A Year on the GAPS Diet

Thoughts and experiences looking back on a year of the Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet. Detox, healing crisis, EMFs, fungus, leaky gut and more. The GAPS diet has been called the mother of all diets and has turned my life around.

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Aromatic Raisin Chutney

This recipe has developed over the years from Sally Fallon’s recipe for raisin chutney in her wonderful cookbook Nourishing Traditions.

  • 3 c organic raisins
  • 1 t red chili flakes
  • 1/2 head garlic, crushed
  • 2 T coriander seeds
  • 1 T cumin seeds
  • 4-5 cloves
  • 1 T fenugreek seeds
  • 2-3 cardamom pods (remove shell)
  • 1 T black mustard seeds
  • 1 T black peppercorns
  • 1 t ground turmeric
  • 2 inches ginger, grated
  • 2 t Himalayan salt (sea salt)
  • 1/4 c whey
  • 1/2 c non-chlorinated water

Method:
Soak raisins in warm water for at least an hour. Peel and pound ginger and garlic in a mortar and pestle. Place the whole spices in a pan and dry roast until the aroma rises from the pan. Process until well ground.

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Bentonite Clay

Bentonite clay has been a real life-saver for me. I am blown away by the powerful detoxing abilities of this clay. I don't remember where, why or when it was that I first started using bentonite, but I do remember the first place I ever heard of anyone eating any kind of earth was when I read One Hundred Years…

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Beginning the GAPS Diet

Many people have been asking me how the GAPS Diet has been working out for us, and I am finally getting a chance to post about it. We started this diet because we have had serious re-occurring health problems ever since living in a moldy apartment in New Zealand. Our problems seemed to just get worse instead of better. I seemed to have developed leaky gut syndrome and was getting intolerant of more and more foods. We had been on no-carb diets, and various other health regimes which worked for a while but were unsustainable for long periods.
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Blame it on Genetics

ToadstoolsAfter reading Anna’s positive experiences with the GAPs diet I ordered the book and have just finished reading it, I have tried a lot of diets over the years especially after living in a moldy apartment in Wellington, NZ which has resulted in problems with my digestive tract ever since. November last year was a month of non-stop rain here in Vancouver, BC and with the temperature change, was the perfect breeding ground for mushrooms, mold and yeasts. As a result our health problems reared their ugly heads again and showed us that we still have an overgrowth of harmful yeast in our systems. In some ways this is good because we at least know that we need to deal with it.

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