Dietary considerations for pregnant women with high blood sugar

Blood sugar problems generally occur in middle-aged and elderly people. However, with the improvement of modern living standards, people's overnutrition problem is becoming more and more serious. Many pregnant women also suffer from high blood sugar problems. This is because their usual diet is too rich, and the decrease in people's activities has caused people's physical functions to deteriorate. The problem of high blood sugar in pregnant women needs to be addressed from the diet. Let's take a look at the dietary precautions for pregnant women with high blood sugar.

1. Eat more foods with a low glycemic index

For people with impaired glucose tolerance, they should choose foods with a low glycemic index in their diet. (The glycemic index is the percentage obtained by dividing the area of ​​the blood sugar response curve of 50 grams of carbohydrate-containing food by the area of ​​the blood sugar response curve of the same amount of glucose.) Fruits such as tomatoes, kiwis, guavas, peaches, dragon fruits, pears, grapefruits, and apples can be eaten.

2. Foods with a high glycemic index include bananas, grapes, cantaloupe, longan, lychee, durian, etc. and should not be eaten too much.

3. In addition, you should not eat sugars such as white sugar. Although honey and other foods contain fructose, they also contain small amounts of vitamins and minerals. 4. Nowadays, refined white rice and noodles have a very high glycemic index. You can eat some coarse grains, such as black rice, buckwheat (contains the trace element chromium, which is good for pancreatic function), corn, brown rice, corn, etc. Adding them to staple foods can control the rate of increase in blood sugar. For example, red bean and black rice, two-grain rice (rice + oats), corn rice, etc.

The above is an explanation of the dietary precautions for pregnant women with high blood sugar. Pregnant women’s bodies are very prone to problems, especially if their diet is not well organized, it is very likely to cause overnutrition in the body, thereby threatening the health level of the body, and even the physical development of the fetus will be affected.