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so I want to talk about pregnancy and

diabetes okay if you’re pregnant and

you’re a diabetic there’s several things

you need to know in fact if you’re

pregnant you’re a pre-diabetic or you’re

pregnant and you have insulin resistance

which is a lot more common in fact

probably I would say 65% of women who

are pregnant that are not diabetic

usually have insulin resistance this

video is for you first let me just

define insulin resistance this is a

condition where your body is not able to

absorb insulin which means that when

insulin is triggered by carbohydrates it

doesn’t seem to work that well and then

what happens is your body has to make

more insulin than it needs and that

excess insulin creates a lot of problems

if you check the blood sugars your blood

sugars may be normal okay because of the

excess amount of insulin that’s being

generated keeping your blood Sugar’s

normal but your the big problem

underneath the surface you have high

amounts of insulin this is the test that

can be done to check that it’s called

Homa - I are I would definitely get this

test before you get pregnant because you

want to know if you have insulin

resistance because it creates a lot of

problems so if you’re a diabetic or

pre-diabetic or II have insulin

resistance and you become pregnant the

insulin resistance part gets worse why

because it’s a survival mechanism the

fetus is going to demand more fuel and

so your body is as a protective

mechanism it’s going to create instant

resistance on you so it’s going to be

shunning to the baby the problem is that

if you have insulin resistance already

going into this things get worse and you

may become a diabetic and this is

probably the reason why women get

gestational diabetes during pregnancy

they already are going into this with

insulin resistance now if you’re a

diabetic and you’re pregnant

the diabetes tends to get worse because

of this fact right here now the problem

is the complications from you having

blood sugar issues whether it’s in some

resistance pre-diabetes or diabetes

there’s

complications for the baby one is that

they’re more likely to become a diabetic

more likely become a stillbirth and just

being a diabetic you may find that

you’re having a hard time being fertile

in the first place the baby might have a

stunted growth birth defects

preeclampsia that’s a combination of

three things high blood pressure protein

in the urine and swelling in your hands

and feet eclampsia is basically when you

get seizures and a lot of other problems

like you’re in a coma

you can even die from that so these are

three things that you need to be aware

of right here but that could be coming

from the blood sugar issue now the big

problem of having insulin resistance in

addition to being a diabetic or being a

pre-diabetic is that your ability to

absorb these nutrients is impaired

okay you can’t absorb nutrients I’m

talking about vitamin C vitamin A

vitamin E magnesium potassium manganese

zinc chromium selenium folate b1 biotin

and these nutrients are essential to

prevent these complications so you have

a double-edged sword the insulin

resistance is creating the inability for

these vitamins to go in your body and

these deficiencies now are creating more

insulin resistance this is why if you’re

thinking about getting pregnant or

you’re already pregnant and you have

insulin resistance you better be taking

these vitamins or eating food high in

these nutrients vital vital vital to

prevent these complications in other

words the blood sugar issues the insulin

resistance the diabetes severely

depletes you of nutrients and you have

complications so if you’re diabetic and

you take these nutrients these

complications really diminish alright

and the last question is how do you know

if you have insulin resistance well you

can get the test whole myir

or you can actually go by symptoms as

well

do you have belly fat do you have

frequent urination at night do you find

that when you eat you’re not satisfied

after a meal you need a little sweet

after you eat or you’re tired after you

eat lunch or you have low blood sugar

symptoms let’s say you get Irabu and you

cannot go very long without a meal

before becoming lightheaded or highly

irritable I mean think about how many

women have these symptoms when they’re

pregnant the best place to start is well

before you become pregnant but if you’re

already pregnant I would recommend

getting on the healthy version of the

ketogenic diet it starts in a minute

fasting goes definitely do that before

you’re pregnant but not while you’re

pregnant okay

or you’re breastfeeding you want to make

sure that we don’t deprive you basically

foods that have these nutrients in them

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