Angela Foster Performance Podcasts - Episode 156

EP 156 – Bitesize Biohacks Flattening Your Blood Glucose Curve

This week Angela is talking all about blood sugar and why it’s so important to manage blood sugar spikes because when you continuously spike your blood glucose you are affecting your mitochondria over time and to optimise, your mitochondria need to be as healthy as possible

Angela explains what happens when you continually spike your blood sugar and shares 3 key hacks that you can use daily at home to flatten your glucose spike and optimise your health

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Bitesize Biohacks Flattening Your Blood Glucose Curve

Angela explains what happens when you continually spike your blood sugar and shares 3 key hacks that you can use daily at home to flatten your glucose spike and optimise your health

Key Takeaways

Your fasting glucose should be between 4milimoles per litre and 5.4milimoles per litre
Going to 7 millimoles and above you are in the diabetes range
More free radicals mean more oxidised stress
Oxidative stress is a driver of heart disease, cognitive decline, and ageing
If you are spiking your blood glucose you are also spiking your fructose
Glycation is where sugar molecules attach to other cells and damage them
Fructose can overwhelm the liver
When you change the composition of the calories you are consuming you can lose weight on the same number of calories
Fibre is your friend and has 3 key superpowers, eating more fibre slows down the release of glucose into the blood.
Fibre creates a viscous mesh that limits the absorption of glucose
The order of eating matters, start with the veggies
Start your meal with vinegar to reduce blood glucose the acetic acid
the way you start your day plays a vital role in your blood glucose, as you will be more sensitive to glucose

Best Moments

‘Your mitochondria are the powerhouses of your cells so you want to keep them as healthy as possible

‘Wrinkles are something you can get from too much glycation’

‘The narrower the range of the spike the better your health will be with less cravings and fat storage

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Angela Foster

Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.

After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind:

To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.

Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.