Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

Blood sugar takes center stage in biochemist Inchauspé’s clever guide to eating for 'more energy, curbed cravings, [and] better mood'...This intelligent survey offers plenty to savor." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Jessie Inchauspé, a born communicator, has written the best practical guide for managing glucose to maximize health and longevity.” —DAVID SINCLAIR, Ph.D, Harvard Professor, TIME Magazine “100 most influential people in the world” and New York Times bestselling author of Lifespan

"I hugely enjoyed reading this book; Jessie offers a detailed understanding of the problem which faces so many of us - how to balance our blood sugar levels - along with simple and accessible science-based hacks which really could help you transform your health." —MICHAEL MOSLEY, M.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fast Diet

“Being a goddess is harder than it looks. But it turns out being a Glucose Goddess is easy. Jessie Inchauspé takes the new science of nutrition and makes it practical for everyone." —ROBERT H. LUSTIG, MD, MSL, New York Times bestselling author of Fat Chance and Metabolical

"There’s no easier way to lose weight, lower blood pressure and more, than by doing a single thing: “flatten your glucose curve,” says Biochemist Inchauspé, in her smart, cutting-edge new book. She explains the simple new technology that takes the guess work out of discerning which foods stall weight loss by revealing exactly what’s going on inside the body. This breakthrough book is a savvy, one-stop shop to sustainable weight loss and better health." —NINA TEICHOLZ, science journalist, bestselling author of The Big Fat Surprise

“Jessie (a.k.a. the Glucose Goddess) takes you on a fun and informative journey to understand how food affects your sugar spikes and your health. This practical guide is full of wonderful tips and hacks on how and what to eat; a must for anyone who wants to understand their body and improve their health.” —TIM SPECTOR, OBE, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College, London, author of Spoon Fed and The Diet Myth, and co-founder of ZOE

“As a metabolic scientist, I’m concerned with two things: insulin and glucose. With a mix of personal experience and published evidence, Jessie has woven these two ideas together in a fascinating and satisfying memoir. Reading and applying the principles outlined in Glucose Revolution can help anyone achieve divine levels of health.” —BENJAMIN BIKMAN, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology, Brigham Young University, author of Why We Get Sick

"Glucose Revolution will help you feel better, cut cravings, connect with yourself, balance your hormones, live longer, teach you science and put a smile on your face along the way. This book is one of my references – don't wait to read it." —DAVINIA TAYLOR, British actress and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It’s not a Diet

About the Author

Jessie Inchauspé is on a mission to translate cutting-edge science into easy tips to help people improve their physical and mental health. She’s the founder of the wildly popular Instagram account @GlucoseGoddess where she teaches tens of thousands of people about healthy food habits. She holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from King’s College, London, and a MS in biochemistry from Georgetown University. Her work at a genetic analysis start-up in Silicon Valley made her realize that food habits beat genetics for good health. She is the author of Glucose Revolution and The Glucose Goddess Method.

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Chapter 1: Enter the Cockpit: Why Glucose Is So Important

1 ENTER THE COCKPIT Why Glucose Is So Important

Navigating our health sometimes feels like glancing into an airplane cockpit on the way to our seat. We see complicated stuff everywhere: screens, dials, flashing lights, knobs, switches, levers… buttons to the left, buttons to the right, buttons on the ceiling (no, but really, why do they have buttons on the ceiling?). We look away feeling grateful that the pilots know what they are doing. As passengers, all we care about is whether or not the plane stays in the air.

When it comes to our bodies, we are the clueless passengers, but—plot twist—we’re also the pilots. And if we don’t know how our bodies work, it’s as if we’re flying blind.

We know how we want to feel. We want to wake up with a smile, feeling energized and excited for the day. We want to have a skip in our step, feel pain free. We want to spend quality time with our loved ones, feeling positive and grateful. But it can be challenging to know how to get there. We’re overwhelmed by all the buttons. What to do? Where to start?

We should start with glucose. Why? Because it’s the lever in the cockpit with the biggest bang for its buck. It’s the easiest to learn about (thanks to continuous glucose monitors), it affects how we feel instantaneously (because it influences our hunger and mood), and many things fall into place once we get it under control.

If our glucose levels are out of balance, dials flash and alarms go off. We put on weight, our hormones get out of whack, we feel tired, we crave sugar, our skin breaks out, our hearts suffer. We inch closer and closer to type 2 diabetes. If our body is the plane, the symptoms are the pitch, roll, and yaw of a machine out of control. And these strongly indicate that we need to rectify something to avoid a crash. To get back into ideal cruising mode, we need to flatten our glucose curves.

How do we move this lever? Very easily—with what’s on our plate.