Current Application Status of low glycemic load (LGL) Diet in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

Abstract

During pregnancy, gestational diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder disease, it has a serious impact on mothers and infants, and the rate of illness is also showing an up trend year by year. Although the traditional antiglycation drugs can control the blood sugar level, but it has certain limitations and it is no conducive to monitor the conditions about mothers and infants in real time. In recent years, new treatment options such as dietary therapy keep emerging, which provides more choices for patients with gestational diabetes. This thesis summarizes the research progress of low glycemic load (LGL) diets in GDM. According to current research, LGL diet can modify blood glucose levels, lipid profiles and nutritional intake in GDM patients and alter the consequence about mothers and infants, thereby revealing promising application prospects. However, the LGL diet plan has shortcomings at the research and practice levels. There is a lack of high-quality evidence-based evidence to support it. There is a standard consensus on constituting an ideal LGL/LGI diet, and there are significant individual differences among patients. These issues need to be further addressed. In the future, it is necessary to enhance clinical research on LGL diet and optimize treatment plans to improve the therapeutic effect and safety of GDM.