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old on the benefits of steadying your blood sugar? Good news: when it comes to food, nothing is off the table. It’s being mindful about when and how you eat it that counts. Which is where the hacks come in.
“I love chocolate, I love pasta, and I didn’t want to go totally keto,” Jessie explains. “So I found in the scientific studies some principles and techniques you can use in your day-to-day life, to eat the carbs you love with less of a glucose spike.”
Take your favourite carbs and add in the good stuff : healthy fats, protein, fibre and movement. For example, you can buff er the glucose spike created by bowl of overnight oats by enjoying it after a savoury starter, topping it with a dollop of Greek yogurt or almond butter (aka putting ‘clothes’ on your carbs) or simply following it up with a 10 minute walk.
The Glucose Goddess Method focuses on Jessie’s top four hacks. “As you use these, you’re going to reduce your glucose spikes, retrain mitochondria to burn fat for fuel, steady your hunger hormones, and improve your body and your brain,” she promises. “To me, this was completely life changing.”
Here, we explore some of the most wonderful wild-swimming spots on the planet, selected from the collection in Lonely Planet’s new book The Joy of Wild Swimming. Suitable for newcomers and experienced wild swimmers alike, each location delivers something unique: from Dublin’s favourite outdoor swimming spot, made famous by James Joyce’s Ulysses and featured in Apple TV’s Bad Sisters, to the relatively unknown oasis of Bagni Regina Giovanna in Italy, where Queen Giovanna of Naples allegedly took lovers to bathe in the 14th century.
