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When it comes to pregnancy, most advice focuses on what to avoid. But what if the real conversation should be about what actively builds your baby’s brain and long-term health?
Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Jessie Inchauspé to discuss the four building blocks of pregnancy nutrition. Dhru and Jessie dive into the hidden impact of glucose on your baby’s developing brain, the pregnancy nutrition myths that...
This episode is brought to you by Puori, Fatty15, Our Place, and Branch Basics.
When it comes to pregnancy, most advice focuses on what to avoid. But what if the real conversation should be about what actively builds your baby’s brain and long-term health?
Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Jessie Inchauspé to discuss the four building blocks of pregnancy nutrition. Dhru and Jessie dive into the hidden impact of glucose on your baby’s developing brain, the pregnancy nutrition myths that need to go, and the overlooked nutrient that helps wire memory before birth. They unpack nausea and food aversions, share simple glucose hacks every pregnant mom should know. Jessie also highlights the protein mistake most moms don’t realize they’re making, explains the connection between glucose, inflammation, and the brain cells few people talk about, and breaks down the truth about “eating for two.”
Jessie Inchauspé is on a mission to translate cutting-edge science into simple, practical tools for better physical and mental health. As the founder of the popular @GlucoseGoddess account, she shares life-changing food habits with hundreds of thousands of people. In her bestselling book Glucose Revolution, she uncovers how blood sugar shapes everything from cravings to fertility and offers easy, science-backed hacks to optimize it, without giving up the foods you love.
In this episode, Dhru and Jessie dive into:
(2:13) The hidden impact of glucose on your baby’s brain
(10:00) Pregnancy nutrition myths that need to go
(12:10) The overlooked nutrient that helps wire memory
(18:18) Nausea and food aversions
(19:46) Simple glucose hacks every pregnant mom should know
(31:24) The fish debate: what actually matters for baby’s brain
(34:43) The protein mistake most moms don’t realize they’re making
(39:41) Glucose, inflammation & the brain cells no one talks about
(44:30) Dhru opens up about his wife’s pregnancy journey
(47:31) Are you really “eating for two”? The calorie truth
(53:30) How Jessie feeds her son (and why it matters)
(55:20) What Jessie would do differently before getting pregnant
(1:00:20) The protein powder Jessie personally uses
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