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Ice cream/soft serve
Hey ladies. One of my co-workers told me that her daughter who is preggers saw something on the news the other day that it's dangerous for pregnant women to eat ice cream, especially soft-serve. Do you think there is any truth in this?
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Posted 6/5/08 5:43 PM  |
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headoverheels
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
i am sorry but every day there is a new story about something being dangerous for pregnant women. and now ICE CREAM?? no eff'n way. sorry i don't buy it.
Message edited 6/5/2008 5:46:29 PM.
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| Posted 6/5/08 5:46 PM |
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Glad I am not the only one who thought this was a bit ridiculous.
I guess if they don't clean the machines, or if it's frozen yogurt with artificial sweetners......yeah it can't be that healthy, but everyone on here posts about their ice cream dream foods...........I can't imagine it being that bad for you.....besides, everything in moderation right? ;)
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| Posted 6/5/08 5:48 PM |
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mikeswife06
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
I hope not. Just today I bought 2 for $6.00 Edy's (Vanilla/Chocolate and Coffee), a box of Ice Cream Sandwiches, and a box of Klondike Bars 
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| Posted 6/5/08 5:53 PM |
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mcl916
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PLEASE!! If they take away the ice cream I will be very unhappy It's bad enough living without wine, but come one now!!!
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| Posted 6/5/08 6:00 PM |
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sasha96
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
The concern with soft serve ice cream is bacteria from the machines not being cleaned thoroughly enough. It's another, in moderation thing, if you ask me. Trust me, I eat my fair share of ice cream!
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| Posted 6/5/08 6:20 PM |
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JP826
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
Posted by headoverheels
i am sorry but every day there is a new story about something being dangerous for pregnant women. and now ICE CREAM?? no eff'n way. sorry i don't buy it.
WORD!!! If ice cream was dangerous for pregnant woman... I'd be in deep sh1t because I consume a catastrophic amount!
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| Posted 6/5/08 6:37 PM |
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Nic3
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
I LOVE ice cream, especially soft serve. But after hearing about the listeria risk with soft-serve, I did some research. Like cold cuts, the risk is small, but undeniably sometimes present. Listeria is nasty stuff, and can pass through the placenta. You could be exposed to it, be fine, and still pass it to your baby, which can cause, among other things, late-term miscarriage.
In fact, in other Western countries, women are warned a lot more strongly against soft-serve during pregnancy. I have preggo friends in Australia and England who were handed loads of literature from their OB's cautioning against soft-serve.
Yes, the machine hygiene is the only issue posing the risk: but let's face it, most of the places serving soft-serve are run by young people and sometimes people from other countries who may not have the same standards we do. (That sounds terrible, but it is not meant to be at all!) An undercover study last summer in Boston found that nearly all the soft-serve tested there had listeria present at dangerous levels (sometimes even triple the 'safe' limit).
So... that is more than my two sense, but for me, as much as I love soft-serve, I will postpone it for a little, and stick with hard ice cream, gelato, or homemade. Think I am gonn have some now in fact!
Message edited 6/5/2008 7:12:27 PM.
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| Posted 6/5/08 7:10 PM |
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Heavin627
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i have heard about soft server, listeria, or whatever that bacteria is... those soft serve machines tent to breed bacteria... a co-worker told me about it and told me i am not allowed to have frostys anymore!
i didnt read it for myself, but i will be avoiding it.. regular icecream wasnt included in the warning my co-worke read... so maybe there is something new out there?
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| Posted 6/5/08 7:11 PM |
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HarleyGirlFLA
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
Posted by SIBride06
Posted by headoverheels
i am sorry but every day there is a new story about something being dangerous for pregnant women. and now ICE CREAM?? no eff'n way. sorry i don't buy it.
WORD!!! If ice cream was dangerous for pregnant woman... I'd be in deep sh1t because I consume a catastrophic amount!
Same here. Carvel knows me by first name and my due date 
Message edited 6/5/2008 7:39:52 PM.
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| Posted 6/5/08 7:39 PM |
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runlikethewind
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I eat it so often and am refusing to believe it's bad for me. 
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| Posted 6/5/08 7:42 PM |
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Rycois
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 That's insane - and if true should be ignored! I hit the soft serve truck everyday on the way to Penn Station for the first few months of my pregnancy and DS is A-Ok!
