Thank You, Next: The Glucose Goddess Method

The Glucose Goddess Method is BLOWING 🧨 UP 💥, and we need to talk about it.

Jessie Inchauspé, self-proclaimed Glucose Goddess, created an eating procedure to purportedly keep your glucose levels from rising to levels deemed (by her) to be risk-inducing.

Right off the bat, it frustrates me that she sells nutrition advice to her 3.2 million followers under the virtue signal of being an ‘activist,’ as if companies are trying to sell us poison under the guise of food and she’s here to right the wrong. But I truly don’t have a bone to pick with her; it’s the Glucose Goddess Method I’ve got problems with.

So let’s dive in:

The method can be broken down into four main “hacks”:

1. Eat a savory breakfast in lieu of a sweet one.

2. Drink a tablespoon of vinegar in a glass of water before eating.

3. Eat in the order of veggie => protein/fat => carbs

4. Move/walk for 10 minutes after eating

Which, comparatively, isn’t all that bad. But honestly… can we just eat a sandwich and be done with it, already? Of course not. (Unless, of course, you’re prepared to drink vinegar; tear it apart into veggies, protein, and carbs; and take a 10-minute walk after).

Look, she’s not advising anyone to cut some things out or restrict others. In fact, she’s pretty outright about voicing only to do what you feel compelled to do. AND, none of her advice is physically dangerous, save for the vinegar that will absolutely decimate your enamel.

But this blog is not for the general public looking to eat more veggies. I write for the women who want to get the h-e-double-hockey-sticks OUT of quasi-recovery: the women who want to leave disordered eating IN THE DUST and live a life of TRUE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. And to these women, I say:

Steer 👏🏼 clear! 👏🏼

Here’s the beef: 🥩

These rules are some serious fuel for the ocd-loving tendencies of disordered eating.

Let’s do the math:

   Specific times to avoid drinking water

➕ Having to plan ahead to drink vinegar before eating (honestly, just gag me)

➕ The ritualistic way of eating in a specific order

➕ Exercising to blunt the effects of eating in some way

🟰 A healthy relationship with food …NOT.

Let me be clear:

I don’t blame ANY woman for being pulled into this. With graphs like THIS luring us into her diet, it’s hard to disagree with her methods:

Image courtesy of @glucosegoddess instagram

Image courtesy of @glucosegoddess instagram

But while they’re incredibly persuasive… they’re literally not real.

Inchauspé clarifies on her website that the “graphs” are only meant to “illustrate scientific papers and make [them] visual.” She says to scroll through her posts to see the studies they’re referencing. Only thing is, when we do that, it’s clear their interpretation is vastly overstated, at best (if you can find ones with corresponding evidence at all.)

On top of this, every article is cherry-picked to support the Glucose Goddess Method.

If you haven’t heard of cherry-picking, it really deserves a whole post on it’s own. But for the sake of convenience, here’s the gist of it:

Of all the studies ever conducted, Inchauspé presents only those which SUPPORT her hypothesis, EVEN WHEN the studies are POORLY DONE and INCONCLUSIVE.

Unfortunately for the women enticed by her “evidence” and convincing “graphs,” all that time picking 🍒 has led to her latest product: the Anti-Spike Formula.

The Anti-Spike Formula is a supplement revealed by Inchauspé earlier today, baring the catchphrase: “Magic starts here. And it’s all science.”

Image courtesy of AntiSpike.com

Look, I’ll just come right out and say the obvious:

There’s no such thing as a magic pill.

And honestly, I’m still lost on why we’re trying to suppress the natural reaction of our body to eating carbohydrates. Surely our bodies, which have been honed by millennia of trial and error, know how to digest something as basic as carbohydrates.

What’s more, researchers have safely established that blood sugar spikes actually don’t cause diabetes. Turns out, there’s a whole slew of factors leading up to diagnosis - and sugar simply doesn’t make the cut.

Regardless, these new pills are just another cog in the pseudoscientific, fear-mongering wheel, complete with more beautiful graphs:

Image courtesy of AntiSpike.com

Why trust your body to digest food when you could take a pill that can do it SO MUCH BETTER? …AmIright?

If I’m being honest, the main problem with the Glucose Goddess Method and these new Anti-Spike pills - and what it truly comes down to - is this:

Clinical studies do not make a rule.

Nutritional science is INCREDIBLY FLAWED. Just because there’s science, doesn’t mean it’s any good. Nor does having research to cite make something infallible. Science can hardly advise what macronutrients to eat, let alone how or why someone should be trying to manipulate their natural response to eating: digestion.

Here’s what I want you to know:

Your body is so much wiser than any external advice you’ll hear. You don’t need to listen to someone else to hear what your body is asking.

To learn more about why and how you can trust your body, plus:

👉🏼 Dive deep into why you can STOP FEARING CARBS

👉🏼 Learn why your body’s worth valuing MORE than any diet guru’s advice

👉🏼 How to leave ‘healthy eating’ behind

👉🏼 How to collaborate with your body for LASTING HEALTH & MENTAL FREEDOM

👉🏼 And how to decipher the GOOD science from the BAD…

Read my ebook, Recover From Your Eating Disorder, here:

We live in a world that encourages us to look ourselves for answers instead of teaching us to embody our inner wisdom.

You deserve to learn your truth: you’re stronger than you think.

💖💪🏼

Maria