Testing and Managing Gestational Diabetes

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This chapter discusses the testing process and management of gestational diabetes during pregnancy. It emphasizes the importance of testing for the well-being of the mother and baby, and highlights the potential risks and complications associated with gestational diabetes.

Welcome back to another episode of The Nutrition Science Podcast. I have an amazing episode for you today, I am chatting with my good friend Dr. Jessica Knurick. Jessica and I did our PhDs together and she now specializes in prengnacy and post-partum nutrition after having two little ones of her own.

She has built a large following on Tik Tok and on Instagram now as well education women about this topic and I am looking excited to have her on today to share her knowledge with you all as well.

We cover a lot in this episode, here are some of the topics that we touch on:

What nutrients are specifically important during pregnancy?
How should women change their nutrition habits during pregnancy to meet these nutrient needs?
What supplements are important and how does someone choose a good supplement?
What foods should pregnant women limit/avoid/be careful with?
What is gestational diabetes and why is it important to test for it?
Postpartum weight loss: What is realistic, how to approach it, and what to be careful of.

and more...

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drjessicaknurick/

Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@drjessicaknurick

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