Impact of nutrition counseling on the blood glucose and lipid profile of the gestational diabetes

The impact of nutrition counseling on the blood glucose and lipid profile of gestational diabetics studied with sixty gestational diabetics divided into experimental (E) and control (C) groups between the age group of 20–40 years, selected from Dayanand Medical College and Hospital and other local hospitals of Ludhiana, showed significant improvement in food habits, physical exercise and dietary pattern in group E. Significant decrease in fasting blood glucose (150 to 100.6 mg/dl), postprandial blood glucose (190 to 150.7 mg/dl), total triglycerides (147.1 to 134.7 mg/dl), total cholesterol (192.5 to 176 mg/dl), LDL-C (114.4 to 92.9 mg/dl) and VLDL-C (29.4 to 26.9 mg/dl) and increase in the level of HDL-C (48.7 to 56.2 mg/dl) in group E was recorded. This resulted into significant improvement in the blood glucose levels and lipid profile of the gestational diabetics.