Pregnant women often at risk of increase levels of blood glucose even she has no medical history related to diabetes.
This could be happening due to possibility of impairing of glucose tolerance caused increasing hormone production during pregnancy.

Risk of gestational diabetes may lead to diabetes mellitus type-2 or even diabetes type-1 in some cases, and possible influence to next life of her baby become obesity.

Some effective treatment to prevent gestational diabetes through exercising and maintain the diet. Avoid using the drugs as long as you can keep maintain through the diet and exercising.
Pregnant period sometime high risk with adverse effect from any medication including her fetus.

Most gestational diabetes diet plan purposed to control blood sugar in normal levels.
The influence factors are carbohydrates, fat, and protein intake. The most important is carbohydrates. It will determine insulin they have. More carbohydrate intake, more higher their blood sugar levels.

Specific diet plan should be assisted with your Dietitian caused some factors will determine amount of foods should be consumed, such as your weight, what kind activity or exercising you have, and possible health problems you have.
However general recommendation of diet plan you may know as following;

- Always consume base food rich in vitamin, fiber, mineral and healthy carbohydrates in the proper amount.
Although you need it all, but you should limit their amount, such as bread, grain, beans, rice, paste, and starchy vegetables.

It also recommended that you should limit the intake of fatty foods and food high in saturated fat such as cheese, butter, hamburger, or same like that.
If you are alcohol drinker, better stop it or at least limit the amount. Mix it with a meal if needed.
Especially for fiber, it’s recommended to eat much. You may get it from whole grain bread, bran cereal, beans and brown rice.

- Consume fresh vegetable 3-4 servings per day with no additional fats, sauces or salt. Broccoli, spinach, carrots is good for you.

- Consume fresh fruit 2-4 servings per day. If you want to make it become juice, use it without sugar. Grapefruits and Orange is good one.

- Consume yogurt or low fat milk 2-3 servings per day. Especially with yogurt, choose it with no sugar added or any kind of sweeteners. Natural sugar in yogurt is fine.

- Consume meat or poultry and fish 2-3 servings per day.