As a society, we are starting to cycle back around to healing ourselves with food. We now are understanding the importance of nourishing our bodies, and allowing ourselves to naturally heal or maintain health. Part of this is using the way we eat to either gently correct minor issues, or use a strict dietary protocol…
Chronic Conditions Caused By Leaky Gut
Is Our Gluten Problem Really a Folic Acid Problem?
Our culture is full of health problems. We are stressed, depressed, anxious, nutrient-deficient, and about half of the American population struggles with a chronic health problem. We don’t like to be this way- we all would like to enjoy long healthy happy and energy-filled lives. As a solution, there are band-aid fixes. More and more…
Homeopathy for Autism
We’ve been using homeopathy to treat my daughter’s delays and symptoms left over after we stopped the GAPS diet. We’ve been working with Alan Freestone, a homeopath in the UK, via skype and even ordering remedies from his trusted source in the UK. While we saw tons of healing on the GAPS diet, after her…
Book Review: The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates
The Body Ecology Diet, by Donna Gates, is a fantastic book that I found fascinating from the first page. The Body Ecology Diet incorporates different health theories that author Donna came across when searching for her own healing. The book will appeal to those who have an interest in alternative medicine, it includes elements from ancient Chinese…
GAPS Intro Stages: For Gut Healing and Sealing
What the GAPS Intro diet is The Gut and Psychology Syndrome introduction diet is a diet focused on intensive rest and healing for the gut lining, as well as slow introduction of fermented foods to repopulate it with friendly microorganisms. See: Recipes for the GAPS Intro Diet Different ways to use the GAPS Intro Some, as…
The Maker’s Diet
I borrowed (rented?) the book The Maker’s Diet from the library. Like Nourishing Traditions, I had to look it over and then put it away to digest (pun not intended :) ) for a while. Then after thinking about it, I decided to buy it used from Amazon. After re-reading it this past week, I’ve…
