I thought I would give this book a try but was worried it would be another diet book that I read as part of my annual New Year's resolution to lose weight and then end up not doing anything with it and putting it in my large pile of other discarded diet books -- but boy, was I happily mistaken!! This is not a traditional diet book at all. In fact, this book has easy-to-follow "hacks" to help even out blood sugar after meals. I had gestational diabetes and also pre-diabetes and have had blood sugar and resulting energy issues post meals. I started trying some of her tips for example, change the order in which to eat food groups at a meal, and I am already feeling a real difference. I really liked her illustrations showing a graphic difference of blood sugar levels -- particularly helpful for me was to not eat sugar on an empty stomach. I recommend this book.

This is a very good read even though it could be a boring topic. The author makes the information entertaining and relavent. I loved the practical tips for decreasing your glucose spike. This book is a must read for everyone!

As a Type 2 Diabetic for over 20 years, I went into this book to learn more about the sneaky effects of glucose/sugar within the body. I definitely was able to learn something throughout the book. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has recently been diagnosed as pre-diabetic or diabetic or to a caregiver of someone who has been diagnosed. The only thing I will state is that this is more of a resource book than a book that you actually read. I definitely recommend reading and mastering a chapter at a time to avoid feeling overwhelmed.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Another fad diet? Not at all! This book is packed full of science. It starts with Jessie Inchauspe wearing a continuous glucose monitor while keeping track of what she ate and when. After sharing her findings and attracting 270k followers (that's a quarter of a million people!) as @GlucoseGoddess on Instagram, she collected testimonials from people who found that her simple "Life Hacks" really work. You might suppose that these testimonials are from the usual cult of sheep who latch onto some charismatic leader and benefit from the placebo effect, but no, judging from the comments at Instagram, these are "normal" people reporting genuine (and major!) improvements in their health after adopting these very simple, very inexpensive tips.

Of course I shared these Life Hacks with friends and family. Of course I have met with resistance.

It's so easy, though! Before breakfast, eat a vegetable first. My mom detests avacado, and my husband won't even try it, but there are so many veggies to pick from. Choke down a clump of broccoli (my most-hated vegetable, but I eat it anyway, because I should.) Eat some cucumber, spinach, anything green, or maybe even a tomato, but eat FIBER and VEGGIE first. Next, ideally, add a protein/fat. Apparently you can also "clothe your carbs" by having your eggs with toast, vs eggs before toast, or your bacon-egg-and cheese biscuit.

As a firm believer in the 16-hour Intermittent Fasting fad, I no longer eat breakfast. The ONLY way I could lose 15 pounds after turning 50 (and being overweight throughout most of this decade) was to practice the fasting. My mom was slow to take it up, but when she did (fasting 4 p..m. to 8 a.m. because she could never give up breakfast), she lost 20 pounds. It's been two years for both of us, and it's still working, even with the occasional cheat. (I will gain a pound overnight if I break the fast.)

So, for me, first meal of the day is lunch at 11 a.m. After reading this book, I will always make sure the first thing I eat is a veggie.

Another hack I'm following, even though I detest the stuff: a spoonful of vinegar in a tall glass of water before each meal. Yes, you can also add it during a meal or even after a sugary snack, and it will still go a long way toward leveling off the dreaded glucose spike, but vinegar FIRST is the ideal, along with VEGGIE first. Inshcauspe offers many, many tips and ideas on how to incorporate the vinegar and the veggies into your daily diet. It doesn't have to be 100% According to Protocol.

If I keep sharing what's in the book, you might think there's no need to buy the book. Not true. I don't have time to spill all the beans, and no one book review can dish up every delectable detail. GLUCOSE REVOLUTION comes with so much more than you will see at the Instagram site. Explanations on why it works, and how, with compelling test results; lots of graphs (which I skip; to me they all look alike after a while); lots of case stories from people who inspire me to take heed and follow the good advice; and lots of science, presented in layman's terms.

