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YOU'VE BEEN STARTING YOUR MEALS WRONG 🤯

January 27, 2026 / 00:51

This episode discusses the benefits of eating vegetables first during meals, focusing on fiber's role in glucose management. Key topics include the protective barrier fiber creates in the intestine, how it slows glucose absorption, and the impact on hunger and cravings.

The conversation highlights recent scientific findings that explain why consuming fiber-rich vegetables at the start of a meal can lead to smaller glucose spikes. Specific vegetables mentioned include carrots, spinach, broccoli, and cherry tomatoes.

Listeners are encouraged to try this approach themselves, using a glucose monitor to observe the effects of starting meals with vegetables.

TLDR

Eating vegetables first can reduce glucose spikes and cravings.

Episode

0:51
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Why are we doing this veggies first thing? Well, recently scientists have discovered why it's so powerful. It's
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because veggies contain fiber. We love fiber. She's the best. When you have fiber at the beginning of a meal, what
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it does is that it coats your intestine. It makes this sort of protective barrier, this protective mesh, kind of
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gooey fibrous mesh. And so any glucose you eat afterwards will not be able to go through your intestine into your
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bloodstream so quickly. So, it slows down the arrival of glucose into your blood and it slows down that spike. You
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can make the experiment if you're wearing a monitor. Just have a a small plate of, you know, carrots or spinach
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or broccoli or cherry tomatoes or whatever veggie you like before a meal and see how much smaller your glucose
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spike is. You stay fuller for longer, have fewer cravings, and you're helping
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your body from within,

Episode Highlights

  • The Power of Fiber
    Discover how starting your meal with veggies can control glucose spikes and cravings.
    “It slows down the arrival of glucose into your bloodstream.”
    @ 00m 29s
    January 27, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • We love fiber. She's the best.
    YOU'VE BEEN STARTING YOUR MEALS WRONG 🤯
  • You stay fuller for longer, have fewer cravings.
    YOU'VE BEEN STARTING YOUR MEALS WRONG 🤯

Key Moments

  • Fiber Benefits00:05
  • Glucose Control00:29
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