Glucose Goddess 10 HACKS to Improve Your BLOOD SUGAR Levels | Jessie Inchauspé & Dr. Casey Means
What this video covers
Hosted on the Levels channel — the metabolic-health company Means co-founded — this 73-minute conversation brings together two prominent blood-sugar voices: French biochemist Jessie Inchauspé, known as the “Glucose Goddess,” and Dr. Casey Means. Their shared premise is that stable glucose levels are foundational to energy, weight, mood, and long-term health, while erratic spikes and crashes drive cravings, weight gain, fatigue, and disease risk.
Inchauspé walks through the “hacks” from her Glucose Goddess Method: practical tactics for flattening post-meal glucose curves without restrictive dieting, such as food ordering and pairing strategies. Means connects these tactics to the broader metabolic-health picture, arguing that continuous glucose data gives people direct insight into how their diet and lifestyle choices affect their biology.
The conversation also widens beyond personal tactics. The pair discuss whether type 2 diabetes and obesity are genetic, lifestyle-driven, or both; the food industry’s role in making healthy choices difficult; the link between nutrition and mental health; whether supplements meaningfully help metabolic health; and their shared call for systemic change in the food industry.
Key points
- Both argue that stable glucose underpins how people feel and look at any age, while spikes and crashes drive cravings, weight gain, and low energy.
- Inchauspé presents her Glucose Goddess Method: simple “hacks” to keep blood sugar steadier without restrictive diets.
- They debate whether type 2 diabetes and obesity are dictated by genetics, lifestyle factors, or a combination.
- Means argues that nutritional choices can significantly impact mental health.
- Means criticizes the siloed, fragmented approach of conventional healthcare for missing the metabolic big picture.
- They argue the food industry complicates healthy choices even for motivated people, and call for systemic change.
- Inchauspé offers a striking anecdote: she sees people who are 85 years old start the hacks and feel good in their body for the first time a month later, arguing it’s “never too late” because glucose responds immediately.
- She discusses the launch of her own Anti-Spike formula product during the episode, claiming it curbs post-meal spikes by about 40%.
- They explore the science behind food cravings and whether supplements can genuinely support metabolic health.