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Soup

27th January 201720th February 2019 Jo Paterson food recommendations, recipes, soup, what to eat

Soup It’s cold outside and you want something warm and filling. You know a salad just isn’t going to cut

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Best breads

27th January 201717th February 2019 Jo Paterson bread, food recommendations, Lidl high protein rolls, protein bread, protein rolls, rolls, sandwich thins, what to eat, wraps

The best breads for gestational diabetes, re-launched for 2017 Most of us love bread and with so many different types

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What is food pairing?

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What is food pairing?

18th December 20162nd March 2019 Jo Paterson food pairing, GD food pairing, pairing, what to eat

What is GD food pairing? One of the most common questions we’re asked is what is GD food pairing? My

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feeling a failure

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Falling off the wagon

11th November 201617th February 2019 Jo Paterson binged, bored, caved, cheat, cracked, Falling off the wagon, fed up, given up

Falling off the wagon Many ladies who are faced with the challenge of a strict gestational diabetes diet may have

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Slimming world and gestational diabetes

Slimming world and gestational diabetes

11th November 201617th February 2019 Jo Paterson BMI, dieting, fat, slimming world, weight gain, weight loss, weight watchers, what to eat

Slimming world and gestational diabetes Following a few questions around Slimming World and gestational diabetes in our Facebook support group,

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Typical GD dietary advice

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Why typical GD dietary advice doesn’t work

11th November 201621st February 2019 Jo Paterson 8 Golden Rules, carb amounts, carb counting, Cholesterol, Dietary advice, Eatwell Guide, Eatwell Plate, high fat, LCHF, NHS GD diet, typical GD dietary advice, unhealthy diet, what to eat

‘Typical’ GD Dietary Advice vs Gestational Diabetes UK Dietary Advice What do we mean by typical GD dietary advice? Simply the advice

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Blood sugar levels GD Diet

Foods that naturally lower blood sugar levels

31st October 201622nd February 2019 Jo Paterson apple cider vinegar, avocado, basil, berries, blueberries, caffeine, cherries, chocolate, cinnamon, coffee, fenugreek, foods good for blood glucose, foods good for blood sugar, garlic, green tea, kefir, kefir milk, naturally lower blood glucose, nuts, onions, peanut butter, prevent type 2 diabetes, probiotics, raspberry leaf tea, vinegar

Foods that may help naturally lower blood sugar levels This post is to share research and evidence around foods which

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Sweeteners

31st October 201618th February 2019 Jo Paterson agave nectar, Canderel, coconut sugar, dates, dried fruit, food recommendations, golden syrup, honey, maple syrup, molasses, polyols, Splenda, Stevia, Sucralose, sugar, sugar alcohols, Sukrin, sweeteners, syrup, treacle, Truvia, what to eat, Xylitol

Sweeteners and sugar… it’s a minefield! Sweeteners are recommended to replace table sugar in many recipes but with so many

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99 whippy ice cream

Ice cream

31st October 201618th February 2019 Jo Paterson coolers, food recommendations, frozen yoghurt, ice cream, ice lollies, iced drinks, milkshakes, what to eat

Ice cream, ice lollies & frozen yoghurt With the first glimpses of some sunshine last weekend, we’ve seen a few ladies asking

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blood sugar rollercoaster

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Are you missing the spike?

31st October 201628th May 2019 Jo Paterson 15 minute testing, additional testing, CGM, continual glucose monitoring, spike testing, spikes, targets, test times, testing every 15 minutes

Could you be missing the spike in your blood sugar levels? A spike in blood sugar levels is the highest

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Blood sugar levels, when do you test yours?

16th June 2019 Jo Paterson Comments Off on Blood sugar levels, when do you test yours?

In this post we are going to discuss blood sugar levels, test times, targets, spikes in blood sugar levels and

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Gestational diabetes birth

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What is food pairing?

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Why typical GD dietary advice doesn’t work

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Reduced Movements with Gestational Diabetes

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Post birth diabetes testing

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Driving & Gestational diabetes

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Preventing Type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes

11th November 2016 Jo Paterson Comments Off on Preventing Type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes

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