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With Type 2 diabetes in early pregnancy (8 weeks) and a low haemoglobin level of 8.3 g/dL, your diet needs to carefully balance blood sugar control while improving iron status, along with overall pregnancy nutrition.
Here is what you can do:
- Choose complex carbs such as whole wheat, oats, millets, brown rice, and legumes in controlled portions. Avoid refined sugar, sweets, juices, and bakery items to prevent sugar spikes.
- Include green leafy vegetables (spinach, amaranth, methi), lentils, chickpeas, rajma, soybean, beetroot, dates, and jaggery in moderation. If non-vegetarian, add eggs, fish, and lean meat, which provide better-absorbed iron.
- Pair iron-rich foods with vitamin C sources like lemon, amla, guava, or orange. Avoid tea or coffee around meals, as they reduce iron absorption.
- Ensure sufficient protein from dals, curd, milk, eggs, tofu, and lean meats to support fetal growth and stabilise blood sugars.
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Hb -8.3 so ,
Start iron tablet
Take iron after meals + vitamin C
Avoid tea / coffee 2 hours around iron tablets
Repeat Hb after 3-4 weeks
High -iron foods daily
Spinach , methi , bathua , beet root , black chana , rajma, masoor dal , moong dal , raisins, sesame seeds, ragi , pumpkin seeds
Non veg :
Egg , chicken, fish
Vitamin C
Add one
Lemon juice, orange, amla , tomato, capsicum
Low sugar rule
No juice , biscuits, bakery , sweets
Use jaggery only 1-2 tsp / day
Max 1 fruit- day
Do not drink milk with added sugar
Avoid sweet breakfast items like bananas milkshakes
Pregnancy safe carbs
Choose
Multigrain roti, brown rice, oats , ragi dosa , sweet potato
Avoid
Maida , bread , naan , white rice
Protein
Every meal must include
Dal , paneer , egg, chicken, fish , sprouts, almond , walnuts
Hydration
2-2.5 water / day
Lemon water ( no sugar )
Avoid to much caffeine
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Hello practo user
We have pregnancy diet plan which include
. diet plan for each trimester
. Diet plan for curing deficiencies and for better foetus development
. Diet plan to cure symptoms occurs during 2nd trimester like gestational diabetes, thyroid, overweight, bp.etc
. Post pregnancy diet plan
But before prescribing any thing we need some information
. Vitals
. Medical history
. Family history
. Occupation
. Physical activity
. Daily routine
And many more
So, if you want to contact us,you can contact us directly thru the link below
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Good evening madam,
Your Hba1c?
Need some more details.
Are you on tablets or insulin now?
Kindly contact personally asap for a consultation.
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Many things need to be understood before guiding you.
So for that you may consult a booking over this app.
Thank you.
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Consult on app personally regarding same. Its as per individual lifestyle and bodytype
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Ms. Nikita Das
Dietitian/Nutritionist
3 yrs exp
Hooghly
There is a lack of so much information like on which type of medication you are on, your food habits etc.
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avoid simple carbohydrates, consume some vitamin C rich foods to increase iron absorption.
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Ms. Samriddha Dasgupta Sarkar
Clinical Nutritionist
22 yrs exp
Kolkata
Please contact directly through App
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Ms. Somya Jain
Dietitian/Nutritionist
9 yrs exp
Delhi
You have to discuss your diet and routine over consultation to help you better
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Ms. Trupti Padhi
Dietitian/Nutritionist
17 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Good evening pls try to have a low carb low fat protein fiber n iron rich diet with a healthy lifestyle to control it.
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Mr. Vikram Sabharwal
Dietitian/Nutritionist
2 yrs exp
Jammu
Eat previous cooked food( cooked in lunch take at dinner) , reduce carbs and add more protines in diet, do not reduce the portions of meals. Eat all the meals and on time.
Connect personally for a diet plan.
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