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Diabetes and Pregnancy Food Guide Healthy Food Choices Proper Portions Good Timing Balanced Eating Table of Contents How Food Affects Blood Sugar .............................................................................. 1 Carbohydrate Servings .......................................................................................... 2 My Meal Plan ........................................................................................................ 3 Daytime Snack Ideas ............................................................................................. 4 Bedtime Snack Ideas ............................................................................................. 4 A Well-Balanced Plate ........................................................................................... 5 My Everyday Checklist .......................................................................................... 6 My Weight Goal .................................................................................................... 6 Substituting Foods ................................................................................................ 7 Label Reading ........................................................................................................ 8 Why Is My Blood Sugar High? ............................................................................... 9 My Notes and Questions ..................................................................................... 10 Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinics Abbotsford New Westminster Abbotsford Regional Hospital Royal Columbian Hospital Cheam Wing, 4th Floor Room 3314 32900 Marshall Road 330 East Columbia Street Abbotsford New Westminster Dietitian: 604-851-4700 Ext 648269 Dietitian: 604-520-4488 Surrey Jim Pattison Outpatient Care & Surgical Centre Level 3A, Room 3009 9750 140 Street Surrey Dietitian: 604-582-4558 Local 764100 Note: This booklet contains general diet guidelines. They might be modified for you with specific instructions such as timing of meals. Diabetes and Pregnancy Food Guide How Food Affects Blood Sugar Carbohydrates Non-carbohydrates Raises blood sugar Stabilizes blood sugar Minimal or no effect Bread, Tortillas, Protein Vegetables Pita, Roti Beef All non-starchy Pork vegetables Pasta, Noodles Chicken These are considered ‘free’ foods so Turkey if you are hungry add more Grains vegetables to your diet. Rice, Quinoa, Fish Aim for 5 or more servings per day. Oatmeal, Barley, Aim for 2-3 servings of Variety is important. Try to eat 1 Wheat fatty fish/week green vegetable and 1 orange (Salmon, Sardines, Trout) vegetable per day. Cereals Fats & Oils Eggs Crackers Vegetable oil Cheese, cottage cheese Butter/Margarine Fruit Salad Dressings Plain Greek Yogurt* Avocado Nuts and Seeds Starchy Vegetables Tofu These foods contain a lot of calories Corn, Potato, Yams if eaten in large amounts. If you are Beans and Lentils* gaining weight too quickly, you might need to eat less of these. Milk and Yogurt Edamame (Soy Beans) Beverages Peanut/Almond Butter Water/Sparkling Water Poor Choices Nuts and Seeds Diet Pop/Drinks Sugar: white, brown, honey, Black Coffee** maple syrup, agave, molasses Clear Tea** Juices **Note: Limit drinks with caffeine. Regular Pop No more than 2 cups of Dried Fruit *Note: Also contains coffee or 4 cups of strong Regular Jams carbohydrates so will tea a day Desserts count towards your total Candy and Chocolate carbohydrate intake. Condiments Herbs Lemon or lime juice See page 7 for better choices Spices Soy sauce Salt Vinegars Pepper Mustard Garlic Ginger Note: Not enough is known about the effect of herbal medicines and herbal supplements on pregnancy or breastfeeding. It is best not to take them at all. Diabetes and Pregnancy Food Guide 1 Carbohydrate Servings 1 serving = 15 grams of carbohydrate1 Fruits Starches Milk Limit to 2 to 3 fruit servings Choose whole grains Eat 4 servings of each day. (These will keep you full and give you a calcium-rich foods or A fruit serving is equal to better blood sugar result) take a calcium the size of your fist. supplement each day Eat one fruit at a time. No juices or dried fruit. Examples Examples Examples 1 medium apple 1 slice of bread 1 cup of milk 1 medium orange 3 stoned wheat crackers 1 cup of soy milk 1 medium pear 2 rye crisp crackers ¾ cup of plain or Greek 2 cups of blackberries ½ English muffin yogurt 2 cups of strawberries ½ pita (CD size) 1 cup of blueberries 1 Tortilla (CD size) 2 cups of raspberries 1 Roti (CD size) ½ cup of cherries ¼ bagel (¼of a CD) ½ cup of grapes ¼ naan bread (8 inch oval) 2 medium kiwis ⅓cup of cooked rice 2 medium plums ½ cup of cooked pasta ½ cup of mango ½ cup of cooked quinoa or other grain ½ of a banana ¾ cup of cooked oatmeal 1 cup of melon ½ cup of potato 1 large peach ½ cup of corn ¾ cup of pineapple ½ cup of sweet potato (yam) 3 cups of plain popped popcorn Read the Nutrition Facts label to decide the right serving size (See page 8). My Preferred Foods 1 Canadian Diabetes Association (2006). Beyond the Basics Diabetes and Pregnancy Food Guide 2
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