Sample Diet for Gestational Diabetes Part 2

A Sample Diet for Gestational Diabetes

Here is a sample of a healthy diet for gestational diabetes, according to Diabetes Australia guidelines.

Breakfast
• ½ cup of a high fibre low G.I cereal, such as untoasted muesli, bran, or rolled oats with low fat milk

Morning Tea
• 1 slice of toast with reduced fat cheese
• 1 serve of fruit

Lunch
• 2 slices of bread OR 2/3 cup cooked rice OR 1 cup cooked pasted with fish OR lean meat
• salad vegetables
• 1 serve of fruit

Afternoon Tea
• 1 cup low fat milk OR 100g low fat yoghurt
• 1 slice of fruit loaf OR 1 crumpet

Dinner
• 2/3 cup cooked rice OR 1 cup cooked pasta OR 1 cup sweet potato with fish OR lean meat
• 1 serve of fruit

Supper
• 100g low fat dairy product
• 1 serve of fruit

Featured Diet Plan: The Lunch Box Diet

When I first heard about a diet that reported to help you lose 12lbs in 7-21 days by eating from a plastic food container, I was a little dubious to say the least. But after further investigation and seeing the results that The Lunch Box Diet provides, you'll start to understand why it works.

The diet has been devised with ease of use in mind and without the need to count calories, prepare silly meals or have you wandering around the super market having to pick out ingredients you'd never use in everyday life. In fact, most of the foods you'll be used to, except, well, it's the way you eat them. You see the secret is the box.

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