Editor’s Note: This article mentions and describes eating disorders.
Self-proclaimed Glucose Goddess and Media Personality Jesse Inshope Glucose revolutionA recently released Amazon bestseller, claims to have a wealth of health benefits by flattening the glucose curve.
I have been fighting severe chronic eating disorders for 18 years. Glucose revolution It just fueled my illness.
Given the impact of these books on my health, I called on the leaders in this field to dig deeper into the “benefits” and “hacks.” I have personally consulted with many, but the public participants are RD, NT, author Rachael Hartley, and Abby Langer Nutrition author and founder Abby Langer.
In the writing of this book, Abbey Langer states: Related education Provides health and nutrition advice. In fact, she seems to think she’s a kind of guinea pig, and she’s experimenting herself and writing books about it, making these results available to everyone. “
Inchauspé, which recommends wearing a CGM device even though you are not diabetic Claim Some of the “benefits of flattening the glucose curve” are reduced hunger, reduced thirst, improved energy and sleep, improved immune system and defense against COVID, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). It may lead to a reduction in symptoms.
Jesse recently Instagram story Her book can reverse PCOS. Abbey’s idea is, “There is no cure for PCOS. Diet may improve symptoms, but in the usual way, unqualified people here make promises they can’t keep. am.”
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Founder of @GlucoseGoddess It will teach you how to “hack” our body to achieve these benefits. Her “hack” includes eating food in the correct order, adding a plate of vegetables to every meal, having a delicious breakfast, and eating only whole fruit.
Already this non-diet book sounds like another trendy diet.
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If you want to lose weight, gain energy, and increase your libido, Inchauspé Daily Mail “It may be as easy as breaking down a tuna sandwich at lunchtime, eating a salad first, then tuna and bread last.”
Working hard to treat eating disorders Go backwards These ritual food behaviors that Jesse encourages. “Jesse speaks in a way that is very concerned about triggering eating disorders and disturbed eating behavior,” Langer said.
Jesse explaining her “hack” said in her Daily Mail If you have vegetables, there is an article that says, “First, a viscous mesh is formed in the small intestine, which makes it difficult for glucose to reach the bloodstream.”
“There are some very small studies that suggest that eating carbohydrate foods late in the diet may have a beneficial effect on blood sugar levels. the study Inchauspé citations are very few, with 8 to 20 study participants, and most studies were conducted on diabetics. Indeed, eating carbohydrates later in the diet can be a useful intervention for some people with diabetes in some diets, such as those that cook protein, starch, and vegetables separately. There is, “says Rachel Hartley.
“But it’s a big leap to propose this as a dietary rule for everyone, especially those who don’t have diabetes. Their well-functioning glucose management system already keeps blood sugar levels in a healthy range. increase.”
Langer had his own thoughts. “Inshospe seems to have created his science. First, she talks about fibers meshing in our stomach and intestines, but this doesn’t happen technically, and she also. Talks about blood sugar and fructose levels. Fructose levels are not an indicator. In fact, this is an indicator that she seems to have created. “
“One of the notable points that Jesse also created is fructose. that’s all It is stored as fat. She clearly does not understand the basic human physiology.Fructose is stored in the liver as glycogen and can be converted to fat if eaten too much, but it is not. that’s all Convert to Fat – This only happens if you overeat fructose. “
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Inchauspé compares the work inside our stomach to the sink, as if the food we eat is in the same order as we eat. But Hartley says. A “food smoothie” because our stomach digests it mechanically. It slowly leaves our stomach and enters the small intestine, where nutrients are absorbed. The brain can sense elevated blood sugar levels, amino acids, and fatty acids to signal a feeling of fullness. Inchauspé forgets that food is quickly mixed in the stomach, regardless of the order in which you eat it. “
Jesse says we need to add a vegetable starter to every diet to “make glucose more stable and later avoid cravings and energy loss.”
“Aiming to include vegetables in most diets is completely great nutritional advice for those who have ample access to their products,” says Hartley.
“But Inchauspé claims that vegetable fiber” covers “the small intestine and delays the emptying of the stomach, and as a way to” flatten the glucose curve “, start all meals on a vegetable plate. Is recommended. Dietary fiber slows gastric emptying and improves blood sugar levels, especially in people with diabetes, but whole grains, beans, starchy vegetables, and fruits also contain significant fiber. Why does fiber from vegetables bring this effect, but not fiber from these other foods? “
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How about stress and mental health?
“One of the things Inchauspé doesn’t explain is the effect of stress on blood sugar levels. By adopting commonly useful nutritional guidelines and turning them into strict and complex dietary rules, Inchauspé can be at mealtime. It puts incredible stress on you, “says Hartley.
“How this stress affects blood sugar levels and how it affects mental health is ignored.”
“Inchauspé’s advice is a perfect example of how diet culture takes the core of the truth of nutrition and then twists and exaggerates. [it] It’s no longer accurate but useless for the average person trying to eat a healthy diet. [Inchauspé] We create a complex system of tracking and dietary rules that can easily contribute to eating disorders, “Hartley concludes.
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