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"This Will Shock You" - Avoid These 'Healthy' Breakfast Foods To Live Longer! | Jessie Inchauspé

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Dr. Rangan ChatterjeehostJessie Inchauspéguest
Jun 26, 202513mWatch on YouTube ↗

At a glance

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Why “healthy” breakfasts can spike glucose—and simple ways to fix

  1. Oats and many typical breakfast staples are primarily starch, which breaks down into glucose and can trigger a morning blood-sugar spike followed by hunger and fatigue.
  2. A “savory, protein-forward” breakfast (eggs, fish, tofu, leftovers) is presented as a simple way to stabilize morning glucose and reduce cravings and energy crashes.
  3. They argue that modern sweet breakfasts (cereal, juice, pastries) are largely a product of food marketing, replacing traditional meal-like breakfasts in many cultures.
  4. Plant milks made from starches (especially oat and rice milk) are framed as “liquid starch” that can spike glucose more than dairy or lower-starch alternatives like almond or coconut milk.
  5. Post-meal movement for about 10 minutes—especially simple options like walking or calf raises—can meaningfully reduce the glucose impact of a meal by sending glucose into working muscles.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

Oats can be a hidden driver of morning glucose spikes.

Because oats are starch (chains of glucose), a bowl of plain oats can cause a spike that may lead to hunger a couple of hours later and lower energy or cravings.

“Dress” your carbs to blunt the spike.

Adding protein, fat, and fiber to oats (e.g., nut butter, protein powder, or even a soft-boiled egg for savory oats) is suggested to reduce the glucose rise compared with oats alone.

A savory, protein-centered breakfast is the core swap.

They recommend building breakfast around protein (eggs, fish, tofu, nuts, leftovers) and adding fats/fiber (olive oil, avocado, greens) to keep glucose steadier through the morning.

Avoid sweet foods at breakfast to prevent the “rollercoaster.”

They advise skipping sweet cereals, jams, fruit juice, and sweet yogurts in the morning; if sweetness is desired, whole fruit is positioned as the better option.

Oat and rice milk can spike glucose more than people expect.

Because these milks come from starchy sources, they’re described as “liquid starch,” often producing a much bigger glucose response than cow’s milk, almond milk, or coconut milk.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

So oats in the morning, if you're just having oats, you're just having starch, which means glucose spike.

— Jessie Inchauspé

If you have something sweet and starchy for breakfast, massive glucose spike, glucose rollercoaster, sugar addiction- inflammation, poor energy.

— Jessie Inchauspé

That was invented. It's a marketing thing going on. The best thing for breakfast is dinner, I completely agree with you.

— Jessie Inchauspé

When you make a milk out of them, you're essentially making, making liquid starch, and that's just pure glucose.

— Jessie Inchauspé

After a meal, use your muscles for 10 minutes.

— Jessie Inchauspé

Starches vs sugars as spike driversOats and breakfast glucose crashesSavory breakfast built around proteinUltra-sweet breakfast culture and marketingOat milk/rice milk as “liquid starch”Food-order and timing hacks (sweet after meals)Post-meal movement and the soleus (calf) muscle

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