04/02/2024
Anti-Spike Formula - you may have seen this new supplement on your news feeds!? it's getting a lot of press!
If you've seen it, what are your first impressions?
This supplement is advertised as reducing your blood sugar spike when you eat carbs and yes, it contains some really good ingredients and probably will do what it's says on the tin...!
However, what happened to eating a balanced diet for healthy blood sugar balance? We're learning so much more about the impact of diet and healthy glucose control...
So why do we need a pill to do this?
It means you can continue to eat doughnuts, sweets, cake, pastries, chocolate, ice-cream, pasta etc...to your hearts content, so long as you pop one of these pills 10-minutes before you eat them! 😵💫
This is not making sense to me!?
Supplements are there to 'supplement' a healthy diet and might be required if you have a chronic illness causing a deficiency or to help rebalance and boost essential nutrients that you are not already getting from your diet.
Supplements do not give you permission to eat ultra-processed foods!!
It's not just blood sugar spikes that are an issue with these foods either - they have unhealthy fats, lack essential nutrients of fibre that you would get from a healthy, balanced diet.
These foods can also be detrimental to gut health, heart health, metabolic health....
And if that's not enough, imagine financially relying on these pills for ever more?
Nope, I'm not remotely impressed by these - I'd love to know what your thoughts are!?