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Has anyone tried a Low Carb or Ketogenic diet while pregnant?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cocosilk" data-source="post: 2010493" data-attributes="member: 501623"><p>It makes sense to me as well that the baby should be getting reasonable nutrition from meat/fish/dairy and vegetables in the mother's diet. I'm not over my carb addiction yet though so after one day of "keto" eating, I went back to half a slice of sour dough rye and a small bit of fruit with a coffee half an hour after my cheesy omelette. I don't feel so deprived that way and still had a good 5.6 post meal reading.</p><p></p><p>The only other problem I have with keto is that my cholesterol, both good and bad, are a bit higher than they need to be. So I really need to reduce my fat intake too because I've always eaten full fat everything, lard from the bottom of the pork roast pan, cream in my coffee, full cream milk and yoghurt. I've never skimped. I also eat enough good fats by habit to have HDL -C 3.1 mmol at least reading (over 1.2 mmol they say is good.) . But with my LDL - C being 4.0 (instead of under 3.0) I have to focus on lowering carbs and not increasing the fats <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> . </p><p></p><p>Then it's a matter of how to satisfy my hunger if I am eating low carbs but not high fat, just more protein and more vegetables. Being pregnant, I do not always feel satisfied after some meals. But it is just getting over the carb addiction and snacking habit. It's not easy to ignore cravings, especially while pregnant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cocosilk, post: 2010493, member: 501623"] It makes sense to me as well that the baby should be getting reasonable nutrition from meat/fish/dairy and vegetables in the mother's diet. I'm not over my carb addiction yet though so after one day of "keto" eating, I went back to half a slice of sour dough rye and a small bit of fruit with a coffee half an hour after my cheesy omelette. I don't feel so deprived that way and still had a good 5.6 post meal reading. The only other problem I have with keto is that my cholesterol, both good and bad, are a bit higher than they need to be. So I really need to reduce my fat intake too because I've always eaten full fat everything, lard from the bottom of the pork roast pan, cream in my coffee, full cream milk and yoghurt. I've never skimped. I also eat enough good fats by habit to have HDL -C 3.1 mmol at least reading (over 1.2 mmol they say is good.) . But with my LDL - C being 4.0 (instead of under 3.0) I have to focus on lowering carbs and not increasing the fats :p . Then it's a matter of how to satisfy my hunger if I am eating low carbs but not high fat, just more protein and more vegetables. Being pregnant, I do not always feel satisfied after some meals. But it is just getting over the carb addiction and snacking habit. It's not easy to ignore cravings, especially while pregnant. [/QUOTE]
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