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| Posted 6/5/08 7:42 PM |
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browneyedgirl
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good lord  
they want to have us worrying about everything. i will choose to ignore this "warning" and will eat my soft serve every time the ice cream truck comes down my block! ....which is every day
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| Posted 6/5/08 8:17 PM |
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DeniseMarie
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I hope not or else I am in trouble. I eat ice cream almost every night !!
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| Posted 6/5/08 8:21 PM |
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CrankyPants
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OMG-I lived on this while pregnant. It can't be true.
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| Posted 6/5/08 9:10 PM |
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Bops
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A friend of mine worked in Carvel for years during high-school- I mentioned this to her and she said that all the hard ice-cream at Carvel is made from soft-serve  !!!!....So if theres any truth to that - I'm in deep doo-doo !
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| Posted 6/6/08 4:40 PM |
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mamabear
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I've heard we are supposed to avoid soft serve. I learned about it from one of my pregnant friends a few years ago. She said she couldn't have any soft serve frozen yogurt (I assume it's the same for soft serve ice cream) because bacteria can grow in the machines. I'm sure the risk is small, but I've avoided it and only had the hard kind. And I've really really been craving some soft serve in a cone 
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| Posted 6/6/08 5:15 PM |
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lovemy2boys
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I was eating soft serve every weekend until I found this out a few weeks ago. no more soft serve for me not worth the risks
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| Posted 6/6/08 5:45 PM |
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pumpkinpye517
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oh boy, now ice cream? What happened to the days when you could eat raw cookie dough?!?!
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| Posted 6/6/08 5:59 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
Posted by HarleyGirlFLA
Posted by SIBride06
Posted by headoverheels
i am sorry but every day there is a new story about something being dangerous for pregnant women. and now ICE CREAM?? no eff'n way. sorry i don't buy it.
WORD!!! If ice cream was dangerous for pregnant woman... I'd be in deep sh1t because I consume a catastrophic amount!
Same here. Carvel knows me by first name and my due date
Ditto that!! I can give up a lot of things but the powers that be already took away my precious cold cuts while I am pregnant so there is NO way I'm losing my ice cream too!!!
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| Posted 6/6/08 6:00 PM |
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Thanks ladies for clarifying that it's just the soft-serve!
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| Posted 6/6/08 6:03 PM |
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Serendipity
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Posted by Bops
A friend of mine worked in Carvel for years during high-school- I mentioned this to her and she said that all the hard ice-cream at Carvel is made from soft-serve !!!!....So if theres any truth to that - I'm in deep doo-doo !
You are 100% right. Carvel makes their own hard ice cream from the machine ice cream- the soft serve....I worked there back in my high school days also!
Message edited 7/8/2008 10:45:31 PM.
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| Posted 7/8/08 10:45 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
Um Baskin Robbins was giving free soft serves to PG women a couple of months ago.
I can't deal.
ETA:
I think a dirty doorknob poses more of a threat to our health than ice cream does.
In teachng ADL skills to my students, Ia lso learned that a student's desk has about 300 times more germs than a toilet seat.
AND, AS ALWAYS,...
Did you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?
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| Posted 7/8/08 11:06 PM |
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MommyAgain
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
Posted by HarleyGirlFLA
Posted by SIBride06
Posted by headoverheels
i am sorry but every day there is a new story about something being dangerous for pregnant women. and now ICE CREAM?? no eff'n way. sorry i don't buy it.
WORD!!! If ice cream was dangerous for pregnant woman... I'd be in deep sh1t because I consume a catastrophic amount!
Same here. Carvel knows me by first name and my due date
when i was pregnant with my DS i frequented carvel for softserve and subway for a tuna hero with pickles and vinegar so often they both bought me baby gifts!!!!!!!
that being said, i will never eat soft serve again while pregnant because of the listeria thing, i may not buy into it, BUT i wont take a chance i have pretty bad luck...lol
Message edited 7/9/2008 12:06:22 AM.
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| Posted 7/9/08 12:05 AM |
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Goobster
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Re: Ice cream/soft serve
Posted by mzsocialworker1
Hey ladies. One of my co-workers told me that her daughter who is preggers saw something on the news the other day that it's dangerous for pregnant women to eat ice cream, especially soft-serve. Do you think there is any truth in this?
I do think there is truth in this for sure. Probably not likely but def possible. Makes sense, soft cheese can be an issue, so soft ice cream, makes sense to me based on the temps being lower to keep it soft.
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