Halloween PSA 🎃

Leah Vachani · 2026-10-31T17:37:03.218Z

Every Halloween the advice comes down to willpower at the candy bowl. 👻 If you're like me, you have a few favorite pieces that you only eat once a year (for me it's the Reeses peanut butter cups 💀). It isn’t a willpower problem. It’s an order problem. When protein, fiber and fat arrive first, they change what happens behind them. Fat and protein slow how fast your stomach empties. Fiber slows how fast sugar gets absorbed. And your gut signals ahead to your pancreas to get ready before the sugar lands — so the rise comes in lower and flatter instead of straight up and straight down. In one small study, eating protein and vegetables before the carbs dropped post-meal glucose by roughly a third an hour later. Then there’s the walk. Ten minutes on your feet after eating pulls glucose into your muscles without asking insulin to do all the work. It’s the most reliable lever in this whole post, and it costs you one trip around the block. Same candy. Same amount. Different curve. And the curve is what you actually feel — the 9pm slump, the second handful you didn’t plan on eating, the 2am wake-up. So: if you want to enjoy your favorite piece of candy, eat dinner first (prioritizing protein, fiber and healthy fats), then candy, then a walk. Happy Halloween 🎃 #metabolichealthmatters #bloodsugarbalancing #glucosecontrolmatters #metabolichealthcoach #womenover40health

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Halloween PSA 🎃

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