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Dee
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gestational diabetes
the nurse said that ifailed my 1 hour test and i should be on a strict diet until after the 3 hour. what are some foods i should eat and some that i should stear clear of?
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Posted 6/12/11 2:46 PM  |
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MrsH2009
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Re: gestational diabetes
My friend has GD and I know she has to avoid all sweets made with sugar (she can have splenda products), strawberries, bananas, watermelon. She must have protein at every meal. She can have carbs, but they must be paired with a protein, and I'm assuming they should be whole grains. Dairy counts as a carb for her due to milk sugars. She eats nuts as a snack. Good luck, I'm dreading this step, which I should be doing soon.
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| Posted 6/12/11 2:55 PM |
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CloudNine
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Re: gestational diabetes
i have GD and a typical day of food for me is the following:
breakfast at 7:30...3/4 cupl PLAIN (not flavored) oatmeal with a squirt of sugare free maple syrup
10amish - 3/4 cup plain cheerios with 2% milk and then a string cheese
lunch at 1pm - turkey adn american on lite whole wheat with either mustanrd or a small amount of mayo. baby carrots, apple, sugar free pudding
3:30ish snack...banana and 6-8 whole wheat crackers with PB
Dinner - 7:30ish. chicken or steak with veggies...sometimes small portion of a carb
snack at 9:30-10pm'ish - sugar free cookies and milk or fat free butter free popcorn or no sigar added ice cream.
stay away from white breads, tomato sauce from jars are very sugary as well. hope this helps a little
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| Posted 6/12/11 4:10 PM |
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MrsKS
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Kerri
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Re: gestational diabetes
Posted by MrsH2009
My friend has GD and I know she has to avoid all sweets made with sugar (she can have splenda products), strawberries, bananas, watermelon. She must have protein at every meal. She can have carbs, but they must be paired with a protein, and I'm assuming they should be whole grains. Dairy counts as a carb for her due to milk sugars. She eats nuts as a snack. Good luck, I'm dreading this step, which I should be doing soon.
I'm not allowed fake sugar products at all. no splenda, truvia etc.
no soda.. no diet soda etc. I'm NOT allowed to drink my sugar (that's like shooting it up). i drink only water really. But water, seltzer (flavored ones are OK but really only the vintage brands and poland spring sparkling water is allowed), coffee or tea (NO SUGAR in there whatsoever fake or real). So I really just stick with only water.
and I still have to have at least 2 dairy servings a day.
You also must have carbs with your meals.. but a limited amount of carbs.
basically my breakfast is scrambled egg with onion and tomato and cheese and low carb whole grain bread toasted with butter
snack is apple, cheese stick, carrots
lunch, whole wheat wrap with mayo, lettuce tomato, turkey and cheese and carroats
snack is fruit and a chobani yogurt (no diet yogurts and only greek yogurt)
dinner is a protein, veggies, and a carb
snack at night ANYTHING i want. Can be a muffin, cake, ice cream, etc. usually i have ice cream with an orange (the milk and orange together shoot calcium into your bones so they are a great combo). but no sugar free items as they usually contain some form of fake sugar.
my nutritionist is really really against any form of fake sugar. she tells me all the time that "fake sugar doesn't make healthy babies". She's even made me chant and repeat it with her. but I do hear other people who have GD and a diff nutritionist are allowed to have splenda etc.
the thing with GD is that some things work for one person but not another, so one person might be able to eat an item that another person can't eat. also certain foods might work later in the day but not early on in the day. it's like a puzzle.
Message edited 6/12/2011 5:10:21 PM.
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