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In this episode, Radhi interviews Jessie Inchauspé, a biochemist and author known as the Glucose Goddess. Jessie shares her personal journey of how wearing a continuous glucose monitor helped her understand the impact of food on her mental health and how managing glucose levels can improve overall well-being. She explains what glucose is and how it affects the body, and provides simple hacks to reduce glucose spikes, such as eating vegetables first, dressing carbs with protein and fiber, exercising after meals, and incorporating vinegar.
Jessie discusses the importance of a savory breakfast and explains how to identify hidden sugars in food labels. She also delves into the connection between glucose levels and various health conditions like fertility issues, dementia, and depression. Jessie emphasizes the power of food choices in managing and potentially reversing certain conditions.
Throughout the episode, Jessie shares practical tips and insights from her books, encouraging listeners to make sustainable lifestyle changes. She stresses the importance of understanding the impact of glucose on the body and incorporating her science-backed hacks to improve physical and mental health.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Manage glucose levels through dietary choices to improve overall well-being and potentially manage various health conditions.
- Incorporate science-backed hacks, such as eating vegetables first, dressing carbs with protein and fiber, exercising after meals, and incorporating vinegar, to reduce glucose spikes.
- Prioritize a savory breakfast and be mindful of hidden sugars in food labels.
- Understand the impact of glucose on mental health, fertility, dementia, and depression.
- Make sustainable lifestyle changes by gradually incorporating Jessie's hacks into daily routines.
- Listen to the body's signals and view symptoms as messages rather than things to suppress.
- Seek balance and avoid extreme diets or fads.
- Empower yourself with knowledge and take control of your health through informed food choices.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “So the correct order to eat your food in during a meal is veggies first, then proteins and fats, then starches and sugars.“ by Jessie Inchauspé
- “If you have anxiety or depression, eating in a way that creates lots of glucose spikes, will make the symptoms worse.“ by Jessie Inchauspé
- “Symptoms are messages from your body. They're not stuff to suppress, right.“ by Jessie Inchauspé
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Episode Information
A Really Good Cry
iHeartPodcasts
5/21/24
You've heard the saying, 'You are what you eat.' But how true is that really?
On this week’s episode of A Really Good Cry, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jessie Inchauspé, a biochemist and author widely known as the Glucose Goddess. She's revolutionized how we think about diet, glucose, and overall wellness.
In this episode, Jessie dives into the science of glucose management and its profound impact on our daily lives. She shares her own story of figuring out how to feel better by changing what she eats.
Don't miss this episode with Jessie as she talks about her easy hacks for managing glucose, discusses the misleading world of food labels, and the personal breakthroughs that have made her a champion of change in nutritional science.
What We Discuss:
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:06 Jessie’s backstory
- 04:11 You are what you eat
- 05:27 What is glucose?
- 08:19 When should you get your glucose levels checked?
- 13:35 Sugar is addicting
- 15:09 The correct order of eating your foods
- 20:34 Dress your carbs
- 22:10 Exercise after your meal
- 24:36 Why you should add vinegar to your foods
- 27:26 Have a savory breakfast
- 31:06 Find the right diet for you
- 35:50 Do you want to start wearing a glucose monitor?
- 36:45 Symptoms are messages from your body
- 38:10 Food labels red flags
- 41:54 The role of diet in fertility
- 51:11 Sugar and dementia
- 53:28 Can sugar make you depressed?
- 56:36 Fast round with Jessie
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