Biochemist Jessie Inchauspe became known in the United Kingdom for proposing a method that, according to her, allows you to eat more without gaining so much weight. The diet she proposes is not based on food restriction, but on meal organization.
The heart of the dietary re-education scheme, however, is in a change that is well known to anyone who wants to lose weight and stay healthy. Jessie teaches how to plan meals so that the patient does not face spikes in blood glucose.
“When we have too much glucose in the body, we gain weight and our hormones go haywire. We feel tired and crave more sugar shots. The skin dries out, the heart suffers… We are getting closer and closer to type 2 diabetes”, says the author in her book The Glucose Revolution, released in Brazil in 2022.
About to launch a new book, Jessie is promoting a method that allows you to eat without restrictions or traditional calorie counting. She proposes small changes in the way we organize the table, and the program is based on five tips. Check out:
Start with a green entrance
“You’ll find that after a plant-based entrée, any food is less likely to generate a glucose spike,” says the biochemist, in an interview with the Daily Mail. Thus, it would be possible to eat without worrying about the quantities, but in a healthier way.
According to her, this is a golden tip, as the intake of fibers creates a kind of protective layer in the stomach that restricts the excessive absorption of sugars by the body. For her, a good ratio would be for the leaf and vegetable meal to be approximately 30% the size of the main course.
eat in the right order
For biochemistry, the best order to eat is to start with fiber and protein, go to fat and leave carbohydrates and sugars for last. Of course, these components are mixed in the dish, so the main thing is to keep the fibers especially at the beginning of the meal.
“For those on the street, my tip is to always take a bag of mini carrots or cherry tomatoes to eat before going to a main meal”, he says.
stop counting calories
According to Jessie, the habit of counting calories or food points generates anxiety that can affect people’s relationship of pleasure with food. In addition, for the expert, there is a tendency for programs based on numbers to make the user consider that everything with the same score has the same value for health, which is not true.
Focus on breakfast
The method proposed by biochemistry avoids sugar as the protagonist in every meal. The most fundamental thing, however, is that it never appears as the key to breakfast: with this, traditional bread should not be the star of the first meal of the day.
According to her, when we wake up, we interrupt the fast at dawn, and the body is eager for energy. Offering something with a lot of sugar at this time intensifies its absorption by the body, generating intense glycemic spikes. Bread is basically composed of carbohydrates, and the nutrient is broken down into glucose when digested by the body.
eat desserts
For the author, small snacks should not be sweet. Biscuits and chocolates between meals can lead to much stronger glycemic spikes than a dish rich in fiber and protein, for example.
The moment when sweets should appear on our menu would be right after a more robust meal, when the body will be ready to receive dessert.
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