When you eat, your body doesn't calculate numbers. It breaks food down into molecules, primarily glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids - and responds hormonally to what arrives in your bloodstream. The most immediate and powerful signal? Blood glucose.
Glucose is your body's fuel gauge
Every time you eat, glucose enters your bloodstream. Your body reads this like a fuel gauge and responds accordingly:
High glucose → insulin rises → "store energy, stop burning fat"
Stable glucose → balanced hormones → "use stored energy when needed"
Sustained high glucose → insulin resistance → "keep storing, even when we have enough"
This is why calorie counting misses the point. Two meals with identical calorie counts can produce completely different metabolic responses depending on how they affect your blood glucose.
The Nico approach: Work with your body's fuel system
Instead of forcing you to track numbers on food labels, Nico helps you understand and optimize your blood glucose patterns. When you keep glucose stable:
Insulin stays balanced, allowing your body to access fat stores
Hunger and cravings diminish naturally
Energy remains steady throughout the day
Your metabolic hormones can finally reset
💡 Tip:
Traditional calorie counting treats your body like a simple math equation: calories in minus calories out. But your body is a complex hormonal system that regulates fuel at the molecular level. By focusing on glucose regulation rather than arbitrary calorie targets, you're working with your biology, not against it.