Healthy Diet May Fend Off Type 2 Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes | Synopsis

Healthy Diet May Fend Off Type 2 Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes

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By keeping a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy, women who develop diabetes during pregnancy can greatly reduce their risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study found. About 5% of pregnant women nationwide develop high blood sugar levels even though they didn't have diabetes before pregnancy. This condition, called gestational diabetes, significantly raises a woman's risk for type 2 diabetes later in life. In type 2 diabetes, cells don't respond properly to insulin, a hormone that signals cells to take the sugar glucose in from the blood. If left untreated, blood sugar levels can soar and cause problems. Complications of type 2 diabetes include heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and amputation. Research has shown that, among the general population, healthy eating can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

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Dr. Cuilin Zhang

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0	“Our findings indicate that women with gestational diabetes aren't necessarily preordained to develop type 2 diabetes,” Zhang says. ...
0.0671414	“Our findings indicate that women with gestational diabetes aren't necessarily preordained to develop type 2 diabetes,” Zhang says. “It appears they may have some degree of control. Sticking to a healthy diet may greatly reduce their chances for developing diabetes later in life.”
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HealthCondition: Type 2 Diabetes

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HealthCondition: gestational diabetes

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Disambiguation: DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | RiskFactor | DiseaseReferences:

• Gestational diabetes: dbpedia
• Gestational diabetes: freebase

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Source URL: nih.gov

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• archives of internal medicine
• cuilin zhang
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• diabetes
• diet
• dietary approaches to stop hypertension
• eating
• gestational diabetes
• healthy
• healthy eating index
• mediterranean
• nurses health study
• Pregnancy
• pregnant
• prevent
• prevention
• Type 2 diabetes

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Healthy Diet May Fend Off Type 2 Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes

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By keeping a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy, women who develop diabetes during pregnancy can greatly reduce their risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study found.

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Full Content: http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/october2012/10292012diabetes.htm

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