Adapting a lifestyle free of sugar was a matter of life and death for Jayne Jones. Now she wants to help others.

Jayne Jones has made a name for herself as the “No Sugar Baker,” with social media posts and videos that regularly pull in tens of thousands of loyal fans, and now a second cookbook in the works. So what’s Jones’ secret ingredient to success?

Diagnosed in 2019 with severe diabetes, Jayne J. Jones, a 1992 Detroit Lakes High School graduate, has embraced a sugar-free lifestyle and is now making a name for herself as the “No Sugar Baker.” Her fun online persona, food blogs and new book, “The No Sugar Baker’s Cookbook of Healthy Living and No Regrets,” are drawing the attention of a growing number of fans.

Personal health crisis and resulting lifestyle change, are recipe for a sweet new career – without the sugar.

Jayne Jones grew up in Detroit Lakes, Minn., so she is aware of and loves Midwestern meals. You understand, the hotdishes, the salads, the bars. Baking was her passion.

NOKOMIS – Talk about a growth market:

More than 400 million Earthlings suffer from diabetes. America has an estimated 34.2 million diabetics or around 10 percent of the population. Only a fraction of it has the innate version of suffering. The rest, like Jayne Jones, live with type 2 diabetes acquired through diet and lifestyle.

Two years after being diagnosed with diabetes, Jayne Jones believes there were lots of signs she missed over the years. It took a major health crisis on her 45th birthday to get her attention.

Jones landed in the emergency room that day with sugars so high she was facing an impending stroke. She lost her vision for nearly two weeks. That was August 2019.