Gestational diabetes: breakfast and snack ideas

Information for patients from the Diabetes Specialist Dietitian

To help manage your blood glucose levels during pregnancy, your dietitian may advise you to choose foods which are low in carbohydrates or carbohydrate-free. This leaflet contains a range of breakfast and snack options which may be suitable. This leaflet should be used alongside general healthy eating advice for gestational diabetes.

We hope the leaflet will help you when choosing your food. If you have any further questions or concerns, please speak to your dietitian.

Breakfast ideas

Snack ideas

Below is a list of carbohydrate-free and low-carb snacks. Where possible, try to choose carbohydrate-free snacks, as these will not affect your blood glucose levels.

We hope the leaflet will help you when choosing your food. If you have any further questions or concerns, please speak to your dietitian.   

References

  1. The Association of UK Dietitians (BDA). Glycaemic index (GI).

  2. Diabetes UK. Gestational diabetes.

  3. Dyson, P.A. et al. Diabetes UK evidence-based nutrition guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes. Diabetic Medicine: A Journal of the British Diabetic Association. 2018; 35(5): 541–547

  4. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Diabetes in pregnancy: management from preconception to the postnatal period. 2015 Feb 25; NICE guideline NG3 (last updated 16 December 2020).

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