Symptoms of Gestational Diabetes »

By on Nov 27, 2009 in Diabetes diet advice | 0 Comments

No absolute cause of gestational diabetes has ever been established. There are theories, of course. One theory is that during pregnancy, the placenta produces and releases excess estrogen and cortisol, and these excess hormones somehow interfere with insulin released by the pancreas. But that is just a theory, and only one of several. There aren’t [...]