Almost four years ago, I heard about something called traditional foods and a book called Nourishing Traditions. It took several months to locate a copy of this book (that was before I spent much time on the internet) and once I did get one, I spent several weeks being completely overwhelmed. The concepts in Nourishing …
A few years ago I thought my health was fine. Sure, I took a few different medications. One for stomach issues (Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS), one for when the first one for stomach issues didn’t do it’s job, another for a bit of anxiety, a few over the counter items to help with head …
So we lasted a total of 6 days on GAPS Intro. We knew from the beginning that it was possible we wouldn’t be able to do the entire Intro process so our back up plan was to do Intro as best we could and then go into full GAPS. Last night we determined it was …
“All disease begins in the gut” Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. We are doing GAPS Introduction at my house. The GAPS diet is from the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride. Introduction is a 6 Stage diet that starts with very limited foods and gradually adds in additional items. We’re now …
I wanted to have a record of how GAPS Introduction progressed for us. I think it would be helpful for me to have something to look back on and also for others considering doing GAPS Intro. But I don’t want to have GAPS posts completely take over the blog. I’ve decided to keep a running …
“All disease begins in the gut” Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. Today is Day 1 of GAPS Introduction at my house. The GAPS diet is from the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride. Introduction is a 6 Stage diet that starts with very limited foods and gradually adds in additional …
After a summer filled with travel and lots of discussion my family is going to start on GAPS Intro. Last October my husband, Joe, and I did GAPS. The GAPS diet is based on the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD. The GAPS goal then was to help me with some issues I …
Do you ever find yourself with just a small amount of leftover whatever? In my quest to keep our food spending under control, I’m trying to limit food waste and using those small amounts of leftovers has been a challenge. In the fridge I had 3/4 of a leftover acorn squash (baked with butter) and …
> I started sharing at the end of September how my poor choices over the summer resulted in me feeling horrible all of the time. There was very little I could eat without getting a stomach ache. I was tired all the time and felt like doing nothing. I think I was even bordering on …
> The 30 Days GAPS Introduction Challenge hosted by Cara at Health, Home & Happiness ended the last of October. For the most part, Joe and I really enjoyed the challenge. It has made me very much aware of how different foods affect me both physically and emotionally. And we both lost several pounds during …
As a young adult I totally bought into the whole “Politically Correct Nutrition” idea that fat was bad, especially animal fat. At one time I attempted to become a vegetarian for ‘health reasons’ and I’ve been on numerous low fat diets through the years. Imagine my surprise when I first read Nourishing Traditions by Sally …
> Something that has been on my mind as we do the GAPS Introduction diet is our food budget. When we began our real/whole/traditional foods journey we made slow and deliberate changes which really helped us to keep our food spending very close to what it had been when we were eating a Standard American …
Whew. Being away from home while doing GAPS Intro was a challenge. One I did not entirely fulfil. I did okay but not as good as I would have liked. Now I’m home and trying to get back on track but struggling a bit. Yesterday I felt very tired (probably a combination of food issues …
Meals and Mood Woke up feeling great today even though I had very interrupted sleep last night. Fall has hit Wyoming and along with fall came the winds. It roared last night waking both Joe and I up several times. One time it sounded like a shingle or two peeled off! Breakfast soup was 6 …
Spaghetti Squash Foods and Feelings Joe woke up feeling very tired again. This morning he is thinking it is diet related since he feels more tired than usual. I offered him more applesauce but he wanted peanut butter. He had a spoonful of it. Peanut butter is not a GAPS Intro food but …