The Scoop on Sesame Seeds

Part of the fun of having a blog is checking the site statistics to see who has been visiting. Not only does the stats system track the number of visits, but it also tracks the search engine keywords that bring people to the site. Here's an example of keywords that hit on the site in the last 2-3 days:

Num Search Term
2 chubby grandma
1 vintage sesame street kids clothes
1 rickshaw stroller
1 there's a hole in the bucket sesame
1 zooper hula fabric
1 live spot price of sesame seeds
1 ivf cycle travel high altitude
1 67s fan

You'll notice that the terms "sesame" and "sesame seed" show up quite frequently. Usually, the queries are some version of the question, "Is it safe to eat to sesame seeds during pregnancy?" I feel bad for those sesame searchers who hit the site, because I know that the answers to their questions have never been provided on these pages.

... until now.

Using the Swedish version of our trusty BabyCenter.com as my starting point, I found my way to the Pregnancy Nutrition Page on www.vegansociety.com. The Swedish Chef and his associates in the Vegan Society all agree that it is safe to eat sesame seeds during pregnancy. In fact, the "VS" counsels women to choose from the following on a daily basis:

Nuts & Seeds e.g. all types of nuts, nut butters, (cashew nut butter etc.), pumpkin, sunflower and sesame seeds and tahini (sesame seed spread).

I hope this has been helpful, and lets some of those frantic searchers out there put their concerns to rest. Sadly, I'm still not sure how to help those two people searching for "chubby grandma."