Bacon, Eggs, and Gestational Diabetes During Pregnancy

Eating meat or eggs before pregnancy may increase the risk of gestational diabetes.

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I covered eggs and type 2 diabetes in my video Eggs and Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-....

More on advanced glycation end products in Glycotoxins (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/glyco...) and Avoiding a Sugary Grave (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/avoid....

The heme iron in animal products is one of the toxic components the meat industry is trying to develop strategies to mediate. See Meat Additives to Diminish Toxicity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-.... More on heme versus nonheme iron in Risk Associated With Iron Supplements (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/risk-....

What else has the Harvard Nurses Health Study shown us? See:

• Harvard's Meat and Mortality Studies (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/harva...)
• Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much is Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breas...)
• What Women Should Eat to Live Longer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-...)

For other cautionary pregnancy tales, see:

• Chamomile Tea May Not Be Safe During Pregnancy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chamo...)
• What About the Caffeine? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-...)
• Is Licorice Good For You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-li...)
• Iron During Pregnancy (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/iron-...)
• Maternal Mercury Levels (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mater...)
• Pregnant Vegans at Risk for Iodine Deficiency (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/pregn...)
• American Vegans Placing Babies at Risk (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/ameri...)
• Chicken Consumption and the Feminization of Male Genitalia (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chick...)

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