[Influence of an individualized diet to control gestational diabetes mellitus].

Background: Dietetic control is part of an integral therapy to gestational diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of an individualized diet with 52% of complex carbohydrates of low and moderate glycemic index to control gestational diabetes mellitus.

Material And Methods: Analytic and longitudinal study in 31 patients with gestational diabetes mellitus in a third level hospital in Leon, Guanajuato, from August 2005 to December 2006.