Food Heals by Jane

14/01/2026

Yes I'm still here. I've been busy with other things in my life. But also busy observing how other people live and eat and their health. When is the fact that sugar and carbs harm the body going to sink in? People wonder why they have digestive issues, aching joints, low energy, skin problems, low mood etc. They seek answers from a doctor not realising that the answer is what is on their fork. Christmas and the summer holidays is traditionally a time to indulge. But this year I didn't really want to. I know what that sweet starchy food does to me and how it makes me feel. It's not worth it. It simply undoes all the hard work I put in the rest of the year. I'm still available for consults and lessons in how to make traditional and fermented foods. If you want some help and practical solutions message me. I can help. Let's heal the gut and heal the body and mind this year.

13/12/2025

This is very informative.

13/12/2025

Today I want to chat about menopause. Now this is from my perspective as a female having been there. It's now two years since aunty flo has been for a visit. Yes hot flushes and insomnia has happened. Middle age spread has occured. But I can't help wondering if us females are primed for the worst with all the talk of perimenopause and menopause symptoms and the huge amount of products and advice out there for us. Is it just a money making venture? Did our ancestors suffer from perimenopause and menopause symptoms? Or did they just naturally flow from one season to another? Why do I ask? Because I've been tweaking my diet of late and things have been changing for me. The healthier I get the less hot flushes and sleep disturbance. The healthier I get the less weight is hanging around my middle. I haven't actively set out to lose weight. I haven't starved myself. I haven't done lots of execise or gone to the gym. (I'm a bit allergic to gyms! lol) It has just happened as a natural occurrence of getting healthier. So what is menopause all about then? Is it just our bodies calling out for the right nutrition? Do we need to change what we eat as we age? Or perhaps we've had our diets wrong all along and we need to go back to eating more closely what our ancestors ate. I can't help wondering if a more animal centred diet would be the right one for all of us all the time. Some food for thought on a Sunday morning. What do you think?

12/12/2025

The simplest thing ever. Beef mince in a muffin tray with an egg on top. Season if you want. Great as portable food. Picnics, lunches, breakfasts or for hungry teenagers to snack on.

11/12/2025

So let's talk soy and plant toxins. Soy has extremely high levels of phytoestrogens. It is an endocrine disruptor. But it doesn't end there. Soy is also high in oxalates. So it's a double whammy of nastiness. Soy should have no place in our diets. But many unknowingly consume it. That bread you buy will probably have soy in it. The chocolate you eat - soy will be a sneaky ingredient. Muesli bars, cakes biscuits, cereal and on the list goes. Now those things I have mentioned are all processed junk foods. But unfortunately soy is sneaking into our lovely animal foods too. Do you know what the hens are eating that produce your eggs? Probably soy and flax. Do you know what the pigs and poultry are eating that you consume? It is probably soy and flax. Be very careful about what you eat. Know your source. Speak to the farmer or butcher if you can. I do wonder if all the female cancers are connected to the push to eat chicken. I do wonder also about inflammation in general and arthritis, thyroid problems and weight gain whether that is also connected to the meat that we eat. Meat still remains my number one food that heals and nourishes me. But I'm more careful now about which meat and eggs I'm eating.

18/11/2025

Lowering your carbohydrates or even going carnivore have immense benefits. Major mental health conditions can improve or even be healed. There is hope for many conditions with ketosis.

17/11/2025

🚨 Big Kidney Health News — and it’s not coming from a pill bottle. 🚨

For years, we were told that low-carb or higher-protein diets were dangerous for the kidneys. That eating meat would somehow push people with type 2 diabetes closer to renal decline.
But what happens when we actually look at the data instead of repeating old fears?

That’s exactly what Dr. David Unwin, MD and colleagues did.
📊 Seven years of real-world clinical data.
📉 Patients with type 2 diabetes following a low-carb approach.
💡 The result? Kidney function didn’t decline — it IMPROVED.

Their peer-reviewed analysis found no evidence of harm, and instead noted improvements in weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, medication use, and yes… renal markers. It turns out that stabilizing glucose and insulin (instead of flooding the kidneys with chronic high sugars) is one of the most kidney-protective things you can do.

Citation:
Unwin, D., Unwin, J., Crocombe, D., Delon, C., Guess, N., & Wong, C. (2021). Renal function in patients following a low carbohydrate diet for type 2 diabetes: a review of the literature and analysis of routine clinical data from a primary care service over 7 years. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity, 28(5), 469–479.

And Dr. Thomas Weimbs illustrated the contrast perfectly at ASN Kidney Week 👇

On the left: “Drug X slows kidney disease”
👏 Big applause.
On the right: “Keto diet reverses kidney disease”
👀 Crickets.
Because nobody profits when food works.
But real people do.
Real patients do.
Real families do.

Low-carb medicine is challenging decades of assumptions — not by theory, but by outcomes.
Metabolic health is kidney health.
And improving both starts with stabilizing blood sugar, lowering insulin load, and nourishing the body with real food — not fear.
If you want peace, clarity, and better health… the data keeps pointing in the same direction.
Strong • Nourished • Real. 💪🥩

17/11/2025