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Official NHS advice about nuts in pregnancy
The official advice from the NHS is that you can eat nuts or food containing nuts, during pregnancy (hooray!) unless you’re allergic to them or a health professional specifically advises you not to (but of course if you are at all worried you should speak to your midwife or doctor).
Dr Emma Derbyshire, from the The Health & Food Supplements Information Service and author of Nutrition in the Childbearing Years confirms that nuts are totally fine to eat in pregnancy.
"You should obviously avoid nuts if you have an allergy," says Dr Emma, adding, "In the past the government advised women to avoid eating peanuts if there was any history of allergy such as asthma, eczema, hay fever or food allergies in their baby’s immediate family.
"Now, advice has been updated because there is no real evidence showing that if you eat peanuts or other nuts during pregnancy this will affect the chances of the baby having a nut allergy."
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