Subjects in the study given 2.8 grams of GLA per day over a six month period showed significant improvement. Unfortunately, not all products sold as GLA really are. These changes may cause damage to the heart in persons susceptible to heart disease, according to reports from the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute.
Some gestational diabetics are able to control their blood glucose without the use of insulin.
Contracting muscles can take up approximately 35 percent more glucose than inactive muscles. Because many women who develop gestational diabetes have been sedentary before becoming pregnant they may be at greater risk of injury because of poor physical conditioning. Exercise programs should be carefully monitored by the health care provider, and any untoward symptoms reported promptly. The active women also reported less discomfort with vaginal discharge. Most of the 101 pregnant women preferred brisk walking as their exercise.