Type 2 Diabetes - Insulin Resistance and Your Bones
Type 2 Diabetes - Preventing Diabetes Developing After Gestational Diabetes
1. Gestational diabetes is like Type 2 diabetes in that it is
acquired when the body becomes insensitive to insulin. It
takes place during pregnancy, and is associated with a high
risk of Type 2 diabetes after pregnancy.
2. Investigators in the Department of Nutrition, Cheil General
Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong
University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea,
compared the diets of women who had suffered from
gestational diabetes, shortly after they gave birth.
3. Their results were published in the Diabetes and
Metabolism Journal in August 2011.
4. The study revealed: One hundred and eighty-four women
who had been diagnosed with gestational diabetes were
included in the study. Between 6 and 12 weeks after
delivery, oral glucose tolerance tests were performed to
determine how well the women's bodies were able to
process and use sugar...
8. According to the food diaries kept by the participants, the
women diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes
had the highest intakes of animal fats, and the highest
percent of their total calories were made up of calories
from fats.
9. From these results it was concluded women with
gestational diabetes should be cautioned from eating too
much animal fat during their pregnancy and after giving
birth.
10. The American Dietetic Association takes the position a
vegan diet is the best kind for people diagnosed with Type
2 diabetes. A vegan diet can provide all the nutrition
needed for pregnant mothers and their babies. According
to the Cleveland Clinic:
11. pregnant women should choose foods high in fiber, such
as whole wheat and vegetables.
12. every day pregnant women should take in 1200 mg of
calcium, which is contained in green leafy vegetables, tofu,
beans and peas.
13. 10 to 15 minutes of direct sunlight to the face, arms or
hands three times a day can provide vitamin D.
14. pregnant women need to eat 27 mg of iron per day in
broccoli, leafy green vegetables, Brussels sprout, enriched
rice, sweet potatoes, dried legumes, raisins, prunes, and
peanuts.
15. folic acid is an important nutrient that can be obtained
from dark green leafy veggies, lima beans, garbanzo
beans, black beans and black-eyed peas.
16. at least one source of vitamin A should be included every
other day. Good sources include pumpkins, carrots,
squash, sweet potatoes, turnip greens, beet greens,
spinach, apricots and cantaloupe.
17. a daily dose of vitamin C might be made up of citrus fruit
strawberries, honeydew melon, broccoli, cauliflower,
Brussels sprouts, green peppers, tomatoes, or mustard
greens.
18. vitamin B12 can be obtained from supplemented soy milk
or cereals.
19. It is not unusual to find doctors prescribe prenatal
vitamins for pregnant women, and B12 supplements can
be part of that prescription.