I would buy copies of this for dozens of people I know. For now, I've been sharing the Instagram site. For skeptics, the book offers proof that this is more than some new fad diet. It's not even a "diet." It's a few simple things we can do lower the impact of sugar on our health.

NOTE: All sugars are the same. Honey, agave, pure white cane sugar, brown sugar, the list goes on and on, but the same glucose molecule is what all sugars break into. Yes, some sweeteners are worse than others (high fructose corn syrup, for one). Fruit juice is terrible: three times the sugar of one piece of fruit, minus the fiber. These are things you may already know, but fear not, there is a lot of stuff in this book that you do not already know unless you've been researching it already.

The good news: YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE and eat it too. You do not have to purge all sweets from your diet.

This is a very sciency diet book. Which is unfair to call it since it is more about changing your habits. I wouldn't call eating your food in a different order a diet, so I shouldn't do the author that injustice. Each hint is backed up by science that the author breaks down to way you can understand including charts. Not all of it is science I haven't heard of before either. I've heard about eating your more fibrous foods first because they are more filling. That way you won't overeat. I think this is great for those looking to make small, simple changes to their life before really getting on the road to a healthier life.


I got this book in for free from Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Let me be honest: I was skeptical going into this book. I've been reading dietary advice books since I was very young due to the unfortunate and all-too-common combination of PCOS and an eating disorder that informed my adolescent years. I expected this to be another scolding of a book (the type that says eating any refined carbohydrate ever might as well sentence you to early deathbed or that claims eating enough blueberries will cure your PTSD, depression, anxiety and probably cancer, too).

This was not this sort of book. This was an informative read that took legitimate, peer-reviewed scientific studies and broke them down into the language of the common man (sometimes to the point of over-simplification, but there's only so much you can ask for). It doesn't demand more of you than you can give and certainly doesn't expect perfection. Instead, this book offers sound, scientifically grounded advice about the best ways to structure your meals and meal plans in order to flatten the curve (too soon for a little bit of covid humor?) of your glucose spikes. Her advice comes only after the first third of the book breaks down how and why our bodies crave and react to glucose, fructose and sucrose—and come alongside both studies and data about why her tips work and personal success stories. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to gain a greater insight into their personal health without hearing any extremist calls to radically cut out whole food groups or otherwise adopt unsustainable lifestyle practices.

Thank you so much to Simon & Schuster for providing a copy of this book in exchange for a review on NetGalley.

I loved this book.

Here's a disclaimer: though I was really intrigued by the premise of this book--how to get your health back on track (to include, among others, cravings, fatigue, dementia, heart disease, and issues for diabetics) by tackling foods that mess with your blood sugar, I was cautious. Other books of this nature seemed overly focused on the author's platform, so I naturally thought that I'd hear more about the Glucose Goddess (IG) than anything else I could apply to my own life.

And while, yes, there are plugs for Inchauspe's Instagram account (which I followed based on this reading because I'm curious to check out more of her tips), this book was much more than that.

First of all, I rarely finish books like these. I browse through, focusing only on pages that concern what I'm specifically looking for. Glucose Revolution? I read every page (in one day. This is a fast read). Inchauspe's prose is relatable and engaging. She gives us the science behind how glucose in our food effects all aspects of our lives in clear and understandable terms, as though she's a close friend, rather than a pretentious expert demanding things from us. And along with that, she gives easy and actionable ways in which we can make changes in our diets to positively impact our health. And unlike other books I've read on the subject, this doesn't include specialty foods found only in pricey boutique shops, but every day ingredients that are easy to access.

I'm eagerly looking forward to trying the "hacks" that are put forth in this book. And while I don't know if they'll work for me like I want, the book is an excellent starting point for improving things.

Jessie Inchauspe has written about an enormously important topic - balancing one's blood sugar - and laid out the book in an easy-to-read and understand format for novices like me. Her hints and hacks make sense to me and I plan to try to implement the tips she outlines for both myself and my husband. I've already started to follow her Instagram account (@glucosegoddess) and I feel like this book has given me the information I need! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.