Secondly, pregnant women with high blood sugar during pregnancy can also eat some bitter gourd. Bitter gourd has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and improving eyesight, and eating some properly is very good for the body. Moreover, bitter gourd has insulin-like effect, which can lower the blood sugar of pregnant women and has a good preventive effect on diabetes. However, bitter gourd is cold, so pregnant women need to eat less and not too much at a time.
Finally, Amorphophallus konjac has a good effect on reducing postprandial blood sugar rise, because Amorphophallus konjac is a high-cellulose food, and pregnant mothers can delay the absorption of glucose by eating some Amorphophallus konjac properly. In addition, pregnant women with high blood sugar can also eat more pumpkins. Pumpkins are warm, which not only has the effect of tonifying the middle energizer and benefiting qi, but also can diminish inflammation. Moreover, studies have found that pumpkins can promote insulin secretion.