Gestational Diabetes

Selenium supplementation in pregnant women with GDM demonstrated beneficial effects on glucose metabolism

Nutrition. 2015 Oct;31(10):1235-42. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.04.014. Epub 2015 May 14. Effects of selenium supplementation on glucose homeostasis, inflammation, and oxidative stress in gestational diabetes: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Asemi Z, Jamilian M, Mesdaghinia E, Esmaillzadeh A. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To our knowledge, no reports are available indicating the effects of selenium supplementation on metabolic parameters, inflammatory factors, […]

Diabetes in Pregnancy a Risk Factor for CVD

by Elizabeth DeVita Raeburn Contributing Writer, MedPage Today March 13, 2014 A history of gestational diabetes may be a marker for early atherosclerosis, even in women who were not obese before pregnancy and have not gone on to develop diabetes or metabolic syndrome after giving birth, researchers reported. In 777 women without a diagnosis of […]