TRY THIS HACK TO LOWER YOUR BLOOD GLUCOSE SPIKES!

If you are like me and trying to lower your insulin resistance, keeping your blood glucose spikes to a minimum is key!

When we are hungry and the first thing that goes into our mouth is a carb/sugar/starch, our blood glucose levels will spike because it’s the only thing in the stomach. When our bodies receive that massive dump of glucose, we usually have a big drop afterwards (because of a massive dump of insulin, which is trying to store the glucose) which makes us feel tired and leaves us thinking we need a coffee or dessert to give us energy again. Over time, our bodies need more and more insulin to take care of the spikes of glucose, which leads to insulin resistance.

Instead of eating your carbs/starch/sugar first, try eating your foods in this order: vegetables first, protein/fats second, and then the carbs last. When we fill our stomaches with the vegetables first and the protein/fats second, it allows that fiber from the veggies to get into our stomaches and create a type of buffer from glucose spikes in the carbs which will come later in the meal.

Practicing eating your food in this order could look like a salad with oil and vinegar dressing first, grilled steak, and then your baked potato with butter and sour cream last.

Lunch could be sliced tomatoes with mozzarella, grilled salmon, and a bit of brown rice with butter.

Let me know if you try this hack and how it works for you! Here’s to fewer blood sugar spikes!