Eat Heal Farm

Eat Heal Farm is hosted by Heathar Shepard — real food nutritionist, classical homeopathic practitioner, and homesteader devoted to natural health, real food, and regenerative farming. Each episode explores how to support your health beyond conventional eating and living, with homestead recipes, farm stories, hard-won lessons, and thoughtful debunking of trendy but often unhelpful health advice.

Eat Heal Farm is a health podcast hosted by Heathar Shepard, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Heathar Shepard hosts Eat Heal Farm, a health show with 21 episodes published.

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  The Real Cause of Diabetes? Fat, Cortisol & the Energy Crisis in Your Cells

  Jul 27, 20261h 10m

  Is glucose really the problem in diabetes—or is it what happens when the body can't use glucose efficiently? In this episode, Heathar challenges the common belief that blood sugar is the root cause of diabetes and explores a more accurate physiological perspective: that elevated free fatty acids, chronic stress hormones, and impaired cellular energy production are the real drivers of metabolic dysfunction, including diabetes. Heathar discusses: Why fat and stress hormones rise in diabetes The role of cortisol in breaking down muscle and maintaining blood sugar How elevated free fatty acids interfere with glucose oxidation Why blood sugar is a fat and cortisol problem, not a glucose problem How long-term keto and low-carb diets affect thyroid function, blood sugar, and metabolism What improving cellular energy production may look like through carbohydrate metabolism, thyroid health, and lowering stress hormones You can read along with this episode by visiting Heathar's Eat Heal Farm Substack: Notes on diabetes, fat loss and death by keto.

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  Coffee, Cortisol & Thyroid: What Coffee Is Telling You About Your Metabolism

  Jul 10, 202657 min

  Coffee is one of the most misunderstood foods in nutrition. Some people feel calm, warm, energized, and focused after a cup, while others experience anxiety, jitters, racing thoughts, or a blood sugar crash. What if coffee isn't the problem? In this episode, we explore why your response to coffee can reveal valuable clues about your metabolic health, thyroid function, liver glycogen, and ability to produce energy efficiently. Rather than masking symptoms, coffee can act as a window into what's happening beneath the surface. In this episode, Heathar discusses: • How coffee supports thyroid function and cellular energy production • Why healthy metabolism changes the way your body responds to caffeine • The connection between cortisol, blood sugar, and depleted glycogen stores • How to enjoy coffee without triggering stress hormones • Why iron overload may impair metabolism and glucose utilization • Practical ways to improve insulin sensitivity and help cells burn glucose more efficiently • Why symptoms after coffee can be a surprisingly useful diagnostic tool If you've ever wondered whether coffee is helping or hurting your health, this episode will give you a completely different perspective.

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  Glycogen: The Missing Piece in Metabolic Health

  Jun 26, 20261 hour

  Is glycogen just "stored carbs," or is it one of the most important regulators of metabolism? In this episode, Heathar explores how glycogen supports thyroid function, stabilizes blood sugar, reduces reliance on stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, improves sleep, enhances exercise recovery, and may even help explain why so many people struggle after years of low-carb dieting.

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  Why Healing Comes Before Weight Loss: The Metabolic Rebuild

  Jun 18, 20261h 18m

  You have to heal your metabolism before you lose weight (for sustainable, long-term health success). In this episode, Heathar dives into the often-overlooked metabolic rebuilding phase that can occur after years of low-carb dieting, calorie restriction, excessive exercise, low thyroid function, or diabetes. Learn why temporary weight gain, increased hunger, and higher carbohydrate intake may be part of the recovery process—and why restoring metabolic health is often the first step toward lasting body composition changes.

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  Sugar Doesn't Feed Cancer—Broken Metabolism Does

  Jun 3, 20261h 15mS0

  <p>The idea that "sugar feeds cancer" has become one of the most repeated claims in nutrition, but the story is far more complex. </p><p>In this episode, Heathar examines Otto Warburg's original work, the role of glucose and lactate in cancer metabolism, and why fasting, keto diets, and low-carb diets actually expedite cancer. </p><p>Heathar also teaches you how to interpret studies from a clearer perspective, shares her dietary approach to cancer, explains the importance of reducing metabolic and digestive stress and what that really looks like, and, as always, gives you her no-nonsense approach to preventing...

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