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Beet and Apple Salad for Gestational Diabetes

February 1, 2021 by Amber

beet and apple salad

This gallbladder cleansing beet and apple salad with apple cider vinegar is amazing for gestational diabetes, liver detox and improving insulin sensitivity. It is the perfect combination between sweet and tart.

The beet and apple salad recipe only takes 5 minutes to make and contains three ingredients:

  • Beetroot
  • Green apple
  • Apple cider vinegar

This raw beet and apple salad is healthy, gluten-free, and vegan!

For anyone looking for gestational diabetes recipe ideas, you have got to try this beet salad with apple cider vinegar.

Recently I was diagnosed with a mild form of gestational diabetes, which came as a complete surprise. I found that I was easily able to maintain blood sugar balance within the target pregnancy ranges post meals, but my fasting blood sugar was out of the target range a few times and always tended towards the higher side within normal ranges.

Depending on where you live in the world or your practitioners guidelines, a normal fasting blood sugar during pregnancy is under 5.5 mmol/dl. The stricter guidelines used by some practitioners and hospitals are 5.0 mmol and under for a normal fasting blood sugar.

As I read further into gestational diabetes and listened to other pregnant moms online, I learned that many women struggled with their morning fasting blood sugar. For many women, during pregnancy, the morning fasting blood sugar can be the hardest to control.

For me, this was frustrating as I had so many unanswered questions. Was I truly insulin resistant, or was it the hormones glucagon and cortisol raising my fasting morning blood sugar? What were my insulin levels, and were they too high or too low? But measuring insulin levels isn’t a standard process, so I never found out.

I understand blood sugar balance and the hormones involved. But pregnancy throws in many curveballs with additional hormones that affect insulin and blood sugar levels.

Regardless of what was going on, I did not want to take insulin overnight, which was initially suggested by the diabetic’s dietician. My blood sugar would drop well into the fasting blood sugar range 4 hours post meals and in the middle of the night.

For this reason, I wanted to manage my blood sugar through diet for fear of becoming hypoglycemic if I were to use insulin. I started to seek out the best foods for gestational diabetes to help improve insulin sensitivity.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Gestational Diabetes

During this time, I listened to another mom’s story where she mentioned that for whatever reason taking 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar before bed helped to lower her morning fasting blood sugar.

Through additional research, I learned that apple cider did help some women with gestational diabetes. It is acetic acid that helps to lower blood sugar.

This information got me thinking about my gallbladder, as apple cider vinegar is a natural remedy to support the gallbladder and may help dissolve gallstones.

At the 29 week mark, I also noticed tenderness under my right rib, where the liver and gallbladder are located. At first, I thought that the baby had its foot wedged up under my ribcage as that is what it felt like.

Then I thought maybe my gallbladder is struggling and a bit inflamed, which is common during pregnancy. Thick sludgy bile can cause low bile flow, a fatty liver, and insulin resistance, so maybe this was connected to my gestational diabetes and slightly elevated fasting blood sugar.

Beets are one of the best superfoods to support a sluggish gallbladder, so I decided to make this beet and apple salad with apple cider vinegar to cleanse the gallbladder with foods.

This raw beet and apple salad is fantastic for a fatty liver and gently cleansing the liver and gallbladder. Here is an additional list of foods that lower insulin resistance and can be enjoyed in unlimited amounts when on a gestational diabetes diet.

I also took 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar with 1/4 cup of water before bed to control my fasting blood sugar during pregnancy. Taking the apple cider vinegar before bed and cleansing my gallbladder with beets helped me successfully manage my gestational diabetes and lower my fasting blood sugar.

You can enjoy the beet and apple salad recipe as a garnish alongside your main meals to improve fat digestion or as a main side salad.

It is so easy to whip up this gallbladder cleansing raw beetroot salad. Grate a medium-sized beetroot and one green apple, then combine in a bowl with a tbsp of apple cider vinegar.

beet and apple salad

Beet and Apple Salad

This beet and apple salad recipe is fantastic for cleansing the gallbladder and only takes 5 minutes to make. Enjoy as a side salad alongside main meals or use as a garnish to optimize fat digestion.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Total Time 5 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 2

Equipment

  • grater

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium beetroot
  • 1 green apple
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Instructions
 

  • Grate the apple and beetroot then combine in a bowl with 1 tbsp apple cider venegar.
Keyword beet and apple salad, foods for gestational diabetes, gallbladder cleansing
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