The Order Trick

The fix here is structural, not willpower. The order you eat your food in changes how steeply your blood sugar climbs.

Eat your vegetables and protein first, and save the bread, rice, or pasta for last. Studies on meal order find this noticeably flattens the post-meal sugar spike — same plate, same calories, gentler curve. Add a short walk afterward and the curve flattens even more. Steady glucose, steady thinking.