Glucose Goddess: The Scary New Research On Sugar!

Steven Bartlett (0:00)

You're telling me that that will have an impact?

Jessie Inchauspé (0:01)

Absolutely, and the studies prove it. It's an amazing ingredient that's been used for its health benefits. For example, it has impact on visceral fat.

Steven Bartlett (0:07)

Is that belly fat?

Jessie Inchauspé (0:08)

Yeah, it's the fat that's really bad for you. Yeah, yeah, I'm supposed to do that, Steven.

Steven Bartlett (0:15)

The glucose Goddess is back. Jessie Inchauspé is a biochemist and best-selling author with a focus on nutrition and glucose management.

Jessie Inchauspé (0:22)

She provides simple, science-backed tips to improve our health. 80% of the population have glucose spikes every single day, and that's when problems start happening. From mental health to acne to faster aging, infertility and PCOS, which is one of the leading causes of infertility in women. And the problem is, we're in a situation where the food landscape is so toxic, and most of us just eat sugar and starches. But they're literally made up of glucose molecules.

Steven Bartlett (0:44)

Is there any such thing as good sugar?

Jessie Inchauspé (0:46)

No. So even all the fruit that we find today in supermarkets is not natural. Some people believe that if the sugar is coming from a fruit, for example, in a fruit smoothie, that's good sugar, but that's a total lie. And your body doesn't differentiate whether the sugar is in a fruit smoothie or the sugar is in a chocolate cake.

Steven Bartlett (1:01)

Are there any foods that have surprised you when you tested them?

Jessie Inchauspé (1:04)

Yes. I think the biggest ones are...

Steven Bartlett (1:07)

Wow. This begs the question then. Is there a healthy way to consume sugar?

Jessie Inchauspé (1:10)

So these are four hacks that people can implement in their lives and you're able to reduce your glucose spikes while still eating what you love.

Steven Bartlett (1:16)

And you took these hacks and did an experiment?

Jessie Inchauspé (1:19)

Yes. And 90% of people reduced their cravings, really significant impacts on sleep, hormones, mood, on diabetes.

Steven Bartlett (1:26)

And it's just roughly 40% of people who wanted to lose weight did in fact lose weight.

Jessie Inchauspé (1:29)

Yep.

Steven Bartlett (1:29)

So what are the hacks?

Jessie Inchauspé (1:31)

The first one is.

Steven Bartlett (1:38)

Jessie Inchauspé, The glucose Goddess. We spoke two years ago, and in that time, I feel like there's been a real glucose revolution, much of which has been led by you. Your books have sold millions and millions and millions of copies around the world. Your conversations online have millions and millions and millions and millions of views, more than I could possibly count. What's going on with glucose?

Jessie Inchauspé (2:01)

The thing is, glucose has always been incredibly important to our health, but it's been going on behind the scenes. But now, with the technology that we have, glucose monitors, new science, we're actually able to get a real good handle on it and understand our diet through that lens. So most of us, Steven, have unhealthy glucose levels. To give you an example, one billion people in the world have either type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. One billion. And that number is increasing every single day. And then in people who don't have any health issues, up to 80% of the population still has glucose spikes every single day. And this leads to lots of symptoms, from mental health problems, to fertility, to acne, to faster aging. glucose is really important, and I'm really happy that we're talking about it more.

Steven Bartlett (2:49)

What have you, have you been surprised by how much people have woken up to glucose sugar?

Jessie Inchauspé (2:54)

Yeah, definitely. I think even the word glucose, people used to know blood sugar, but now the fact that people know what glucose is makes me quite happy. That's the scientific way to refer to blood sugar. It's surprising, but the thing is like I'm on the inside. I'm working every single day to make sure people know what glucose is. So it's like, you know, when you put the frog in the water and then you slowly boil the water, you know that image and the frog doesn't notice the water is boiling. That's how I feel because I've been doing this for five years now. So I can tell now if I compare today to five years ago, there's been a huge shift, but I've been looking at it every single day, day by day and the increase has been very gradual.

Steven Bartlett (3:30)

How do you define yourself? There's this sort of name you go under, The glucose Goddess, but professionally, if someone says, what do you do? How do you define that?