Can you eat lunch meat while pregnant if the meat has been previously heated?

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So this might be a dumb, but I’ve been making a turkey melt using lunch meat the night before work and then eating it cold while at work. Have I done myself any favors by heating it the night before or is the risk for listeria still there?

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You dont even have to heat up deli meat to begin with. Youll be 100% fine.

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Lunch meat doesn’t have to be heated to eat it.

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You can eat cold lunch meat while pregnant. It doesn’t have to be heated. Just make sure it’s not spoiled or it’s from a reputable place and you’ll be fine

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I was told lunch meat is fine as long as it's heated to kill any potential bacteria.

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I eat what I want 🥳 lol your not supposed to eat it because of risk of listeria. I’m just say you have the same chance of getting listeria any other time not just when pregnant & I’ve eaten a shit ton of deli meat in my life & ive never gotten listeria or even known anyone who has lol. I still eat raw salmon 🤷🏻‍♀️ but I feel like the raw fish thing is kinda more about cultural racism because in Japan raw fish is part of healthy prenatal diet but yet here were told it’s dangerous 🤨 I even seen one lady on a Facebook group in my area that thought she couldn’t eat any Japanese food at all like not even ramen 🤦🏻‍♀️ like the American diet is healthiest diet ever 🙄 have you compared our obesity & health issues to japans?? They are way healthier than we are lol

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I have a turkey sandwich almost every day for lunch, and I do not plan to stop eating deli meat during my pregnancy. You’re heating yours up too, so that really decreases your chances of having any issues!

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With my first one I didn’t eat it . Now, before I knew I was pregnant with this one  I was in a resort and eating cold cuts every single day for 11 days and the cold cuts were in a not so trustworthy place lol. I had no idea I was expecting so I ate them and enjoyed them. I normally have a strong stomach . Once I found out I was pregnant and that everything was okay , I became less strict of my diet . With my first one I didn’t eat pineapple, eggplant , vegetarian sushi or California one because of cross contamination , cheesecake, potato salad  etc With this one I ate all of that . There are certain foods I did stay away tho like soft cheeses, amount of fish I could eat in a week because of the mercury and the type of fish . Also , I got massages really often , deep tissue ones and now at almost 40 weeks I’m trying all those labor inducing foods and exercises and nothing

Can you eat lunch meat while pregnant if the meat has been previously heated?

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