Like other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes diet management is essential for the control of diabetes. However, due to pregnancy the mother that they need not only nutrition, but also your baby's growth and development for the provision of nutrition, diet management requirements so with other types of diabetes is different. So how a balanced diet in order to ensure effective control of blood sugar, while the smooth passage of the mother during pregnancy, gestational diabetes is the key to the management of women's diet.
The major food nutrients, including carbohydrates, protein, fat, minerals, vitamins and so on. The diet of women with gestational diabetes mellitus three nutrients (ie carbohydrate, protein and fat) ratio and the other types of diabetic diet is similar, but different:
A, carbohydrate
① still grains, starchy vegetables and beans as the main source, especially with a high cellulose oatmeal, brown rice and whole wheat bread better.
② fruit of strawberries, pineapple and kiwi, etc. due to soluble fiber, vitamins and minerals and should be preferred. However, bananas, sugar cane, longan and grapes should not eat high sugar content.
③ from green leafy vegetables can offer a lot of vitamins, minerals and crude fiber, can adjust the taste of pregnant women to adapt to the eating habits of pregnant women, because of low sugar content, so do not limit consumption.
④ sugar, honey, chocolate, dessert, such as disaccharides, monosaccharide food should be avoided as far as possible.
Second, protein
Pregnancy when the protein must be met, because the protein is not only the uterus and placenta to maintain normal development of the important nutrients, but also for the normal development of the fetus is also very important. The best food sources of protein milk, dairy products, eggs, fish and soy products.
Third, minerals
① Iron: Iron is the main material of blood. Pregnancy when the mothers need more iron supplementation, and fetal liver also need more iron storage in order to leave their mothers after birth, when unable to get adequate iron supplementation can use their own blood.
② Calcium: 1200mg per day should be able to guarantee the added calcium, as calcium for fetal bone development is very important.
③ folic acid: normal pregnancy increased by 2 times the requirement and should therefore eat more folic acid and some with less impact on blood sugar food, such as green leafy vegetables (such as spinach and kale), beans, animal liver, orange and whole-wheat flour.
IV, vitamin
Vitamin D: when the requirements of pregnancy increased by adding a conditional vitamin D when the drinking of milk, or a more simple way is to take a walk every day in the sun.
Vitamin B, C group: only a slight increase in demand, and in many foods have a considerable content, which is generally not a lack of supply is not necessary in particular.
A large number of patients with gestational diabetes should not eat the food are as follows:
① caffeine: In our day-to-day by drinking coffee, tea and drinks with soda contains a lot of caffeine, caffeine on the heart and central nervous system have a stimulating effect, and therefore pregnancy should be kept to a minimum.
② alcoholic beverages: drinking pregnant women will be born on fetal development and intelligence after the adverse impact of alcohol on diabetes and also a negative control, so women with gestational diabetes mellitus is necessary alcohol.
