Gestational diabetes is a high-risk pregnancy condition that affects the health of both the mother and the fetus. The treatment of gestational diabetes is mainly to control the mother’s blood sugar within the normal range, how should I control my diet after suffering from gestational diabetes? Gestational diabetes can seriously affect the health of the mother and baby. If the blood sugar is not well controlled during pregnancy, pregnant mothers are prone to hypertension during pregnancy, excessive amniotic fluid, infections and other symptoms, and also increase the chance of difficult delivery and caesarean section; high blood sugar during pregnancy may also lead to miscarriage, malformation, premature delivery, intrauterine growth restriction, giant fetus, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal hypoglycemia and other diseases, causing great harm to the baby. If a pregnant mother is found to have gestational diabetes, she should cooperate with her doctor to actively treat and control it. The main treatment of gestational diabetes is to control blood sugar, so it is important to control the diet to control the condition. So, what should I eat if I have gestational diabetes? What principles should be noted? 1. Strictly control the amount of food Many pregnant mothers will ask, suffering from gestational diabetes is not to eat sweets, can not eat fruit? In fact, gestational diabetes is related to many factors, such as genetic factors, exercise, diet, etc. Gestational diabetes is not directly related to eating sugar, but to excess energy, whether it is the main food or fruit or snacks, eating too much may lead to excess energy. This in turn affects blood sugar. Therefore, patients with gestational diabetes must strictly control the amount of food they eat. Patients with gestational diabetes are generally not advised to eat candy, dried fruit, sweet drinks, sweet cookies, pastries and ice-cream with added sucrose, glucose and maltose. You should also choose fruits with less sugar and low glycemic index, and eat them between meals or before bedtime, and reduce staple foods accordingly if you eat fruits. 2, choose food with low glycemic index (GI) Glycemic index is also known as glycemic index, understanding the glycemic index of food has an important role in reasonable dietary arrangements and control of blood sugar levels. Eating the same amount of food, food with low glycemic index is more helpful to control post-prandial blood sugar. It is recommended to choose low and medium glycemic index staple foods for at least 1-2 meals a day, such as soba noodles and macaroni for breakfast; spaghetti, mixed rice or vegetable and meat dumplings for lunch or dinner. 3, increase the protein in staple foods in the daily diet, you can appropriately increase the protein of staple foods, such as general wheat pasta glycemic index GI of 81, and higher protein content of spaghetti GI of 37. mothers-to-be with gestational diabetes can choose more staple foods with a lower glycemic index, such as: soba, pasta, macaroni, dumplings, etc., are suitable for eating; cooking rice can be used to add buckwheat kernel or mung beans (can be 3:1 ratio) cooked into two rice, etc.; eat less staple foods with high glycemic index alone, such as glutinous rice, fine flour hair bread, steamed buns, white porridge, etc.; meals often with dietary fiber-rich side dishes, such as: a variety of vegetables, seaweed (such as seaweed, nori), mushrooms and mushrooms; eat staple foods with some vegetables, animal food together as much as possible, which also helps to reduce the glycemic index. 4, choose the right cooking method There are many factors affecting the glycemic index of food, including the softness, hardness, thinness, particle size, degree of starch pasting, dietary fiber content, etc. The way food is cooked is one of the important factors affecting the glycemic index, for example, mashed potatoes have a higher glycemic index than potato cubes. To avoid cooking to increase the glycemic index of food should pay attention to the following points: do not process too fine; eat appropriate coarse grains; cook vegetables as quickly as possible; except for special needs, do not add too much water to cereals and heating time is too long, because this will make the food paste the degree of high, the glycemic index also increased. In addition, increase the acidity of food when cooking can also reduce the glycemic index of food, such as adding some vinegar or lemon juice when cooking.