Gestational Diabetes Diet

If glucose levels in pregnant women is disturbed, which is known as gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a temporary phase and usually disappears when the baby is born. But pregnant women who had gestational diabetes have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes at any stage of your life.

Gestational diabetes with adequate monitoring does not harm the baby. But if it is not high levels of glucose in the blood left can make the baby gains more weight and can damage the baby's shoulder during delivery or cesarean section should be planned.

Gestational diabetes is sometimes considered a double whammy. Giving pregnant women in a dilemma of what to eat and what not to eat. As something good for the baby can not be good for your diabetes, and vice versa. Here are some basic guidelines for gestational diabetes diet.

o Instead of skipping meals gestational diabetic women should take five small meals a day.
o Reducing carbohydrate intake at lunch, because now the insulin resistance is at its peak in the body.
o The amount of carbohydrates should be consistent with each meal.
o Increase foods rich in dietary fiber.
or drink for at least 1 1/2 liters of water per day.
o Do not try to lose weight during pregnancy.
o Take at least three servings of iron-rich foods, dairy milk 4, one of the foods rich in vitamin C.
o Take at least one source of folic acid every day and a source of vitamin daily replacement.

The daily diet menu can be designed keeping in mind the tips mentioned above. Here, I'll give a diet for gestational diabetes during one day. The objective behind this diet is to provide the mother and the fetus stable and uniform energy without raising the level of blood sugar.

The main idea behind the diet plan is to eat small meals of equal nutritional value at regular intervals throughout the day. The sample gestational diabetic diet:

Breakfast 

Boiled egg - 1
Whole wheat bread - 1 slice
Fat margarine - 1 teaspoon
Raisins - 1 cup
Skim milk - 1 1/2 cup

Morning snack 

Whole wheat bread - 1 slice
Peanut Butter - 3 tsp
Jams regime - 3 tsp
Skim milk - 1 cup

Breakfast 

Whole wheat pita bread - 1
Cooked black beans - 1/2 cup
Crushed tomatoes - 1/2 cup
Cheddar - 2 tablespoons
Sauce - 3 tsp
Olive oil - 1/2 tablespoon

Mid-Afternoon snack

Apple - 1
Peanut Butter - 3 tsp
Skim milk - 1 1/2 cup

Dinner 

Chicken breast - 3 oz
Pineapple - 1/2 cup
Sesame seeds - 3 tsp
Sesame oil - 3 tsp
Soy sauce - 2 tbsp
Green beans - 1/2 cup
Cooked rice - 1/2 cup
Strawberries - 1/2 cup

Night Snack 

Popcorn Popcorn (normal) - 5 cups

The plan's objective is to provide the food given to pregnant women and the fetus develops a constant source of energy. Although caloric requirement varies greatly from woman to woman ', but still an average pregnant woman needs about 300 extra calories per day. These calories should be sufficiently loaded with essential ingredients for regular water consumption.