LilyNichols Real Food for Gestational Diabetes: An Effective Alternative to the Conventional Nutrition Approach
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Getting diagnosed with gestational diabetes is scary, but it doesn't have to stay that way. Imagine easily managing your blood sugar, effortlessly gaining the right amount of weight during your pregnancy, and giving birth to a beautiful, healthy baby. This can be you! Real Food for Gestational Diabetes offers an alternative to the conventional nutrition approach that embraces nutrient-dense and delicious foods that nourish you and baby without causing high blood sugar. With the wrong information (or no information at all), far too many women are left alone struggling with erratic blood sugar and excessive weight gain, often leading them to high doses of insulin or medications and difficult births. Sadly, this often happens despite these moms dutifully following the dietary advice given to them by well-meaning clinicians; a restrictive diet that leaves them feeling unsatisfied, unhappy, and confused about ever increasing blood sugars. In Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, prenatal nutritionist and diabetes educator, Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE, CLT, sets the record straight, offering revamped carbohydrate recommendations and exercise guidelines based on the latest clinical research. You can have gestational diabetes and have a healthy baby. Lily will show you how. With this book, you have the tools to turn this diagnosis into a blessing in disguise.You'll learn: Why conventional diet therapy often fails and what to do insteadHow the right prenatal nutrition can reduce the likelihood you'll need insulin by 50%Exactly which foods raise your blood sugar (and more importantly, which foods DON'T raise your blood sugar)How to customize a meal plan with the right amount of carbohydrates for YOU (there's no one-size-fits-all plan, despite what you may have been told)The truth about ketosis during pregnancy (and why checking urine ketones isn't useful)Information on insulin and blood sugar-lowering medications used in pregnancyWhich foods to emphasize to provide your baby with the right nutrients for optimal development (these real foods have a long history of producing strong, healthy babies)The best prenatal exercises to control your blood sugar and prepare for laborWhat to do after delivery to prevent type 2 diabete Review: Informative, essential and quite simple.. - Very good book, for mothers who are not very interested in nutrition and with no medical or nutritional background it's quite simple to understand yet very informative.. A must read for all expecting mothers not just gd moms.. I regret reading it only when I got diagnosed, I believe it would have made a difference in my and my baby s health if I had read it from day one pregnancy.. Review: Logical GD advice supported by research. - When I found out I had gestational diabetes I FREAKED out. The conventional advice given to me by the hospital seemed to spike me more than assist in managing my blood sugar levels and the answers given to me when I asked questions did not sit true. This book was a God send providing me with information which made sense, supported my belief of eating good wholefoods and finding a balance between what the hospital was telling me and staying true to myself. It took a lot of the stress out of having GD. I recommend it to anyone who is on the GD journey. Most importantly, this book isn’t some crazy person providing advice based on a whim. All her opinions are backed by peer reviewed research which I love!
| Best Sellers Rank | #56,215 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #29 in Obstetrics & Gynecology #265 in Women's Health #590 in Parenting |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,162 Reviews |
H**T
Informative, essential and quite simple..
Very good book, for mothers who are not very interested in nutrition and with no medical or nutritional background it's quite simple to understand yet very informative.. A must read for all expecting mothers not just gd moms.. I regret reading it only when I got diagnosed, I believe it would have made a difference in my and my baby s health if I had read it from day one pregnancy..
M**A
Logical GD advice supported by research.
When I found out I had gestational diabetes I FREAKED out. The conventional advice given to me by the hospital seemed to spike me more than assist in managing my blood sugar levels and the answers given to me when I asked questions did not sit true. This book was a God send providing me with information which made sense, supported my belief of eating good wholefoods and finding a balance between what the hospital was telling me and staying true to myself. It took a lot of the stress out of having GD. I recommend it to anyone who is on the GD journey. Most importantly, this book isn’t some crazy person providing advice based on a whim. All her opinions are backed by peer reviewed research which I love!
C**A
Ayuda para la diabetes gestacional
Me lo recomendó la matrona y te da mucha información adecuada
D**U
If you have GD, you probably should read this.
I really enjoyed reading this book, IT gave me a lot of Support in better understanding what was going on in my body. Within days of practicing what she says in this book, I could See my numbers drop, not only that, for the first time in my pregnancy I didn't feel nauseous anymore.
K**S
Absolute must have for gestational diabetics
This is an absolute must buy for anyone with gd, or if you have a loved one who has just been diagnosed please buy them this! It has helped me so much on my third (and also healthiest) gd pregnancy. It gives me the confidence to eat what’s best for my baby. As it is all research based. Everything is backed up with evidence and explained so well. I love advice presented this way. I need to know the rationale behind advice. I have never felt so healthy; energy, acne, sleep, digestion, bloat etc has improved massively. I have never received so many compliments about how well I look! All since following this book for my food and supplements. Also would recommend the regular pregnancy book for any pregnant woman interested in real whole foods and healthy eating for the same reasons, and reduce risks of common pregnancy complications.
M**1
Great book, much better info than the hospital gave me
I was diagnosed with GD at 32 weeks. Got the phone call, and then they tell me I will them in almost a MONTH for my first appointment. Okay? GD is no joke, and I was so beyond frustrated that they would just leave me hanging for almost a full month after giving me a diagnosis like that and having a prescription for meter and strips sent to the pharmacy that day. Thank God for this book because I was able to start implementing the diet and blood sugar parameters immediately. Thanks to the information in it, I was able to be diet only controlled. So I get to the first meeting with the dietician and they were shocked at my numbers and that I had been tracking for 3 weeks on my own already. They then gave me their info and it was so bad. Sugar Free foods were all "freebies" so they pushed those. Except that I can't eat fake sugar because it literally makes me sick. Stevia makes me projectile vomit, aspertame gives me headaches. Aside from the fact that I don't believe in eating that stuff because it's so bad for you. The carb amounts were so high that I would have absolutely been on insulin [which is FINE if you need to be, but this was entirely preventable in my case] and the guidance looked like it came from the 60s. I spoke to a family member who was a diabetic counselor and she said everything I was doing from this book was spot on with what she recommends to people and that the outdated guidelines are really bad, and not to use those. So if you get diagnosed, buy yourself this book. It will give you clear info and is MUCH better and more current than most hospitals give. Our baby was NOT gigantic like everyone kept telling me. I did have high amniotic fluid, probably from GD. But I was diagnosed late, and baby was totally fine. She weighed 8 lbs and was totally normal. No blood sugar issues and mine returned completely to normal after she born. This book is absolutely worth every penny and gave me a clear plan when my hospital left me hanging.
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