*VERY* strict diet for Gestational Diabetes..normal?
Posted by admin on Oct 27, 2009
I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes last week. I’ve since met with my nutritionist, and what I was told *NOT* to eat floored me:
NO dairy (any kind..especially milk)
NO fruit
NO fruit juices/vegetable juices
NO sugary drinks (soda)
NO diet soda/ANYTHING with artificial sweetener (was told *everything* turns to glucose in the end, which i find hard to believe).
NO more than 75g of carbs per day
I feel like I’m starving…feel terribly deprived…and have very little energy. Does this mean that my nutritionist is wrong in the diet plan that she’s given me, and that I need to consult a new nutritionist…or am I just overreacting?
I am 26 weeks along, and failed my 1 hour non-fasting test with a 160..and also failed my 3 hour fasting (never was told the numbers, just that I had failed and now had G.D.)
Please, please, get a better nutritionist !!!
That diet is absolutely stupid for a pregnant woman!
Artificial sweeteners are exactly that, artificially sweet. Have you seen the size of them? Even if they do turn into glucose, there is such a tiny amount it makes absolutely no difference.
Feel free to drink as much diet soda – sweetened teas/coffee as you like.
You need dairy. Saying no dairy to a diabetic makes absolutely no sense at all.
Fruit, fruit is good. Full of vitamins, minerals, and lots of goodness your body needs right now.
Eat a healthy diet, avoid anything with added sugar, and get a better nutritionist that had an idea of what she’s on about.
Less than 75 carbs is a low-carb diet, that takes a lot of research and thought to make it a balanced, nutritionally complete diet.
Personally, i’d sue that woman for preffessional incompetence. That is a terrible, terrible diet.
Dear god, how is your poor baby suppose to get the nutrient it needs??? I’ve got GD too(I’m 32 weeks). They said nothing to me about diet, they just went ahead and put me on Glyburide. I would talk to your OB about this crazy diet and see what they have to say about it….
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If you are feeling like your current nutritionist is not listening to your concerns, then you should seek a second opinion; however keep in mind that just because you wish that something were different does not make it so.
Everything does turn to glucose in the end. This is because glucose is one of the three main sugars, or monosaccharides. Also included are galactose (milk sugar) and fructose(fruit sugar)- almost everything that you eat is made up of differently arranged chains of these sugars- and each combination (from fruit to dairy) includes glucose. Since our bodies utilize glucose for energy, this is the end goal of our metabolism. This is extremely simplified, but will work for this explanation.
Good luck
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PLEASE get a second opinion !
I am on insulin 4 x daily for my GD and am on a very strict diet too – I can eat 30-45g carbs at each main mean and 15-30g carbs at 3 snacks. The total daily allowance of carbs is less important than the spacing of your meals though as you are trying to maintain a nice, even blood sugar level. But your total daily carbs is less than my allowance for snacks !!! It’s just not enough.
Dairy is fine – but some dairy (especially milk) contains carbs so needs to be included in your allowance at each meal/snack.
Fruit is also fine – as long as you are eating the right amount for your carbs allowance at that particular meal.
Fruit juices/veg juices contain all of the sugar of the fruit without the fibre to slow down digestion so cause a spike in blood sugar – that’s why they are a "no no".
I agree with the no sugary drinks ! However diet sodas are usually ok – artificial sweetener has either no or minimal affect on your blood sugar level. Some are bad for pregnancy for other reasons, but the whole point is they don’t magically turn into glucose.
You have very little energy likely because your body is doing a heap of work growing a baby and you’re not getting enough carbs to fuel it !
Please do see someone else, diet is terribly important in managing GD and you have been given some horrendous advice (once you get this sorted it it might even be worth making a complaint about this "Nutritionist").
Good luck, I hope you get this sorted ASAP – GD is really not such a big deal once you get your head around it and by properly planning meals and balancing fibre/protein with your carbs, you needn’t be hungry all of the time.
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35 weeks pregnant, also have GD (but fortunately have a fantastic nutritionist!)
Please, please, get a better nutritionist !!!
That diet is absolutely stupid for a pregnant woman!
Artificial sweeteners are exactly that, artificially sweet. Have you seen the size of them? Even if they do turn into glucose, there is such a tiny amount it makes absolutely no difference.
Feel free to drink as much diet soda – sweetened teas/coffee as you like.
You need dairy. Saying no dairy to a diabetic makes absolutely no sense at all.
Fruit, fruit is good. Full of vitamins, minerals, and lots of goodness your body needs right now.
Eat a healthy diet, avoid anything with added sugar, and get a better nutritionist that had an idea of what she’s on about.
Less than 75 carbs is a low-carb diet, that takes a lot of research and thought to make it a balanced, nutritionally complete diet.
Personally, i’d sue that woman for preffessional incompetence. That is a terrible, terrible diet.
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