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Old Tue, Jan-08-19, 16:26
Zei Zei is offline
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Plan: Carb reduction in general
Stats: 230/185/180 Female 5 ft 9 in
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Progress: 90%
Location: Texas
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Insulin resistance causes fat gain, not the other way around. Therefore insulin resistant pregnant women are more likely to be fat. Pre- and full-blown T2 diabetes are insulin resistance. So I think is GD. Back in the day for GD we were given carb-reduced (but in no way low) diets, generally low-fat due to the era. I was on Atkins and told to get off to avoid harming the baby because that's what well-intending doctors thought. But even a diet that left me hungry and losing weight third trimester, normal looking blood sugars etc., didn't prevent a huge birth weight. Now that more is known about safety issues with low-carb during pregnancy, I'd advise that cutting carbs with GD is the way to go because insulin resistance (trouble processing carbohydrate) is happening.
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