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- Title
Carbohydrate Content in the GDM Diet: Two Views. View 1: Nutrition Therapy in Gestational Diabetes: The Case for Complex Carbohydrates.
- Authors
Hernandez, Teri L.
- Abstract
The article talks about dietary restriction of carbohydrates in treating gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and the merits of a balanced liberalization of complex carbohydrates in an overall GDM eating plan. Topics include nutritional therapy, treatment goals like mitigating maternal adipose tissue insulin resistance and promoting optimal metabolic outcomes for mother and child, other factors like stress, anxiety, and fear, and the side effects of carbohydrate restriction in GDM.
- Subjects
GESTATIONAL diabetes; CARBOHYDRATE content of food; FAT content of food; INSULIN resistance; MEDICAL protocols; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL requirements; PRENATAL exposure delayed effects; NUTRIENT density; DISEASE complications; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Diabetes Spectrum, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 2, p82
- ISSN
1040-9165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2337/diaspect.29.2.82