Have you ever noticed that after a meal, you feel really tired and sleepy?

I used to think that this was just normal and that you feel sleepy after eating because your body was digesting food.

I also thought that feeling tired all the time was just what it was for me because I was an introvert and therefore I just had less energy than more extroverted people.

I couldn’t have been more wrong.

It turns out that high blood sugar was at least part of the reason why I felt tired all the time and why I had a lot of dips in my energy and my mood.

I’ve had issues with high blood sugar for some time.

When I was 24, my doctor told me that I was prediabetic and that it was only a matter of time before I got type 2 diabetes. At 27 weeks pregnant, I was diagnosed with pregnancy diabetes and needed to take insulin injections to protect my baby.

Thinking back, eating unhealthy food started in childhood for me and it wasn’t until my late 20s that this slowly started to change.

I’ve done quite a bit of research over the years about blood sugar, inflammatory disease like diabetes and healthy nutrition to try and get my blood sugar under control.

It’s a journey that I’ve been on for a while and one that I’m still very much still on.

Today, I’m going to share with you 3 things that I learned so far about blood sugar and eating healthy that helped me to have more energy, to have less mood swings and to have better concentration and focus.

At the end, I’ll give you two simple tips that you can use today to reduce spikes in blood sugar and improve your energy.

Topics:

- Why is blood sugar important?

- What is diabetes (difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes)

- What does this have to do with energy dips, especially for introverts?

- 3 things that helped me to eat healthy and to have more energy & focus

1. Experiencing the positive effect of healthy nutrition

2. Changing my environment to change my habits

3. Starting small vs going all in: what works better for you?

+ 2 tips from Jessie, the Glucose Goddess, that you can start today to reduce spikes in your blood sugar

- Veggie starter

- Vinegar hack

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Resources mentioned in this podcast (I’m not affiliated with any of the resources that I share on the podcast, I just share them out of personal interest and to give you context about these topics)

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📖 Jessie Inchauspé - Glucose Goddess https://www.glucosegoddess.com/

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🎵 Andrés Rodríguez