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How to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth without Raising Your Blood Sugar Levels
Yemeni Mesa is the CEO of KNOW Foods, an innovative company that provides healthy, guilt-free versions of your favorite treats. In today's podcast episode, Yemeni talks with JJ about KNOW Foods' mission to help folks eat better, feel better, and be better. Listen as Yemeni shares the ingredients that make KNOW Foods products stand above the rest, including the rare sugar called allulose, which has the sweetness of sugar without the impact on your blood glucose or insulin levels. Yemeni also explains how to calculate grams of net carbs in KNOW Foods products and the yummy varieties of KNOW Foods that are available, from cookies and cupcakes to waffles and syrup. Plus, KNOW Foods are safe for diabetics and keto-friendly to boot. It turns out you can have your cake and eat it too (without raising your blood sugar levels)!
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Main Points From Today’s Episode
1. KNOW Foods products are sweetened with allulose. Allulose is a “rare sugar” that doesn’t raise blood sugar or insulin levels.
2. Consuming allulose is like eating a sweet fiber. You get the sweetness and cooking properties of sugar without the metabolic consequences.
3. 75% of the calories in KNOW Better Cookies come from healthy fats like coconut and chia seeds. Not only do KNOW Foods products taste super yummy, they’re also keto-friendly.
Episode Play-By-Play
[1:52] Yemeni Mesa’s career briefing
[2:34] Listener’s review on iTunes
[5:03] What is allulose?
[6:16] How allulose is different from sugar
[7:43] Allulose doesn’t raise blood glucose or insulin levels.
[8:08] With allulose, you get the sweet taste of sugar without the metabolic consequences.
[8:53] Where is allulose found?
[11:04] Challenges with labeling regulations
[12.02] How to understand grams of sugar on the nutrition labels
[14:24] JJ’s yummy Five-Star Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake recipe with KNOW Better Cookies
[16:45] 75% of the calories in KNOW Better Cookies come from healthy fats.
[17:55] The allulose used in KNOW Foods products is GMO-free.
[18:25] How to figure out the amount of net carbs in KNOW Foods products
[19:50] Folks with diabetes can enjoy all that KNOW Foods has to offer.
[23:10] KNOW Foods products are made with healthy ingredients like coconut flour, chia and flax seeds.
[23:39] Research on allulose
[27:01] KNOW Better Waffles are outrageously delicious.
[28:53] Want a better quality of sleep while also calming your brain? Try JJ Virgin’s Sleep Candy!
[29:26] Listener’s question: I can’t get over my sugar cravings. Help!
[30:42] What causes sugar cravings?
[32:12] The trifecta of clean, lean protein, healthy fats, and fiber helps stabilize your blood sugar levels.
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Recipe: JJ’s Five-Star Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake
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