Gestational diabetes often happens during the middle of pregnancy, and can usually be managed with a healthy diet. A study revealed a good amount of soy protein reduces the risk of hyperglycemia during pregnancy. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is defined as carbohydrate intolerance with recognition or onset during pregnancy irrespective of the treatment with diet or insulin. GDM occurs when the woman’s beta cell function is not able to overcome the antagonism created by the anti-insulin hormones of pregnancy and the increased fuel consumption required to provide for the growing fetomaternal unit.
The importance of GDM is that two generations are at risk of developing diabetes in the future. Women with a history of GDM are at increased risk of future diabetes, predominately type 2 diabetes, as are their children. Present WHO recommended. It is estimated that 16.8% of live births…
