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Can i eat sweets even tho i have geatational diabetes and i take insulin, i am 32 weeks along..

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Dr. Marvin Den answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Better of not: You wish to maintain good sugar control. Eating sweets may not help that.

Answered 2/9/2013

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