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When our glucose levels spike after a meal and then drop an hour later, that activates the craving center in our brain. We feel an irresistible urge to eat sugar. Trying to resist won’t work! The solution is to solve the root cause: glucose spikes.

Insulin is in charge of putting extra glucose away into our muscles, liver, and fat cells. But when we give our body too much glucose over too many years, it no longer works very well. We become resistant to insulin, or “insulin resistant”. This will get worse until we get diagnosed with prediabetes. But insulin resistance is reversible, and one of the way we do this is by reducing our glucose spikes.

When we get glucose spikes, insulin levels increase in our body. But when insulin levels are high, we cannot burn fat for fuel. To help our body burn fat for fuel, we need to reduce our insulin levels. The first step to do that is to reduce our glucose spikes.

When we eat a meal that gives us a glucose spike, our glucose levels crash about 2 or 3 hours afterwards. This makes us feel tired. If we want steady energy, it’s important to keep our glucose levels steady: avoiding glucose spikes is key.

Glucose spikes can lead to inflammation, which in turn impacts our brain: inflammation can slow down the speed of signal between our brain cells, and this can be felt as brain fog. For a clearer mind, reduce your glucose spikes.

After years of experiencing glucose spikes without knowing it, our body can no longer manage the increasing levels of glucose in our blood. Our fasting glucose levels increase, until they are high enough that we get diagnosed with prediabetes, then type 2 diabetes. The good news: these conditions are reversible by reducing our glucose spikes.

If you compare two meals that contain the same number of calories, the one that leads to a smaller glucose spike will keep you feeling full for longer. Plus, if you have lots of glucose spikes, your insulin levels will be high - which will mess up your hunger hormones and make you feel hungry. If you want freedom from constant hunger, reduce your glucose spikes.

A common symptom of dysregulated glucose is waking up suddenly in the middle of the night with a pounding heart. Often, it’s the result of a glucose crash in the middle of the night. Going to sleep with high glucose levels or right after a big glucose spike is also associated with insomnia in postmenopausal women and sleep apnea in a segment of the male population. If you want a good night’s sleep, flatten your spikes!

Unsteady glucose levels can impact many hormones in your body. This is why people with glucose spikes have more menopause symptoms and are more likely to have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). For a healthy hormonal system, help your glucose levels.

Many skin conditions, acne, eczema, psoriasis, are driven by inflammation, which is a consequence of glucose spikes. When we flattens our glucose curves, we help our skin from within. In a study in males aged 15 to 25, the diet that resulted in the flattest glucose curves led to a significant reduction in acne compared to a diet that caused glucose spikes. (Interestingly, they saw improvements even without reducing other foods known to contribute to acne, such as dairy products.)