November 19, 2008
If gestational diabetes is not tested for or ignored it can have few adverse effects on your newborn baby. Macrosomia Macrosomia occurs when your baby weighs more than 8.8 pounds. This excessive weight gain is caused by the mother passing too much sugar to the baby and the baby inturn converting this sugar to fat. [...]
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August 28, 2008
What Is Insulin Resistance? Insulin resistance occurs when your muscle, fat (lipo) and liver cells stop responding to the effects of insulin. When this happens the pancreas tries to make more and more insulin, however it can’t keep up with the demand for insulin and eventually glucose levels in the body start to rise. If [...]
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