Beat Sugar: The Glucose Goddess Method – Jessie Inchauspé
Dave Asprey
Feb 22, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Monitor glucose spikes before your period
Due to hormonal fluctuations, the same food will cause a significantly larger glucose spike in the week leading up to your period.
Utilize small doses of nicotine as a nootropic for neuroprotection
Small, regular doses of nicotine (1-3mg), not from smoking, can act as a potent nootropic and may offer protective benefits against neurodegenerative diseases.
Recognize alcohol's impact on glucose management
Alcohol can deceptively lower a glucose spike on a monitor because your liver prioritizes processing the alcohol toxin over managing blood sugar levels.
Distinguish starch from sugar to protect your health
Starch from foods like rice breaks down only into glucose, while table sugar also contains fructose, which is significantly more damaging to the body.
Recognize modern fruits as human-made desserts, not health foods
Modern fruits have been selectively bred to be so high in sugar and low in fiber that they are essentially human-invented desserts, not natural health foods.
Reduce bad fats to combat insulin resistance and diabetes
The primary driver of insulin resistance and diabetes might be the consumption of bad fats that damage cell membranes, rather than sugar intake alone.
Avoid apple cider vinegar pills; opt for liquid for glucose control
While liquid vinegar is proven to blunt glucose spikes, there are no studies confirming that apple cider vinegar pills have the same beneficial effect.
Choose real sugar over processed keto alternatives
If you're going to eat something sweet, it's better to eat the 'real deal' with sugar rather than processed 'healthy' alternatives like keto ice cream.
Combat glycation to slow aging process
The aging process is partly driven by glycation, where glucose molecules damage tissues like collagen, essentially 'cooking' your body from the inside out over your lifetime.
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