Get evidence-based answers to the frequently asked questions about gestational diabetes, plus recipes and meal plans, expert interviews, and real birth stories.
With the rapidly growing rate of diabetes, developing gestational diabetes is more likely than ever. We want every mom (mom-to-be) to be educated with evidence-based research so you can be an informed and confident member of your prenatal healthcare team and have the pregnancy you want.
Whether you’re already diabetic, healthy as ever, eating low-carb, still in preconception, or whatever, you need to know how nutrition affects you, your pregnancy and your child. Join us to learn how to have the pregnancy and life you want through the food you eat.
We’ll answer your questions, give tips, laugh and cry with you, all in the hopes of making the journey a bit easier - from preconception to postpartum, to motherly intuition and advocating for yourself, to handling judgment and criticism and so much more - we tackle it all.
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Get evidence-based answers to the frequently asked questions about gestational diabetes, plus recipes and meal plans, expert interviews, and real birth stories.
With the rapidly growing rate of diabetes, developing gestational diabetes is more likely than ever. We want every mom (mom-to-be) to be educated with evidence-based research so you can be an informed and confident member of your prenatal healthcare team and have the pregnancy you want.
Whether you’re already diabetic, healthy as ever, eating low-carb, still in preconception, or whatever, you need to know how nutrition affects you, your pregnancy and your child. Join us to learn how to have the pregnancy and life you want through the food you eat.
We’ll answer your questions, give tips, laugh and cry with you, all in the hopes of making the journey a bit easier - from preconception to postpartum, to motherly intuition and advocating for yourself, to handling judgment and criticism and so much more - we tackle it all.
Episode 2 with Lily Nichols: chat about gestational diabetes and funky guidelines
The Gestational Diabetic
1 hour 17 minutes 3 seconds
5 years ago
Episode 2 with Lily Nichols: chat about gestational diabetes and funky guidelines
Lily Nichols' name is almost synonymous with gestational diabetes these days due to her trailblazing the evidence-based research path of treating gestational diabetes.
This episode is packed full! Lily and Traci talk about inaccurate gestational diabetes testing, false positive results, the effects of cheat meals, blood sugar management in health overall, patient self-advocacy and changing prenatal nutrition guidelines.
All resources and recipes can be found at https://TheGestationalDiabetic.com/2/
TIMESTAMPS
2:45 - Lily's book, career and prenatal nutrition guidelines need to be updated with a new approach
9:40 - Is testing for gestational diabetes necessary?
12:25 - False positives: there's no perfect testing method for gestational diabetes
14:37 - Better & alternative testing methods & understanding how food affects blood sugar
18:19 - Different testing standards across the world and within the United States
22:40 - How my gestational diabetes test went & the extreme emotions that accompany diagnosis
26:00 - Shifting the approach of prenatal care from fear-based
27:55 - Is gestational diabetes more common in pregnancies with multiples?
28:54 - Lowering the risk of gestational diabetes; managing blood sugar with micro-nutrients
33:30 - How exercise can reduce the risk of gestational diabetes
34:35 - Can eating for pregnancy be simplified: unlearning and relearning how to eat
40:57 - The importance of blood sugar management in health, not just pregnancy
46:58 - Talking to your healthcare team & speaking up for yourself
52:40 - Carbs aren't your only source of energy
56:52 - Are cheat meals okay?
1:03:56 - Lily's current work & how we can help affect change in prenatal care
1:13:10 - How a gestational diabetes diagnosis affects decisions & outcomes in your pregnancy & delivery
The Gestational Diabetic
Get evidence-based answers to the frequently asked questions about gestational diabetes, plus recipes and meal plans, expert interviews, and real birth stories.
With the rapidly growing rate of diabetes, developing gestational diabetes is more likely than ever. We want every mom (mom-to-be) to be educated with evidence-based research so you can be an informed and confident member of your prenatal healthcare team and have the pregnancy you want.
Whether you’re already diabetic, healthy as ever, eating low-carb, still in preconception, or whatever, you need to know how nutrition affects you, your pregnancy and your child. Join us to learn how to have the pregnancy and life you want through the food you eat.
We’ll answer your questions, give tips, laugh and cry with you, all in the hopes of making the journey a bit easier - from preconception to postpartum, to motherly intuition and advocating for yourself, to handling judgment and criticism and so much more - we tackle it all.
