This summer my diet went to hell and I began to eat way too many carbs. My weight climbed rapidly and I did not feel well at all, with decreased energy, low mood, high anxiety, bloating and cravings. I have a renewed respect for the reality of carbohydrate addiction, because though I was aware that I… [Continue reading]
GAPS, Gut Flora, Paleo AIP, and Low Carb
Gut Flora, Pregnancy and Metabolic Syndrome
Since training to become a GAPS practitioner, I have become increasingly fascinated with the role the microflora in our gut plays in maintaining health and creating disease states. An average adult carries 2 kg of bacteria in the gut. There are 10 times more microbial cells in the body than human cells. This means that we are… [Continue reading]
FODMAPs + GAPS = ?
Necessity is the mother of invention, or in this case, it was the urgent distress of my patient and her family, which drove me to seek a supplementary approach to the GAPS treatment protocol. Keiko is an adorable, very bright, not yet 7 year old girl in treatment with me for constipation and encopresis. The… [Continue reading]
GAPS Wonder Baths
We live in a very contaminated world, and it contributes to the degradation of our health. For this reason, detoxification is a very important feature of the GAPS healing protocol. One simple way to detoxify is through regular bathing. The hotter the water, and the longer you stay in the bath, the more detoxifying it… [Continue reading]
From Obesity to Autoimmune Disorders: Potential Applications for Faecal Transplant
Today I am going to write about a topic that fascinates me, faecal transplant. It first attracted my attention when I heard an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air with Dr. Jeffrey Gordon, a professor at Washington University in St Louis, who is engaged in a project to catalogue the human biome, the microbial communities that… [Continue reading]
