So I have this one member of my family who sometimes just wants to eat vegetables. But no, it’s not…
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GAPS Diet Recipes
The GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) diet protocol is a healing diet designed by a neurologist to treat her child's learning disabilities. While developed to help patients with neurological conditions, it's perhaps one of the healthiest and most nutrient-dense diets anyone could eat!
What do you eat on the GAPS Diet?
Once through a short, carefully prescribed detox phase, a "Full GAPS" meal plan becomes a grain-free, high in monounsaturated fat, vegetable-dense diet designed to heal the gut lining and strengthen immunity. A GAPS diet meal plan calls for plates full of pastured meats, bone broths and homemade fermented dairy and vegetables.
I am a private chef and culinary consultant with a basic formal education in nutrition and food safety. I am not a certified nutritionist or dietitian, and none of the information here is intended as medical advice. If you are overweight, hypertensive or suffer chronic disease and seeking to improve your health, consult your doctor first. If your doctor doesn't recommend a change of diet, find a new doctor.
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