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Title: Gestational Diabetes Meal Plan Taking Care of Mother and Baby


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  • Gestational Diabetes Meal PlanTaking Care of
    Mother and Baby
  • By Mathea Ford, RD/LD
  • http//www.healthydietmenusforyou.com

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Gestational Diabetes Facts
  • Gestational diabetes is believed to affect three
    to five percent of expectant mothers
  • Screened for it around their twenty-eighth week

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Recommended ways to tackle gestational diabetes
  • Exercise
  • Insulin or other oral medication
  • Meal planning
  • Any combination of these three may be necessary

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Meal plan for gestational diabetes
  • Three Main meals and three snacks designed to
    keep blood sugar as even as possible
  • Each meal or snack to have a targeted
    carbohydrate count

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For more information
  • Check out our Website for more informative
    articles
  • Sign up for our free email list to get tips,
    tricks and useful insight on meal planning
  • http//www.healthydietmenusforyou.com/index.php/ge
    stational-diabetes-meal-plan-take-care-of-mother-a
    nd-baby.html
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