Hey all, you want to be healthier? Listen to this video. The most important thing in life is your health, and sugar is the number one enemy. Find out how cutting sugar from your diet can drastically improve your energy, mood, and overall well-being. Make the change today—your body will thank you!
The discussion focuses on glucose management and its critical impact on health. Jessie Inchauspé, known as the “Glucose Goddess,” explains how glucose spikes—common for 80% of people daily—contribute to issues like mental health problems, aging, acne, infertility, and type 2 diabetes. She emphasizes the role of modern diets, loaded with sugars and starches, in causing these spikes.
Understanding Glucose Spikes
Foods like bread, rice, and sugary items break down into glucose, causing blood sugar spikes.
Spikes stress mitochondria, leading to fatigue, inflammation, and aging (glycation).
Health Impacts
Chronic glucose spikes are linked to insulin resistance, weight gain, and diseases like PCOS, Alzheimer’s, and depression.
Glucose regulation can improve energy, reduce cravings, and alleviate symptoms of various conditions.
Practical Hacks
Savory Breakfast: Avoid sugary breakfasts to prevent glucose roller coasters throughout the day.
Vinegar Before Meals: A tablespoon of vinegar reduces spikes by 30%.
Veggie Starters: Eating vegetables first slows glucose absorption.
Move After Meals: Light activity helps muscles absorb glucose.
Scientific Backing
Experiments show these hacks significantly reduce cravings and improve health markers like sleep, mood, and weight loss.
Foods like honey, grapes, and juice—even though natural—can cause large glucose spikes.
Supplements and Research
Inchauspé introduced a supplement combining lemon extract (boosts GLP-1, a satiety hormone) and mulberry leaf extract (blocks glucose absorption).
Ongoing studies link high glucose levels to faster aging, poor sleep, and higher risks of Alzheimer’s and depression.
Broader Implications:
Addressing the “toxic food environment” requires systemic changes, like food regulation and better public education.
The importance of kindness and small actions (e.g., inspiring moments with strangers) underscores personal motivation.
This engaging conversation blends scientific insights, actionable tips, and reflections on the need for collective efforts to tackle modern health challenges.
00:00 Intro
02:29 Why Is Glucose So Important for Your Health?
05:01 What Glucose Spikes Reveal About Your Body’s Health
06:23 How Sugar Impacts Your Cells
10:10 How Glucose Spikes Accelerate Aging and What You Can Do About It
12:14 The Link Between Muscle Mass & Sugar Usage
14:12 These ‘Healthy’ Foods Are Causing Massive Glucose Spikes!
16:36 Surprising Non-Sweet Foods That Cause Glucose Spikes
18:25 Is There Such a Thing as ‘Good’ Sugar?
19:33 The Best and Worst Sweeteners for Your Health
22:41 How Sugar Accelerates Aging
25:11 The Link Between Glucose, Hormones, and Fertility
28:11 Can PCOS Be Reversed Through Diet?
29:31 Why You Should Always Start Your Day with a Savory Breakfast
31:57 Why We Crave Sugar
34:58 Is Intermittent Fasting Really Good for You?
36:59 The Truth About Calorie Restriction
40:55 The Food You’re Giving Your Children Might Be Hurting Them
43:16 Study Reveals How Sugar Makes You More Irritable
47:24 Hack 2: One Tablespoon of Vinegar a Day
48:37 Hack 3: Vegetables First
49:59 Hack 4: Exercising After Eating
51:55 I Tried 4 Glucose Hacks for 4 Weeks
01:02:01 How to Use Vinegar to Manage Glucose: A Step-by-Step Guide
01:03:56 The Link Between Visceral Fat and Glucose Spikes
01:05:55 The Scary Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer’s Disease
01:09:42 Are We Creating Medicine to Fix Unhealthy Food Habits?
01:15:00 The Hidden Agenda: Why Food Companies Add More Sugar to Their Products
01:19:13 The Link Between Glucose Spikes and Menopause
01:27:28 How Menopause Affects Glucose Spikes and What You Can Do
01:29:18 Does Coffee Cause Glucose Spikes?
Robert Lustig is a Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology and a public health expert on the impact of sugar on our health. He is the author of bestselling books such as, ‘Fat Chance’, ‘Metabolical’, and ‘The Hacking of the American Mind’.
00:00 Intro
01:58 Our Minds Have Been Hacked!
05:03 What Dopamine Does to Your Brain
07:53 Sugar Is A Big Problem In Today’s Society
10:28 Why Sugar Is Poison To Our Bodies
11:08 The Difference Between Sugar and Fructose
14:53 This Is How Sugar Is Damaging Your Body
18:29 Damaging Effects on the Brain from Sugar Consumption
22:20 How the Food Industry Is Making You Eat Crazy Amounts of Sugar
25:05 Health Side Effects
27:12 Diet Coke, Saviour or Villain?
35:17 Sugar and the Impact on Our Organs
40:08 How Important Are Calories as a Way to Lose Weight?
43:47 Sugar Addiction, Stress, and Other Triggers
46:03 The Only Foods That Don’t Contain Sugar
48:31 Food Labels Are Sending Wrong and Inaccurate Messages
50:16 Babies Are Born Fatter Than Before
51:30 Research on Children’s Obesity
54:20 Insulin Resistance
56:00 Can We Reverse Diabetes?
58:34 What Is Leptin & How It’s Involved In Weight Loss
01:02:23 What Are Obesogens & How They Impact Our Health
01:03:31 The 3 Different Types of Fat You Should Be Worried About
01:09:34 Fruit Consumption… Good or Bad?
01:11:45 Environmental Chemicals That Make Us Fat
01:14:16 What Is an Endocrine Disruptor & How Can We Deal with Them?
01:17:11 How To Identify Real Food
01:22:20 The Importance of Fibre in Food
01:27:02 Personal Responsibility
01:34:50 Should the Government Get Involved?
01:39:40 Are We Being Lied To?
01:42:09 The Four C’s for Contentment
01:47:19 What Is the Cause of All Our Health Problems?
01:49:46 Last Question