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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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 Posted - Nov 12 2014 : 4:46:49 PM
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I was wondering if anyone has done GAPS? We tried it a couple years ago, but as I am reading the book, we definitely did not do it "right." We are looking at starting it again in January... hopefully correctly this time. If anyone has any experience, we sure would appreciate to hear about it!
~ Shannon
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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Dapple Grey Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
725 Posts
Betty
Goodrich
Texas
USA
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Posted - Nov 12 2014 : 5:27:42 PM
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What is GAPS?
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Nov 12 2014 : 6:00:34 PM
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GAPS stands for Gut and Psychology Syndrome. It follows the thought process that the majority of your immune system is in your gut. If there are issues there, you will see them elsewhere. It is a type of elimination diet, basically. You should stay on it for about two years, though the intro portion is the worse, as you have to eliminate SO MUCH!
~ Shannon
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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kem
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Posted - Nov 13 2014 : 03:13:07 AM
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I am on a more restrictive SCD diet. Very similar to GAPS. My digestion is a mess and still not well after two and a half years. But, if I stray I am so sick, sl know it helps me.
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
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Posted - Nov 13 2014 : 6:18:48 PM
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I'd never heard of GAPS but it sounds like it makes sense. The neurons in your gut are just the same as the neurons in your brain and in your heart. That's why you have a "Broken heart" or a "gut feeling". It's been said that we really have three brains--in our head, our heart, and our gut. I just know when I eat something healthy and my gut feels good, I feel good all over. I took a medicine two years ago that really messed up my digestive system and I've found that now I have to eat a high fiber, limited fried food, and less fat diet. Sweets I can still eat and feel OK. I like meat once in a while but it leaves me feeling sluggish. I made a salad tonight with pasta, canned salmon, pickled beets in a dressing of sour cream, mayonaise,lemon juice and balsamic vinegar. I'm going to fix some maple syrup glazed pecans later on tonight and add them to it.I think it would be neat to study the psychology of food--I have a degree in psychology and there was no mention of how our brains and food interact, though it's a complex system. Maybe now some schools offer a class in the psychology of food. If not, they should.
Cindy
"Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free; And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the rocks reach the sea.Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun. and cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done"--Loreena McKennit
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6876 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 05:51:11 AM
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I understand the gut connection to the brain, but how do you know what to eliminate without first knowing what the gut's specific problem is? Without being tested for specific food allergies, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's, small bowel bacteria overgrowth, and a host of other issues, how do you know what to eliminate and why? Since everyone is different, it all becomes anecdotal for the individual. What bothers one person, isn't the issue for another and so on. Specific food intolerances are very individualized so don't you risk sort of "throwing the bath water out with the baby" so to speak with an across the board restrictive diet? And what about being able to get valuable nutrients from a limited number of foods? We know that a healthy diet includes lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains ( all the gluten free ones for those with celiac disease), nuts, olive oil and protein. Our bodies absorb the vitamins and minerals best when they come from food rather than supplements.
I know that some people are triggered by eating certain foods and have to stay away from them. I too have the same issue. Most of the time, one figures out the culprit with an elimination diet doing one big item like wheat, eggs, milk, corn etc. at a time and then re-introducing the item to see the reaction. Skin testing and blood testing, however, will give you a quick and fast way to know what items are already a problem.
Personally, I think getting a proper diagnosis is the best place to start with how to alter one's diet so that you know which direction to go. Some problems may be helped with medications until the gut calms down and heals up. Then the person may find they are fine with just eating the correct diet and avoiding those specific foods that trouble them. I know from my own life that eating something that doesn't agree with me only causes issues which in turn makes me feel poorly and sleep poorly. The result is a g
less than happy Farmgirl.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7483 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 08:11:08 AM
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Over ten years ago I started paying attention to what I was eating and how it affected me. First I noticed that wheat triggered bingeing so I started cutting back on wheat products.
Next was meat especially beef that slowed down my system which had always been slow to process food. I cut meat from my diet and started eating more dried beans and non-gluten pasta.
Along the way of being aware of what I ate and how it affected me I cut out raw fruits and vegetables because they caused pain and other problems. My body tolerates avocados, bananas, and limit amounts of fresh tomatoes.
Just this year I read an article about insoluble and soluble fibers and how they work in the body. Since I have been trying to balance the two fibers I have been able to introduced limited amounts of meat including beef and some wheat products back into my diet.
Sara
Walk in Peace - Live with Joy
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
3162 Posts |
Posted - Nov 14 2014 : 09:26:22 AM
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The purpose of GAPS is to heal the gut. While you are extremely restricted to begiwith, you slowly start adding things back in. After two years of full GAPS, you again can slowly add things back in, properly fixed (such as sourdough opposed to straight grains). I know my kids have issues with wheat, but I also know there is something else that I cannot put my finger on. As for the skin tests, my kids came up negative for wheat..... But the result of eating it is extremely bad! and then yes, there are the blood tests, IF your insurance covers and as for my kids, IF they weigh enough! We have been wanting to go back on it for the kids, to let their "leaky guts" heal, and now knowing I have fibromyalgia, I am hoping it will help that as well.
~ Shannon
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
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Cozynana
True Blue Farmgirl
1123 Posts
Kem
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Posted - Dec 09 2014 : 02:21:40 AM
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| There are so many factors to figuring out food issues. I have been on a stricter SCD diet for about 3 years and still have huge issues. I have gained back a few foods, but end up taking my own food to potlucks, etc. It makes me wonder what causes it, and why sooooo many children and adults have a myriad of gut issues. Growing up in the 70s I did not have any friends with food issues. Have the food companies altered the stae of real food that our bodies are reacting to frankenfood? |
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