A Primal Look at Gestational Diabetes

Published: Feb. 14, 2017, 8 p.m.

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Every pregnant woman I\\u2019ve ever known has hated the oral glucose tolerance test. Yet, they still do it. Drinking a tall glass of sickly sweet orange-flavored glucose water on an empty stomach is thoroughly disgusting, but it, apparently, offers a rare and valuable glimpse into the state of a woman\\u2019s perinatal health.

What they\\u2019re testing for is gestational diabetes mellitus\\u2014a variant of diabetes characterized by pancreatic insufficiency during pregnancy.

(This Mark\'s Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

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