photo credit Yesterday, I wrote GAPS is not a Low Carb Diet. Today, I thought I’d share with you everything I know (ha! ;)) about what carbohydrates are allowed on the GAPS Diet and which ones are not. In Gut and Psychology Syndrome, Dr. Natasha talks about the three most common molecules that make up carbohydrates: glucose, fructose galactose, sucrose, lactose and maltose. She explains that some are monosaccharides and some are disaccharides. Monosaccharides These are the carbohydrates that are allowed on GAPS. They are mono meaning single sugars. They do not require the body to work very hard to make use of them. Then “can easily penetrate the gut lining,…

Last week I had a friend from church ask me: “So, do you ever cheat on the diet, or are you hard-core GAPS?” I was thinking that would be a good post for all of you. Then today, I saw Cara’s post called GAPS Cheats-what to do if you cheat, how to cheat with minimal harm. Awesome! How fun that we were thinking of the same thing to share! I love what Cara said, and I want to say this too: if you are on the GAPS Intro, do not cheat at all, or you will not see results. My family has been on GAPS for 2 years now, so we’re…

Sometimes while doing GAPS, you will find yourself at a restaurant…what do you order? At first I thought this would be very overwhelming or impossible, but after eating at restaurants a few times since starting GAPS, I have found that it isn’t as bad as I first thought. Most restaurants are very willing to work with you and your dietary restrictions. If you go to a fast food place this might be harder, but most sit down restaurants have a wide range of fresh foods. I really enjoyed my Chipotle experience with Brenda. I took my kids to a restaurant and I ordered all of us Cobb salads. I asked if…

(Stock and soup have been staples around here…please excuse my stove mess!!) With the chilly days here it has been a wonderful comfort to enjoy soups! I can see how starting GAPS Intro during the cooler months would be a blessing (we started in July! lol!) With our recent move, I was getting totally behind on doing some of the basics-fermenting, creating stock and soups, etc. So one evening I just decided that I would start some soup (it also had hidden motives in trying to keep one VERY EARLY RISING 8 year old boy pacified longer in the morning before this mama wanted to get up!!) I already had…

What does GAPS look like with a family? Well, I can only give glimpses of what it looks like in our family, but it will look very different for each family! The above picture is of our three year old son, Auston, cooking one of his favorite foods (bacon with brussel sprouts although he says it, “becon wif pencil pouts”!). Now, I’m not advising that you let any young child cook by themselves (so you don’t need to leave a comment on the danger! =)!), but I do allow him to cook with me all the time! Auston l-o-v-e-s to cook (I call him my “Jacob”…you know- in the Bible…how…