EP. 1899

03/09/26

Jessie Inchauspé

“A big glucose spike can create stress in your body—inflammation and stress.”

The Hidden Way Your Diet Programs Your Baby's Health | Jessie Inchauspé

Jessie Inchauspé reveals how your food choices during pregnancy literally shape your baby’s brain development and future health. You’ll learn simple eating strategies that can reduce your child’s risk of diabetes, allergies, and developmental challenges before they’re even born.

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Jessie Inchauspé drops a truth bomb most moms never hear: what you eat during pregnancy doesn’t just affect you. It rewires your baby’s metabolism, nervous system, and disease risk for life.

She shares groundbreaking research showing how glucose spikes during pregnancy can double a child’s diabetes risk decades later, and why the old “bun in the oven” metaphor does actual harm to expecting mothers.

This isn’t about restriction or perfection. It’s about understanding that you’re not passive during pregnancy, you’re soil nourishing a seed. The simple shifts Jessie teaches can protect your child from chronic inflammation, strengthen their immune system, and give them a metabolic advantage from day one.

Whether you’re planning pregnancy, currently expecting, or supporting someone who is, this conversation will change how you think about prenatal nutrition forever.

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“There is innate pressure in being pregnant because you're building another human. I want to address this concept of pressure so we can navigate the broken food landscape without the guilt.” — Jessie Inchauspé
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And now let’s jump into episode 1899 of The School of Greatness!

Some Questions I Ask:

  • What would you say are the four things that moms should eliminate from their diet?
  • How does a glucose spike over and over again impact your nervous system and your ability to navigate the emotions of the world?
  • Why do people say like, there’s a bun in the oven and why is that harmful to say that?
  • So what would you say then is the biggest nutrition lie that moms have been told during pregnancy?
  • How much is a hundred grams of carbs?
  • Were you checking your ultrasounds every month?

In this episode, you will learn:

  • Learn why the timing of what you eat matters more than obsessing over which foods to completely eliminate
  • Understand how a mother’s nutrition directly impacts her baby’s brain development, neuron formation, and future mental health
  • Discover how glucose spikes during pregnancy program your baby’s metabolism and disease risk for their entire lifetime
  • Recognize the hidden inflammation triggers in your diet that most pregnancy advice completely ignores
  • Master simple meal sequencing strategies that stabilize blood sugar without restrictive dieting or constant deprivation
  • Plus much more…
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