What Sugar is REALLY Doing to Women - Especially During Pregnancy | Jesse Inschuppe (Bonus Episode)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast, I’m speaking with biochemist and bestselling author Jessie Inchauspé, known to many online as the Glucose Goddess. Jessie has helped millions better understand blood sugar and metabolic health, and she’s back with a new book, 9 Months That Count Forever, which explores how nutrition during pregnancy can shape a child’s long-term health.
In our conversation, Jessie explains how what happens in the womb can influence a baby’s future through epigenetics - essentially switches on our DNA that are affected by the environment during pregnancy.
And even if you’re not pregnant or planning to become pregnant, there’s still so much in this conversation for you. Many of the principles Jessie shares about blood sugar balance, cravings, energy, and metabolic health apply to women in every stage of life.
It’s a fascinating conversation that really reframes the way we think about food, health, and the powerful window pregnancy offers for shaping lifelong well-being.
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- Book: 9 Months That Count Forever: How Your Pregnancy Diet Shapes Your Baby's Future
About Jesse |
Jessie Inchauspé is a French biochemist, founder, and New York Times bestselling author. She has devoted her career to translating cutting-edge science into easy tips to help people improve their physical and mental health. Through her books Glucose Revolution and The Glucose Goddess Method, she has reshaped the global conversation around blood sugar. Nine Months That Count Forever, her latest, breaks down the complex topic of pregnancy nutrition. Jessie is the founder of the wildly popular social community @GlucoseGoddess, where she reaches over six million people across platforms. She holds a BSc in mathematics from King’s College, London, and an MSc in biochemistry from Georgetown University.
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| 0:00.0 | For those of you that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience. |
| 0:04.8 | So if this content is something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out the other episodes that dropped this week. |
| 0:10.0 | Or join me back here next week for episodes that you don't want to miss. |
| 0:15.2 | It is not your fault. You know whose fault it is? It's the fault of the food industry that is making products that are designed |
| 0:21.6 | to make you addicted. We're living in a food environment today where billions of dollars are spent |
| 0:28.3 | on making specific sugary products that are going to make you addicted. So it's not your fault. |
| 0:32.4 | There's literally massive marketing machines behind this. So that's one thing. It's not your fault. |
| 0:37.4 | It's the fault of |
| 0:37.9 | society for messing up all of our diets, by the way, not just a diet of pregnant moms, all of our |
| 0:42.3 | diets. The reason today pregnant moms eat a lot of sugar and very little chlorine, for example, |
| 0:47.3 | is because of the way the food industry has changed what we eat. This is Diane Bowden, and you're |
| 0:53.7 | listening to the minimalist moms podcast. |
| 0:56.1 | Today on the podcast, I'm speaking with biochemist and best-selling author, Jesse |
| 1:00.3 | and Chespe, known to many as the glucose goddess. |
| 1:04.4 | Jesse has helped millions better understand blood sugar and metabolic health, and she's |
| 1:08.4 | back with the new book, Nine Months That Count Forever, which explores how nutrition during pregnancy can shape a child's long-term health. |
| 1:15.7 | In our conversation, Jessie explains how what happens in the womb can influence a baby's future |
| 1:20.1 | through epigenetics, essentially switches on our DNA that are affected by the environment |
| 1:24.1 | during pregnancy. We also talk about how blood sugar spikes during pregnancy |
| 1:28.0 | may affect a child's future risk of metabolic issues, simple food strategies that can help |
| 1:33.2 | stabilize glucose, and why nutrients like coline found in foods like eggs, are so important for |
| 1:38.9 | infant brain development. And even if you're not pregnant or planning to become pregnant, |
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