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hey this is Dr. Marissa Snyder, women's hormone expert, author, and the host of the

Essentially You podcast. And today I'm going to be sharing with you how to know if a

packaged food that you're about to buy and or eat is going to spike your blood sugar and put you on the blood sugar roller coaster. But before I arm you with this incredible tool on how to identify if a packaged food item or really any food is going to spike your blood sugar,

it's important to understand why. See, lots of food at your grocery store, especially

packaged food, are pretending to be healthy when they are not. They hide behind marketing

language like gluten-free, fat-free, organic, heart healthy, good for cholesterol.

I mean there are a slew of marketing campaigns that they're trying to use to get you to buy that product.

So if a packaged food is going to spike your blood sugar, best believe they are not going to be up front about it on the package.

A great example of this is Honey Nut Chirios, which is the number one

serial purchased by millions of people in the US every single year. On the package, it

advertises it to be low cholesterol, gluten-free, and it's a part of a heart healthy diet.

Mm-mm, but the second ingredients is sugar, and one little small bowl has one third of the sugar a child should consume on a daily basis. Now if you eat a

normal portion of honey nut cherios, guaranteed you are going to spike your blood sugar.

It's practically dessert and over time it is not good for your

heart, your cholesterol or your blood sugar. So how do you spot if a packaged food

will spike your blood sugar? Well the first place to look is on the ingredient list.

See, the ingredient list is sorted in descending order.

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