📖GLUCOSE REVOLUTION by Jessie Inchauspé Part 2📖

Please see my previous post for the first 6 Glucose Goddess hacks ☺ ♡⃛--------------♡⃛--------------♡⃛ 7⃣ 🍨 If you want something sweet, have it as dessert instead of a snack 🍧 🧹Between meals, our organs are on cleanup duty, replacing damaged cells and clearing our systems. For instance, the gurgling you feel in your small intestine when you haven't eaten for a few hours is your empty digestive tract cleaning its walls. 🔽When our bodies aren't working to digest our last snack, our insulin levels come down, and we can go back to burning fat instead of stashing it. 🔄 In fact, back in prehistoric times, we could, if needed, go a long time without eating. It's because we could easily switch between using glucose for fuel from our last meal to using fat for fuel from our fat storage. This switching ability, called metabolic flexibility, is a prime measure of a healthy metabolism. 🍰🍩👀 So if you feel the urge to eat something sweet between meals, put it aside where you can't easily see it and enjoy it for dessert after your next meal instead. ♡⃛--------------♡⃛--------------♡⃛ 8⃣ 🚶 Move after eating 🚶  🏃 Engage in physical activity like walking or light exercise 20 minutes after a meal to help manage glucose levels. In fact, simple walks 10-20 minutes after meals produce excellent results. 🪑If you can't go for a walk because you're stuck sitting at a desk at school or work, then calf raises can also help to bring your blood sugar down. Simply raise your feet onto your tiptoes and slowly bring them back down, you will start to feel this in your calf muscles after a few minutes.  📉A large 2018 research review found that in 135 people with type 2 diabetes, aerobic exercise, that is walking, after eating, decreased their glucose spikes by up to 27%. ♡⃛--------------♡⃛--------------♡⃛ Eating with a fresh Perspective  So now that we've covered the practical tips, let's look at a couple of mindset shifts. 9⃣ ❌Stop counting calories❌ 👩🏽‍⚖️Judging a food based on its calorie count is like judging a book by its page count. Instead, focus on the type of calories. 🧀Savory calories cause less damage than sweet ones, and larger, less frequent meals are often better than constant snacking. 🎉Research shows that people on a glucose-flattening diet can lose more weight while eating more calories than people who eat fewer calories but spike their glucose levels. ♡⃛--------------♡⃛--------------♡⃛ 🔟 🍯Sugar is sugar🍪 Generally, we should minimize its intake since it spikes insulin and taxes the liver. 🍫But sweets are part of life, so enjoy sugar in moderation and not on an empty stomach. And since all sugars, regardless of their source, are eaten for pleasure, pick whichever one you like best and enjoy it guilt-free. Now, to slowly wean yourself off the taste of sugar so you can enjoy it in moderation, there are a few things you can do. ☕ Start by replacing that spoonful of sugar in your coffee with allulose. Allulose is a rare sugar that does not appear to raise blood sugar or insulin levels and early research suggests that allulose has anti-inflammatory properties and may help prevent obesity and reduce the risk of chronic disease. However, it is very expensive.  💪Glycine is another alternative to sugar, it is a sweet tasting amino acid. It won't spike your blood sugar and it helps build proteins needed for tissue and hormone maintenance. Glycine may help support heart and liver health, improve sleep, reduce diabetes risk and reduce muscle loss. It is also not expensive.  🍭Then the next time you want candy, try eating an apple or other fruit. 🍏🍎🍌🍇🍋🍊 🌬Or when a craving hits, notice it and take some deep breaths. ⏳It usually passes after 20 minutes. 🧀 But if you're still in the throes of it, try eating something else. Usually, something with fat, like cheese, will do the trick. ☕Drinking naturally sweet teas, such as cinnamon or licorice, can also help. ♡⃛--------------♡⃛--------------♡⃛ 🍾Here's the best part: these 10 hacks we've just discussed will work for you regardless of your age, diet, lifestyle, and whether you wear a continuous glucose monitor or not. The trick to revolutionizing your relationship with glucose is simply applying these hacks daily. ☺ It may sound overwhelming at first, but trying just one or two at a time can result in big wins for your overall health. 🥗🍗🍚🍪Perhaps the one that requires the least alteration to your current diet is eating your food in the correct order and seeing how your body feels.  ✈️ I hope you feel empowered to reconnect with your body, learn to understand its messages, and captain your health to a happier cruising altitude.  💖🤗💖 ♡⃛--------------♡⃛--------------♡⃛

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