Saturday, November 5, 2011

GAPS


We have been very busy since coming home this summer. The main reason being we started GAPs with the kids. It stands for Gut and Psychology syndrome and is an old theory revived and reviewed by Dr. Natasha Cambell McBride in the UK. In short it talks about the connection between an unhealthy gut and different psycholgoical syndromes. However in this book she also addresses how to heal the digestive tract of people with non-ige food allergies, or sensitivities as she refers to them. An imbalance of gut flora can cause allergies which can then cause psychological and neurological problems. Hence the term gut and psychology.

We started very slowly in august on the GAPs intro and will continue to move forward slowly. We started by introducing chicken broth, then lamb broth, beef broth and now goat broth and lamb meat. We are ecstatic to have 2 foods for Hayls and Heath (he passed carrots over summer). Our goal for the year was one more food for Hayls and we have reached it (hopefully we exceed it). Not to mention the 4 broths they are both having. We will move forward with rabbit, pork and duck. Once we can find good sources (ensuring the meats are grain free) we will add more varity of meats.

It is so exciting to be able to FEED the kids. We have hope again!