raw foods: LONG years I have been on a raw food diet. Uncooked grains, raw nuts, veggies, fruit, raw venison, salmon, other fish and even beef. I haven't eaten a cooked meal in who knows how long. My doctor is in AWE and doesn't know what to say to me. Is it BAD to eat this way? I feel so healthy and energetic all the time and aside from my chest and my backside, the rest of my body has fat at about 2 percentile. It's just the way I've been. I didn't find out I was stinkin 4 months pregnant til last night, I am not showing at ALL and I exercised like crazy like I always do and have been fine except for my blood sugar, while is totally messing my head and my nerves up! Doc says my diet isn't causing my blood sugar to do that, he said it's "genetics", but how the heck do I know? Parents arent around.. My bf is consoling and everything but my blood sugar is so bad I don't want him to TOUCH me. He's my housewife and I work ALL day, 12 hour days. I work long days and eat a raw diet,am I hurting fetus?|||The baby will take the nutrients that it needs from your body, so no, you are not hurting him/her............ if your concerned take vitamins. If a raw diet is what your body is used to then continue it unless your Dr. says otherwise. Relax and enjoy being pregnant!|||When you are pregnant you definitley need to cook the meat and fish. The veggies, etc are fine, but even like the deli meats and stuff have to be heated because they can cause listeria, and raw meat can cause toxoplasmosis.|||I would suggest you follow doctors orders on this he is the one examining you and knows your history. I would think they would be worried about e-coli or salmonela eating raw meat and such. Best of luck to you|||You definitely need to listen to your doctor on this one hun. You can't eat that way when you're pregnant. You can easily get any type of food poisoning that could kill your unborn child. Things that don't hurt you physically, CAN hurt your baby, so you need to avoid any uncooked food.|||I call bull ****!!! stop asking questions about pregnancy stay with the dog section its more your speed. your sob stories suck anybody who is a health buff would now that raw meat isn't good for them never mind a growing baby.|||WHOA! You need to see a specialist in diabetes ASAP! Sounds like you have gestational diabetes. If it's not your food that's messing you up, it's now your pregnancy. The erratic blood sugars will do more damage to your baby than eating raw foods. Raw meats might lead to parasites, think e coli, salmonella and amoebas, whatever, but gestational diabetes DEFINITELY creates a risk of birth defects and a higher chance your kid will eventually be diabetic.