Dr. Andy Galpin

I'm getting there. I'm getting there.

I'm getting there. I'm getting there.

I'm getting there. I'm getting there.

So let's start where we all agree.

So let's start where we all agree.

So let's start where we all agree.

Everyone would agree with that, right? Why we're missing the fiber intake almost exclusively, right? Fiber is going to mitigate blood glucose spikes and elevation. Great. Second step then is what if I take that whole apple, banana, peach, whatever it is, eat it as a whole apple versus blend it up? Well, you'll actually see the same thing with meat. A steak versus ground meat.

Everyone would agree with that, right? Why we're missing the fiber intake almost exclusively, right? Fiber is going to mitigate blood glucose spikes and elevation. Great. Second step then is what if I take that whole apple, banana, peach, whatever it is, eat it as a whole apple versus blend it up? Well, you'll actually see the same thing with meat. A steak versus ground meat.

Everyone would agree with that, right? Why we're missing the fiber intake almost exclusively, right? Fiber is going to mitigate blood glucose spikes and elevation. Great. Second step then is what if I take that whole apple, banana, peach, whatever it is, eat it as a whole apple versus blend it up? Well, you'll actually see the same thing with meat. A steak versus ground meat.

Ground meat versus actually blended meat because these studies have been done. You blend it up and you drink the meat.

Ground meat versus actually blended meat because these studies have been done. You blend it up and you drink the meat.

Ground meat versus actually blended meat because these studies have been done. You blend it up and you drink the meat.

Yeah, yeah. For this exact reason. It is what happens if I pre-digest, basically, pre-break down the food item. There are differences. There are differences in absorption. The amount that you actually get from the gut actually into the rest of your system is kind of how you can think about that. There are differences.

Yeah, yeah. For this exact reason. It is what happens if I pre-digest, basically, pre-break down the food item. There are differences. There are differences in absorption. The amount that you actually get from the gut actually into the rest of your system is kind of how you can think about that. There are differences.

Yeah, yeah. For this exact reason. It is what happens if I pre-digest, basically, pre-break down the food item. There are differences. There are differences in absorption. The amount that you actually get from the gut actually into the rest of your system is kind of how you can think about that. There are differences.

That said, how much of a difference in that particular example of if I ate that peach or if I blended it up, how much more would that cause my blood glucose to spike? I would probably, if they showed me data that said it spiked it more when you blended it, for those other reasons, I'd believe it. Does it do it to a magnitude that I care about? I don't know. Maybe. I don't know the data.

That said, how much of a difference in that particular example of if I ate that peach or if I blended it up, how much more would that cause my blood glucose to spike? I would probably, if they showed me data that said it spiked it more when you blended it, for those other reasons, I'd believe it. Does it do it to a magnitude that I care about? I don't know. Maybe. I don't know the data.

That said, how much of a difference in that particular example of if I ate that peach or if I blended it up, how much more would that cause my blood glucose to spike? I would probably, if they showed me data that said it spiked it more when you blended it, for those other reasons, I'd believe it. Does it do it to a magnitude that I care about? I don't know. Maybe. I don't know the data.

I don't know the specific study that they're referring to. My initial skepticism, you can see there. I don't know if I would care enough. But it's plausible based on what I do know from studies in a very similar realm. So I'd say plausible, but I don't know. I don't really do that very often, so I'm not super worried about it.

I don't know the specific study that they're referring to. My initial skepticism, you can see there. I don't know if I would care enough. But it's plausible based on what I do know from studies in a very similar realm. So I'd say plausible, but I don't know. I don't really do that very often, so I'm not super worried about it.