsafe to eat. So if you’re heating your meat, you better make sure it’s heated enough. It also seems trivial and more work to heat it properly. Rather than just eating it nice and chilled. I eat it both ways. 
Personally, I think the concern with deli meats comes into play when you go somewhere like a subway where the meat is sitting on an open food line exposed. There’s a lot of room for bacterial growth if it isn’t contained and if the temperatures fluctuate.

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I never heated mine. You have to heat it because of risk of bacteria like listeria etc. but before pregnancy have you ever gotten sick from that with lunch meat? The risk is there for sure but definitely very low. You take the risk of getting it while not pregnant as well, it’s just when pregnant it could harm the baby. There are so many things that have risk in pregnancy. You just have to pick your poison I guess.

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I don’t eat a ton of lunch meat in general, but I have eaten it in both pregnancies and have not heated it up. I think if you got it from a reliable source and you haven’t gotten sick, you’re fine. I think you are more likely to get sick from eating bagged salad than lunch meat 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I heat it up. Takes 15 seconds. But I don’t eat it often anyways. I’m a cold sandwich person so warm ones don’t taste that great to me.

Lunch meat?

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