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The fear of “sugar spikes”: The new trap of diet culture

Laurence Gauvin

July 10, 2026

Nutritionist

The fear of "sugar spikes": The new trap of diet culture

If you open Instagram or TikTok these days, you have surely seen this new trend go by: people panicking as soon as their blood sugar level rises a little. We are advised to drink apple cider vinegar, to eat our food in a precise order (vegetables first, pasta at the very end), or to ban certain fruits under the pretext that they cause “blood sugar spikes”.

For people trying to heal from an eating disorder or who simply want to make peace with food, this trend is a trap. Under its appearance of “modern science”, it hides an old, well-known recipe: guilt and control.

Why Is This New Trend Harmful?

It is completely normal and healthy for sugar levels to rise after eating. It’s the sign that your body is transforming food into energy! The problem is that social media has transformed this natural phenomenon into a monumental source of anxiety.

When looking to detach from rigid food rules, this trend creates new problems:

Numbers instead of sensations: We listen to an application or a graph rather than feeling our own hunger.
The fear of eating: A simple slice of cake or a ripe banana become “enemies” to avoid once again.
The meal becomes a puzzle: Having to calculate the exact order of each bite cuts out all the pleasure of eating and sharing a moment with family or friends.

Intuitive Eating: Trusting Your Body Rather Than a Screen

Intuitive eating proposes exactly the opposite of this race for control. It invites you to turn off the noise of social media to reconnect with your own internal wisdom. Instead of stressing in front of a graph, the intuitive approach proposes that you ask yourself simple and benevolent questions:

Is this a meal I feel like having?

Did it give me energy for my day, or do I feel tired?

Did I eat my fill?

Your body is incredibly well made. When we stop depriving it and give it what it needs, it knows exactly how to handle energy all by itself, without us needing to micro-manage every plate.

How Our Team Helps You Detach From Rigid Rules

Detaching from toxic social media trends doesn’t happen overnight, especially when you have developed the reflex to control everything to reassure yourself. In our clinic, our role is not to give you a new list of forbidden things or to tell you what to think. We help you empty your mental backpack of all these hijacked scientific rules.

Our ultimate goal is to help you find a simple and flexible diet. Together, we will move forward at your own pace to relearn how to build plates that support your energy in a stable and natural way, and this, without a calculator or glucose sensor.

Finding Food Freedom

Wellness trends come and go, but they all have the same goal: making you believe that you cannot trust your body. True healing from an eating disorder begins when we start listening to ourselves again, one bite at a time.

In our clinic specialized in intuitive eating and eating disorders, we help you find the pleasure of eating, quite simply.