557: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy Nutrition (Protein, Choline, Omega-3s and Blood Sugar) | Jessie Inchauspé
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Jessie Inchauspé—biochemist, bestselling author, and the “Glucose Goddess”—joins Max to unpack how blood sugar, protein, choline, and omega-3s during pregnancy may shape a baby’s brain, metabolism, and lifelong health.
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| 0:49.8 | What's going on everybody? It's episode 557 of The Genius Life. |
| 0:54.9 | Let's go. |
| 1:12.7 | What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to the Genius Life. What's going on, everybody? |
| 1:13.8 | Welcome back to The Genius Life, the show where we try to make health make sense before the internet turns it into a personality disorder. |
| 1:19.9 | I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and this week I am joined by Jesse and Chowspy, biochemist and bestselling author, better known to millions as the |
| 1:28.4 | glucose goddess. And while Jesse built her name helping people better understand blood sugar, |
| 1:32.8 | this conversation goes somewhere even more profound, pregnancy. We get into how a mother's |
| 1:37.1 | diet may shape a baby's metabolic health, brain development, taste preferences, and more, |
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