Gestational diabetes diet? what can my wife eat..please help, we are having issues with this?

For ladies who have it..what have you eaten from breakfest, lunch, cooking as well as snacks to have certain you werent very hungry though kept your red blood sugarine level? Please help, you can not figure this out…

Suggestions:


1. Try the South Beach diet, phase 2. Its reduced in carbs, but livable.

   It will help her at least get on the right path.

   Avoid white flour, sugar, white pasta, white bread, pastries, candy, regular pop, (avoid sugar free pop too, it will deplete her calcium, which is really bad for her, especially while pregnant), also avoid white rice.

   For now, avoid all fruit. She can add it back in later on when she gets things under control.

   When her blood sugar is under better control, the best fruits are the ones that are lowest in carbs: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Cherries aren’t too bad, and neither is pineapple, as long as they are fresh fruits and not canned.

   She can have lots of salads, and low carb veggies like green string beans, yellow wax beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, zuchinni, mushrooms, asparagus, brocoli, cauliflower, celery, green and red peppers, etc.

   She can also eat almonds (about 6 to 8 for a snack), peanuts, walnuts and pecans, all in limited quantities.

   Fish is also good, but avoid the breaded types, as they have way too many carbs.

   Chicken and beef are fine, as long as there is no breading and they aren’t fried. (Frying will give you heart burn when you are pregnant). Cut the skin off the chicken and cut the excess fat off any meat first, fatty foods cause digestion problems for pregnant women and aren’t good for you anyway. Look for extra lean cuts of meat.

   If she wants pasta, make sure its whole grain pasta, and try to find one with flax in it, which helps reduce the carbs and adds more fibre. She would have to eat a smaller serving, to keep her carbs down. If her sugar is up, avoid it.

   Eggs and egg whites are fine. She can use one egg and some egg whites to make a nice omelet or scrammbled eggs, with whole grain toast. Limit the bread and toast, and use only whole grain breads.

   Potatoes are ok in small quantities, if her blood sugar is under control. So is wild rice, and brown rice. If her blood sugar is not under control, she should avoid the starchy foods like bread, rice, potatoes and pasta for a while.

   Try to avoid eating processed foods, and cook everything from scratch, with an emphasis on fresh veggies, especially the low carb ones listed above.

   She should drink lots of water. It helps get your blood sugar down, and it also helps prevent early labor.

   Good luck and congratulations on the pregnancy!

2. Everyone is very different when it comes to what causes sugar spikes and how many carbs they eat per meal and snack. You and your wife must work with a dietician to get it right.