BREAKFAST FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES

Your breakfast meal needs special attention. Blood sugars tend to be higher in the early morning right after waking up. Because of this, you need to eat a small breakfast. Eating too much carbohydrate will raise the blood sugar even higher. Your blood sugar goal one hour after the start of all meals is less than 130 mg/dl.

Some breakfast foods may make your blood sugar go too high. Milk at breakfast may raise your blood sugar quickly and too much. Foods you need to avoid at breakfast are:

• fresh fruit
• fruit juice or drinks (avoid at all times unless your blood sugar is low)
• instant hot or cold cereals
• milk

You will see your breakfast meal is small! If still hungry add slightly more protein. You will be having snacks between meals as part of your meal plan. Talk to someone on your team if you are having problems with your meal plan so it can be changed.

Source: Sweet Success, California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program, CDAPP, 2014.