The Hidden Habit Draining Your Energy and How to Eat for Better Blood Sugar Control

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Oct 13, 2025

Jessie Inchauspé, a biochemistry expert and founder of the GlucoseGoddess movement, reveals eye-opening insights on blood sugar's impact on energy and mood. She explains how switching to a savory breakfast can prevent glucose spikes and cravings, leading to clearer thinking. Jessie dives into the detrimental effects of glucose rollercoasters on mental clarity and motivation. She also shares movement techniques to stabilize blood sugar, advocating for practical lifestyle changes to enhance metabolic health.

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ADVICE

Start With A Savory Breakfast

Switch to a savory breakfast built around protein and fat instead of sweet, starchy foods.
This helps keep glucose steady, reduces cravings, and prevents fatigue throughout the day.

INSIGHT

Dopamine Feels Like Energy But It Crashes

Dopamine from sugary breakfasts feels like energy but causes a later crash and impaired clarity.
Glucose spikes slow neuronal signaling, producing brain fog and reduced mental speed.

ANECDOTE

Jessie's Personal Brain Fog Story

Jessie describes her own anxiety, depression, and severe brain fog before stabilizing glucose.
After reducing spikes, she regained clarity and felt more grounded and purposeful.

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For a long time, most people thought blood sugar only mattered if you had diabetes. But we now know it influences so much more: your energy, focus, mood, and ultimately your ability to live up to your highest potential. And there’s one thing that impacts all of these more than you might realize: glucose spikes.

Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about moments with Jessie Inchauspé. Jessie shares how and why switching to a savory breakfast can alter the trajectory of your day and energy. She also shares how a glucose roller coaster can create a false sense of energy and lead to brain fog, and how movement can help combat these fluctuations. Stabilizing your blood sugar isn’t just about diet, it’s about unlocking clearer thinking, balanced energy, and a steadier mind to help you feel and perform your best every day.

Jessie Inchauspé is on a mission to translate cutting-edge science into practical tips to help people enhance their physical and mental well-being. She’s the founder of the wildly popular Instagram account GlucoseGoddess, where she teaches life-changing food habits to hundreds of thousands of people. Jessie holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King’s College London and a master’s degree in biochemistry from Georgetown University. Her work at a genetic analysis start-up in Silicon Valley made her realize that, as the key to good health, food habits beat genetics.

In this episode, Dhru and Jessie dive into:

Why a savory breakfast helps you take control of your day (2:20)
The glucose rollercoaster: false energy and brain fog (7:38)
How movement supports blood sugar control (12:23)
Muscles as allies for stable glucose and daily NEAT activity (18:00)
Final thoughts (22:17)

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