Food Heals by Jane

Food Heals by Jane Certified GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) Coach, Mother, wife, teacher and organic farmer. I am a Teacher of Traditional nutrition.

I offer practical classes in traditional and fermented foods that heal our bodies. I'm particularly interested in helping others heal the gut through classes and private consultations. I also do public speaking to groups about my work and the power of good food to change our health.

This is very important. Making any change to your diet can cause you to feel worse before you feel better. Going straigh...
28/02/2026

This is very important. Making any change to your diet can cause you to feel worse before you feel better. Going straight carnivore can hurt big time. I'm glad I have taken years to get to where I'm at.

A more animal based diet would help so many kids with skin issues, asthma, behavioral issues, allergies etc. All of whic...
28/02/2026

A more animal based diet would help so many kids with skin issues, asthma, behavioral issues, allergies etc. All of which are accepted as just normal now. It would also help with the constant snacking. Animal foods fill you up and you can last hours between meals with no need for snacks.

28/02/2026

Cancer - Glucose Is The Bigger Issue, Stop Focusing On Glutamine!

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths people will go to protect their consumption of carbohydrates. Even in the face of a terminal illness and death! 🤔

There is clear evidence dating back to Otto Warburg winning the Nobel Prize back in 1931 for discovering that, in simple terms, cancer, unlike healthy cells, needs GLUCOSE to thrive.

This effect is called the “Warburg effect”, the near universal feature of cancer metabolism: tumors thrive on glucose as their primary fermentable fuel.

Logically, then, the most obvious strategy should be to cut off that fuel by not eating carbohydrates and sugars, forcing cancer cells to starve while normal cells adapt to ketones (which most cancers can't use efficiently). Right?!

But Nooooooo! With the discovery that some cancers can also use glutamine as fuel the focus instantly flipped to glutamine. 😕

"Now, you can eat your carbs, because glutamine is what makes cancer grow and you can suppress that with drugs." Really?! 🙄

People would rather do extended fasting (not healthy for a sick body that needs nutrients to fight cancer), and take a drug to inhibit glutamine, which is something a healthy body happens to need, than simply stop eating carbohydrates.

This makes no sense.

According to Dr. Thomas Seyfried's extensive research on cancer, glucose and glutamine are the two main fermentable fuels driving tumor growth, but glucose is the more universal and primary fuel across virtually all cancers.

Although many cancers can also use glutamine for energy and growth, not all cancers exhibit the same level of glutamine dependency. Most cancers prioritize GLUCOSE.

Glutamine is not a universal fuel across all cancers.

Seyfried's "press-pulse" approach prioritizes chronic glucose deprivation (via a calorie restricted ketogenic diet to lower blood sugar and raise protective ketones) as the foundation, with glutamine targeting (often via drugs like DON) as a complementary "pulse" for tougher cases.

Even in glutamine dependent cancers, eliminating glucose greatly improves treatment results because cancer cells lose their favorite fuel source, making glutamine alone far less effective for cancer growth.

The simplest, fastest, cheapest, and most powerful step in the fight against cancer is to stop feeding the cancer by cutting all carbohydrates immediately.

No exotic drugs, no extreme fasting (which can deprive a weakened body of needed nutrients), no risking healthy cells' glutamine needs.

Just cut the carbs and deprive cancer of it's main fuel for growth. It's that simple. Just do it.

Yet so many resist this simple change. I truly don't understand why, when the evidence points to it as a core, non-toxic way to fight cancer. 🤷‍♀️

28/02/2026

Everytime I've tweaked my diet I've noticed that hormonal issues have decreased. So I was obviously on the right path. But I have to say going carnivore has radically changed things. I can't recall the last hot flush. Or if I've had one it was pretty minor. Should have done this years ago. So all that plant food women eat to help with their hormones is a lie. Lack of phytoestrogens sees hormones normalise. Animal protein and fat heals.

27/02/2026

Day 7 carnivore. Wow what an amazing sleep. No toilet stops. Just peaceful relaxed sleeping. Turns out toilet stops in the night is more to do with inflammation in the body.

Are you still using a microwave? Hopefully this video will convince you to throw it away.
26/02/2026

Are you still using a microwave? Hopefully this video will convince you to throw it away.

Life without bread.
25/02/2026

Life without bread.

The Doctor Who Figured It Out Too Early (1950s)
He removed sugar. His patients got better. Medicine looked away.

1950s Austria.
Dr. Wolfgang Lutz is doing everything right.
Prescribing approved drugs. Following modern guidelines. Trusting the science of his time.

His patients keep coming back.
Diabetes controlled, not reversed.
Pain managed, not resolved.
Chronic disease after chronic disease.

So Lutz does something risky.
He thinks.

He digs into old medical literature. Before processed food. Before pharmaceutical dominance. Before calories became doctrine. One idea keeps reappearing.

Low carbohydrate eating.

He is skeptical. But honest. So he tries it on patients who have failed everything else.

His rules are simple.
Under 72 grams of carbohydrates per day.
No limits on meat, eggs, cheese, or butter.
Real food. No sugar. Minimal starch.

The results shock him.
Blood sugar normalizes.
Weight drops without hunger.
Inflammation fades.
Digestive disorders disappear.
Arthritis improves.

People do not just comply.
They recover.

So he keeps going. For decades. Thousands of patients. Same result every time.

Remove sugar and starch. Health returns.

In 1967, he publishes Leben Ohne Brot.
Life Without Bread.
Real patients. Real outcomes. Clear instructions.

Medicine ignores it.

This is the age of low-fat dogma. Margarine. Vegetable oils. Carbs as salvation. A doctor prescribing butter and steak is labeled as dangerous.

Lutz keeps going anyway.
He has something stronger than consensus.
He has results.

In 2000, at age 89, he publishes follow-up data. Patients low carb for over 30 years. Healthy. No early death. No arterial collapse. No cholesterol catastrophe.

He dies at 97.
Still low carb.
Still right.

We did not lack evidence.
We lacked courage.

25/02/2026
While other people might be eating sandwiches for lunch, this is what I'm eating. Two leftover meat patties, cloud bread...
25/02/2026

While other people might be eating sandwiches for lunch, this is what I'm eating. Two leftover meat patties, cloud bread and 2 eggs. Day 4 of carnivore. Yesterday I was like an energizer bunny getting so much done. But also time spent in the sun getting my vitamin D. I slept like a log and woke up ready for another energy filled day. Improvement in energy, motivation and sleep.

Well that will keep me going for awhile. So what do I use tallow for? It's very versatile.  I use it for cooking. But I ...
24/02/2026

Well that will keep me going for awhile. So what do I use tallow for? It's very versatile. I use it for cooking. But I also use it as a mousturiser on my face, lip balm, hand cream, body cream, first aid uses. I even sometimes add it into a bath. Think of all that money I've just saved and no chemicals going into my body when I use them. A little bit of time in the kitchen is worth it.

In the kitchen making meat stock and tallow.
24/02/2026

In the kitchen making meat stock and tallow.

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