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Gestational diabetes fact sheet

GDM is a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. Your body cannot produce enough insulin to handle the effects of a growing baby and changing hormone levels. Insulin helps your body to control the level of glucose (sugar) in your blood. If your body cannot produce enough insulin, your blood sugar levels will rise.

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Know your team

A quick guide to creating your diabetes health-care team

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Resistance exercise – Beginner

This Diabetes Canada guide introduces beginner resistance exercises to improve strength and blood sugar control. It includes safety tips, progression guidelines, and nine simple exercises using body weight or bands, ideal for starting resistance training at home.

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Build a balanced snack

This guide explains how to build a balanced snack by combining a source of carbohydrates with protein to support energy, fullness, and overall health.

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Ketogenic diet and diabetes

The ketogenic (keto) diet is a very low carbohydrate, moderate protein, high fat diet. While some short-term benefits have been shown for people living with diabetes following a keto diet, more research is needed on the long-term effects and safety.

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Plant-based diet and diabetes

Following a vegetarian diet, a type of plant-based diet, is one way in which people with type 2 diabetes can manage blood sugar.