The main list of recipes you will find in the GAPS books. Here I would like to make some important points about GAPS recipes. This song I have written a while ago and it was recorded by my good friend Caroline Barringer. I would like to share it with you for all the Christmases to come. Thank you all for your support in helping to make GAPS a global success! Tabolin VA, Belmer SV, Gasilina TV, Muhina UG, Korneva TI. Rational therapy of intestinal disbacteriosis in children. - M.:Medicina, 1998, 22p (Russian). Furlano RI, Anthony A, Day R et al. Colonic CD8 and gamma delta T-cell infiltration with epithelial damage in children with autism. J Pediatr 2001;138: 366-72.

Gut flora is something we do not think much about. And yet the number of functions the gut flora fulfils is so vital for us that if some day our digestive tract got sterilised we probably would not survive. The very name Introduction Diet implies that we begin with this diet. It is helpful for most GAPS patients to go through the Introduction Diet at some stage in their healing, because it gives them the best chance to optimise the healing process in the gut and the rest of the body. Acetaldehyde is considered to be the most toxic of alcohol by-products. It is the chemical, which gives us the feeling of hangover. Anybody who experienced a hangover would tell you how dreadful he or she felt. Children, who acquire abnormal gut flora with a lot of yeast from the start, may never know any other feeling. Acetaldehyde has a large variety of toxic influences on the body. One of the most devastating influences of this chemical is its ability to alter the structure of proteins. Acetaldehyde – altered proteins are thought to be responsible for many autoimmune reactions. Children and adults with neuro-psychiatric problems are commonly found to have antibodies against their own tissues. When I took the training in October 2015, I was already doing GAPS with my family for 4 years, I have read and studied the gaps book and I was familiar with the gaps diet protocol, but still I learned so much in that training, it was amazing! I felt like I was trying to put together a puzzle for more than 4 years and in the GAPS training I found all the pieces I need to finally accomplish what I want . I LOVED every minute. It was fun, dynamic and easy to understand. All the information presented to to me on the gaps training makes so much sense that I don't need it to memorize I just naturally remember it. I was really impressed with it. Liliane Widmer, CGP, FNTP Dohan CF et al. Relapsed schizophrenics: more rapid improvement on a milk and cereal free diet. Brit J Psychiat 1969; 115: 595-596.Schoenthaler SJ et al. The effect of randomised vitamin-mineral supplementation on violent and non-violent antisocial behaviour among incarcerated juveniles. J Nut Env Med, Vol 7, 1997, pp.343-352. Fermented vegetables and fermented dairy are utilised for their ability to re-instate beneficial bacteria. The protocol needs to be followed for up to two years depending on the severity of the condition. Use nutrition to heal, not supplements. Juicing and blending vegetables is much better than supplements. The chapter Vitamin A has been replaced with a chapter Cod Liver Oil, where all aspects of this remedy are discussed: the vitamins A and D, cholesterol, etc.

I still highly recommend this book, I just issue a warning to proceed carefully and make sure to do the diet exactly as recommended in the book. To learn about Gut and Psychology Syndrome, how it develops and how to treat it effectively with a sound nutritional protocol please read Dr Campbell-McBrides book from our store ‘Gut and Psychology Syndrome, Natural treatments for autism, ADD/ ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression and schizophrenia”. These methods are soaking, sprouting and fermentation. Please, read the second GAPS book (Gut And Physiology Syndrome) to understand this issue fully and to learn how to prepare seeds properly. These techniques are also described in detail in The Complete Cooking Techniques for the GAPS Diet by Monica Corrado, which I warmly recommend.The theory that there is a strong gut-brain connection has been mostly overlooked, but now, Dr. Campbell McBride’s work is gaining popularity with people all over the world. Now the research and medical community are considering the possibility of a gut/brain connection. As a parent of a child diagnosed with learning disabilities, Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride is aware of the difficulties facing other parents like her, and she has devoted much of her time to helping these families. She realized that nutrition played a critical role in helping children and adults to overcome their disabilities, and has pioneered the use of probiotics in this field. Ferrari P et al. Immune status in infantile autism: Correlation between the immune status, autistic symptoms and levels of serotonin. Encephale 14:339-344, 1988. Probiotics are our good bacteria: they help break down our food and change it to a normal stool, eliminating dysbiosis.