Gestational Diabetes Diet: Meal Plans & Foods to Avoid

Gestational diabetes requires a careful diet plan to manage high blood sugar during pregnancy. Focus on specific foods that stabilize glucose while avoiding triggers to ensure the health of both mother and baby.

Diet Plans for Pregnant Women With High Blood Sugar

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Linda Ray

Women who develop diabetes while they are pregnant suffer from a condition called gestational diabetes or gestational diabetes mellitus, also called GDM. The disease strikes about 5 percent of women who are pregnant, or close to 200,000 a year, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.