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Jolien Janzing

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May 27, 1964

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Jolien Janzing is a Dutch-born investigative journalist and internationally published author living in Flanders.

Her most personal book, The Oldest Diet in the World (Petit Bois Press, 2026; originally published in Dutch as OerFood), explores human evolutionary biology and ancestral nutrition. Drawing on her investigative background and more than twenty years of personal experience with an autoimmune condition, she investigates how returning to the nutrient-dense fuel that shaped our species can transform vitality, calm inflammation, and restore metabolic health.

Janzing is also an acclaimed novelist and children's author whose works have been translated into English, German, French, Turkish, and Danish. Her historical novel Charlotte Brontë' ...more

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	De meester: de geheime liefde van Charlotte Bronte in het 19de-eeuwse Brussel 3.26 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Oldest Diet in the World: Eating Like a Hunter-Gatherer to Calm Inflammation, Lose Weight, and Tame Autoimmune Disease 4.73 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Welcome to our 100 Giveaway Winners — and a huge thank you to over 800 readers! 🌿

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A heartfelt congratulations to the 100 lucky winners of our Goodreads Giveaway! Your Kindle copies of The Oldest Diet in the World have been delivered straight to your accounts and are ready to read.

To the more than 800 of you who added this book to your Want to Read shelves over the past two weeks: thank you so much for your curiosity and overwhelming interest in ancestral health.

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Published on October 02, 2026 14:07 • Tags: ancestral-health, autoimmune-disease, diet-and-nutrition, gut-health, health-and-wellness, healthy-eating, inflammation, lifestyle, multiple-sclerosis, nonfiction, paleo-diet

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