Preventing Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy

Gestational Diabetes: This type of diabetes affects women during pregnancy. During pregnancy, the placenta produces increased levels of other hormones. This affects how the body makes insulin during pregnancy; these hormones also increase blood glucose levels which causes gestational diabetes. Many patients of this type of diabetes can control and prevent it with proper exercise and diet. However, some of them would need to take medication that controls blood glucose.
Type 1 Diabetes: This type of diabetes occurs when the body fails to produce insulin. This is usually genetic and can be found in much younger people. This diabetes is chronic and can usually be developed before the age of 40, often in teenage years or the early years of adulthood. Patients with this type of diabetes will need to take insulin injections for the rest of their lives. They are to also ensure adequate blood glucose levels through regular blood tests and a low carbohydrate diet. Nothing can be done to prevent this type of diabetes
Those who do not exercise regularly and moderately are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Some are able to control it through losing weight, following a healthy diet, doing plenty of moderate exercise and constantly monitoring their blood sugar levels. Type 2 diabetes can get worse and the patient will usually end up having to take insulin usually in the form of a pill.
High blood glucose levels are often caused by consuming foods with a high glycaemic-index and the opposite is true for low blood glucose levels. The effects of diet on blood glucose can be good or bad, depending on whether someone is on a high carbohydrate diet or a low carbohydrate