Medical nutrition therapy for gestational diabetes mellitus based on Mediterranean Diet principles: a subanalysis of the St Carlos GDM Prevention Study
Abstract
Objectives To assess whether Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet)-based medical nutrition therapy facilitates nearnormoglycemia in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDMw) and observe the effects on adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Research design and methods This is a secondary analysis of the St Carlos GDM Prevention Study, conducted
between January and December 2015 in Hospital Clínico San Carlos (Madrid, Spain). One ...
Combined diet and exercise interventions for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus (Review)
Background
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with a wide range of adverse health consequences for women and their infants in the short and long term. With an increasing prevalence of GDM worldwide, there is an urgent need to assess strategies for GDM prevention, such as combined diet and exercise interventions. This is an update of a Cochrane review that was first published in 2015.
Objectives
To assess the effects of diet interventions in combination with exercise interve...
Relationship of Early Vitamin D Concentrations and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Indian Pregnant Women
Background: A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency exists in pregnant Indian women (~90%). Increasing evidence suggests that vitamin D could play a pivotal role in maintaining normal glucose homeostasis. We aimed to determine the association between maternal vitamin D concentrations in early pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted on healthy pregnant women (n = 392) attending routine antenatal care at ...
A High Adherence to Six Food Targets of the Mediterranean Diet in the Late First Trimester is
Associated with a Reduction in the Risk of Materno-Foetal Outcomes: The St. Carlos Gestational
Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Study
Abstract: A prenatal diet affects materno-foetal outcomes. This is a post hoc analysis of the St. Carlos gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) Prevention Study. It aims to evaluate the effect of a late first-trimester (>12 gestational weeks) degree of adherence to a MedDiet pattern—based on six food targets—on a composite of materno-foetal outcomes (CMFCs). The ...
Medical nutrition therapy for gestational diabetes mellitus based on Mediterranean Diet principles: a subanalysis of the St Carlos GDM Prevention Study
Abstract
Objectives To assess whether Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet)-based medical nutrition therapy facilitates nearnormoglycemia in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDMw) and observe the effects on adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Research design and methods This is a secondary analysis of the St Carlos GDM Prevention Study, conducted
between January and December 2015 in Hospital Clínico San Carlos (Madrid, Spain). One ...
Diet-Gut Microbiota Interactions and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
Abstract: Medical nutritional therapy is the first-line approach in managing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Diet is also a powerful modulator of the gut microbiota, whose impact on insulin resistance and the inflammatory response in the host are well known. Changes in the gut microbiota composition have been described in pregnancies either before the onset of GDM or after its diagnosis. The possible modulation of the gut microbiota by dietary interventions in pregnancy is a topic of emerging interest, in ...
Inflammatory and Other Biomarkers: Role in Pathophysiology and Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Abstract: Understanding pathophysiology and identifying mothers at risk of major pregnancy complications is vital to effective prevention and optimal management. However, in current antenatal care, understanding of pathophysiology of complications is limited. In gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), risk prediction is mostly based on maternal history and clinical risk factors and may not optimally identify high risk pregnancies. Hence, universal screening is widely recommended. ...
Low-Carbohydrate Diets for Gestational Diabetes
Abstract: Nutrition therapy provides the foundation for treatment of gestational diabetes (GDM), and has historically been based on restricting carbohydrate (CHO) intake. In this paper, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are reviewed to assess the effects of both low- and higher CHO nutrition approaches in GDM. The prevailing pattern across the evidence underscores that although CHO restriction improves glycemia at least in the short-term, similar outcomes could be achievable using less restrictive approaches that may not exacerbate IR. ...
