Guest guest Posted July 21, 2001 Report Share Posted July 21, 2001 van Vuuren wrote: > Does anyone know about Gestational Diabetes and how the blood type diet would affect it? I have co-worker (Type O) who has been diagnosed with it. They are currently not on the blood type diet. Well I think that Tabitha? was preganant and on the blood type diet and she and the baby did fine. As for me I wasn't on the blood type diet but I had Gestational Diabetes. Gestational Diabetes is similar to the Adult onset Type II diabetes. but in this case I believe that the Placenta interferes with the Glucose utilization (I think by producing interfering hormones or something like that). The blood type diet does a couple of things 1. reduces the amount of carbs (effectively) and 2. provides good nutritional alternatives to the typical junk food american diet and 3. eliminates foods that are " bad " . If you are eating avoid type or allergic type foods your system has to expend its energy to " fight " them (rather than be able to expend most of its energy to the baby). Actually children who eat foods they are " allergic " /intolerant to can sometimes (if not all the times) have an impact to their growth pattern... my son had this problem prior to finding his wheat allergy)... Also if she does have a " hidden " allergy to wheat or dairy she could possibly pass them unknowingly on to her child...I sometimes wonder if this had anything to do with my son (first born) who is an A having a milk/wheat/tomatoe allergies (amongst other external allergies) and my O daughter having virtually no allergies. (I ate way more wheat and dairy with my son (I had eliminated most of the wheat and dairy during my pregnancy with my daughter since I was still breastfeeding my son and had to eliminate most of them).).. So IMO it's way better to eat the blood type way. However since she's pregnant with GD she needs a couple of caveats. Never eat " naked " carbs - meaning she should always have some fat and protein whenever she eats carbohydrates - and always make sure the carbs are complex (brown rice rather than white - if she's able to eat rice at all - some GD's cant'). And try to eat several smaller meals throughout the day to maintain a more even bloodsugar/insulin level. Another caveat is that she must eat carbs (I know some Bloodtypers eliminate most if not all carbs to lose weight) other wise she could go into a ketosis state and studies show that that Ketosis isn't good (of course I don't know the particulars of the study so take that for what its worth . She can test for Ketosis by buying strips from the drugstore. Additionally she needs to make sure she is getting adequate calcium/iron. She must include dark green leafy vegetable such as broccoli, spinach, kale into her diet or some beneficial dark green. Iceburg lettuce is not a good source (of anything choose romaine or other darker leafed lettuce. Carrots and corn are an avoid if you are GD (too much carbs) - blood type not withstanding. Anyway ...that's all I have off the top of my head...I think Tabitha could give more tips if you ask her. HTH Crystal. (O+, Sec (yay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Please help... my sister in law has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. She is the one who was a vegetarian for her whole life, had trouble getting pregnant, got turned on to NT by me, and after several miscarriages is now in her fourth month of pregnancy. She has asked me for any thoughts I have on what she should do - it's not being controlled with the ADA diet they put her own and they want to start insulin, which she's adamantly against. I don't know enough about gestational diabetes to even know where to start. If anyone knows anything about it, please let me know! I do know WHAT it is, I'm referring to managing it with diet. Thank you! Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Christie -- We have a friend who was diagnosed with the same when having a baby a year back. She was also adamant about not taking insulin. Later on, the gyn. who did the birth for her told her that insulin creates more problems than it solves. It can cause several kinds of bad effects on the developing baby. No one has really seriously studied its long-terms effects (not possible to experiment with something like this either). In general, insulin is a very delicately balanced hormone - some of it is necessary, but anything more than that amount causes all sorts of things in the body. It begets further insulin resistence, it is the " fat-storing hormone " , and it damages the cells, and organ tissues. It causes the liver to pump more cholesterol to prevent those damages and thereby raises serum cholesterol levels. All of this cannot be good for the baby, right? In terms of containing the condition, there is no reason not to do a low-carb diet during pregnancy, as long as the person is getting enough calories and all the categories of nutrition (which is perfectly possible to do on a low-carb diet). The only controversy is with respect to the state of ketosis. Nobody knows whether it is safe or not, and again this is something that cannot be studied in a research