Reply to Thread

Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the Diabetes Forum Survey 2025 »

Message: <blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 1521688" data-attributes="member: 39639">The misrepresentation is how the study is portrayed and also the comments about breastmilk, among other things. The fat content of breastmilk varies but one element of breastmilk remains constant because it's so important. That element is the carbohydrate content.Pregnant women are not usually in a state of ketosis. Trace ketones occasionally appear but most of the time there are no ketones  in the urine. The reason pregnant women are advised not to skip meals or leave too long between meals is to help avoid ketones because they are not advisable in pregnancy.No, we're not mice, but genetically altered mice give us the best chance to mimic humans and suggest areas about which we should be concerned. With regard to the paracetamol, I was told that it was wise to limit its use as much as possible during pregnancy.Fats are not the body's preferred fuel. They're a back up fuel. Carbs/glucose are our main fuel and even more so in pregnancy. Think about it. We can use that back up energy source (fat/ketones) when we have to eg in times of famine. That's how we were designed. However, 'starvation ketones' as they're often called signal to the body that it's in a time of famine. A 'time of famine' isn't the body's preferred time to grow another human being.</blockquote>

Top Bottom