Insulin sensitivity in third trimester pregnancy. A randomized study of dietary effects
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 95 (3), 223-229
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06861.x
Abstract
Summary. The metabolic effects of three diets were investigated in a randomized study in 15 non‐pregnant women and 14 pregnant women in the third trimester; all the women were of normal weight. After 2‐week periods of habituation to each diet, metabolic profiles were performed on standardized intakes. Diet 1 contained 40% of energy as carbohydrate and 10 g dietary fibre representing typical Western intakes. Diet 2 contained 40% energy as carbohydrate and 52 g dietary fibre and diet 3 contained 60% of energy as carbohydrate and 84 g dietary fibre, representing typical developing world intakes. No deterioration in glucose homeostasis in pregnancy was seen on any of the three diets in contrast to previous work. On diet 1 there was a loss of insulin sensitivity in pregnancy, but not on diets 2 and 3. The loss of insulin sensitivity which is typical of Western women in the third trimester of pregnancy and is considered to be physiological, may be a diet‐induced artefact.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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