Pre-Pregnancy Consumption Of Potatoes May Be Associated With Increased Risk Of Gestational Diabetes.

eports that new research conducted at the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Harvard University revealed that women who consume more potatoes before conceiving may be at a greater risk of developing gestational diabetes while pregnant. Researchers analyzed data from over 15,000 women taking part in the Nurses’ Health Study II from 1991 to 2001 and found that “over the ten-year period, out of 21,693 pregnancies, there were 854 cases of gestational diabetes.” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/potatoes-pregnancy-gestational-diabetes-risk/