experiment. So as long as she has enough carbs to keep her out of ketosis, it should be ok to follow a lower-carb diet. Like the " Maintenance " stage of the Atkins diet. She must remember to keep up the calories to the required level and to get all the required nutrients. She will also need a doctor who will support her during this. There is no way that refined carbs/sugar can be essential to anyone's diet, especially a pregnant/nursing mother. So basically stay away from refined carbs, commercially nitrated/salted meats and sausages, sugars and sweetners and grains. Go heavy on the good fats like butter, VCO, lard, etc. Heavy on vegetables - both raw and cooked. Selective on the fruits - concentrate more on the low-glycemic and nutritious ones like avocados and berries. You may want to borrow a copy of two books - Dr. Bernsteins Diabetes Solutions and Dr. Atkins For Life. And again, she will need a doctor who will support her through all this. Let me know if this helps. -Pratick __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Read this article. Great article by Henci Goer on how GD is basically smoke and mirrors - not real. http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/gdhgoer.html How borderline were you? What number did they give you? Remember, you can refuse any test! If you normally don't eat high carb, don't. If you are going to take this test, eat how you normally do. My advice would be to decline. If you don't " pass " the 3 hr, it could be a mess - special low-carb diet (which you seem to have naturally), skin pricks, insulin, " big baby " scare tactics, push to have more ultrasounds to make sure the baby isn't getting too big (even though u/s is notoriously wrong, esp. for weight), risk of c/s goes up because *they* are scared you will have a big baby (not because your baby will actually be big) - a mess, really. ~ danielle birth junkie, c/s survivor > > Hello, My doctor just called to say that my 1 hour > glucola was borderline high and that I needed to do > the 3 hour/fasting glucola. For 3 days prior to this > test I am supposed to have a high-carbohydrate diet to > prepare for the test. Does anyone have > recommendations as to diet, herbs, vitamins, exercise, > etc. so that I shall pass this test? I really do not > like breads, sweets, etc. and can easily eliminate > these forever if need be. How about oatmeal? > > Thanks for any help! > > > > > __________________________________ > - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 About GD, does anyone know what impact GD has on the lungs of the baby. The midwife I saw the other day wants me to get this test as I did have GD with my last 3 pregnancies, I gained way too much weight and my first daughter came on her due date with lung problems. The other girls where just fine. This baby is small, we are still not sure why. I have not gained any weight and I am 30 weeks along but started out at 210lbs so the Drs are not worried about that. I found a new diet at the start of this pregnancy, the one on eating right for your blood type. And I got the book on eating right for your blood type when pregnant and it has really helped me as before I always gained at least 60lbs and felt horrible. Drs do not think the diet has anything to do with the baby ishues though and want me to stick with it. Anyway, not sure if I will take the test or not, just wanting more info is all. Blessings, Kimmy Message: 3 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:13:55 -0000 From: " le " Subject: Re: gestational diabetes Read this article. Great article by Henci Goer on how GD is basically smoke and mirrors - not real. http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/gdhgoer.html How borderline were you? What number did they give you? Remember, you can refuse any test! If you normally don't eat high carb, don't. If you are going to take this test, eat how you normally do. My advice would be to decline. If you don't " pass " the 3 hr, it could be a mess - special low-carb diet (which you seem to have naturally), skin pricks, insulin, " big baby " scare tactics, push to have more ultrasounds to make sure the baby isn't getting too big (even though u/s is notoriously wrong, esp. for weight), risk of c/s goes up because *they* are scared you will have a big baby (not because your baby will actually be big) - a mess, really. ~ danielle birth junkie, c/s survivor > > Hello, My doctor just called to say that my 1 hour > glucola was borderline high and that I needed to do > the 3 hour/fasting glucola. For 3 days prior to this > test I am supposed to have a high-carbohydrate diet to > prepare for the test. Does anyone have > recommendations as to diet, herbs, vitamins, exercise, > etc. so that I shall pass this test? I really do not > like breads, sweets, etc. and can easily eliminate > these forever if need be. How about oatmeal? > > Thanks for any help! > > > > > __________________________________ > - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail. Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr Seuss __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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