GAPS Diet-Intro Days 1-4

We have started the GAPS Diet for the whole family. Our son has been on it for 2 months and we are seeing continual progress in his healing. We decided to give it a try for the rest of us because we have read it will clear up eczema, asthma, depression, anxiety, autism, dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, constipation, colitis and more. The goal is to give your digestive tract a break from eating foods that are difficult to digest so it can heal. You start out with soups made from boiling bones of animals. They are incredibly nutritious and contain many valuable nutrients like calcium. This gives your intestinal tract a good start in healing. You take out foods that are starchy and hard to digest like potatoes, rice, any grains, sugars except for honey, and corn. It feels like we will starve but that is because we've made these foods a staple of our diet. While it is trying to come up with some interesting things since hot dishes are now out, it is so rewarding to feed your kids nutritious foods that don't give them a stomach-ache. I've had many good comments from my older kids about how they are feeling now since starting this. We have been eating the Full Gaps Diet for over a month now and only this week began the intro diet.

Day 4 GAPS Diet
Again the same but this time we cooked the egg in the broth awhile and used the whites too. The kids liked this better but not the same as a hard boiled egg. For supper I actually made up a soup with deer meat and added peppers from the freezer (from the garden) and added onion, green beans and garlic. A big hit for my DH and I actually liked it. I am burning out from so much soup. We strain it now and drink the broth and eat the veggies and meat separate. Kids like the ginger tea and make it up themselves when they feel like it. I am having a hard time keeping up with the yogurt production. It has to be 24 hour cultured yogurt and I have 2 machines going all the time. I only have 3 gallons of goat's milk in the fridge so I am keeping up fairly well with that, it's just that everyone likes it so much they eat and eat and eat it until we our wiped out. I have two jars of kefir started on the counter to help keep up. I have read that kefir is even more detoxifying than yogurt so we'll see what happens.

What we have seen so far:
Oldest child has a perpetual cold 365 days a year with a sore throat and stuffy head and hay fever. Her ears have cleared up for the first time in months.

Next child has eczema on her arms which bothers her every time they are wet. It cleared completely in two days on broth. She loves the feel of her smooth arms. I read it can happen that fast for some.

We also see those who with a fungus, that it is acting up which means it is trying to get out. It isn't being fed breads and sugars that it wants so is leaving. It means some itching but to get to the good you have to take some bad.

I have been searching for other's doing this diet and found someone in the UK who is on Day 80 on the intro diet still. The intro diet is 6 stages and we were planning on spending 2-3 days per stage. I'm a little confused why some spend so long on it but we have decided that cleaning up our digestion is the main goal and we believe it will benefit all of us greatly.

Day 3 GAPS Diet Mother's Day
Again the same except for Breakfast and Lunch we added an egg yolk to our hot soup. DH (darling husband) liked it much. Some kids thought it was OK and others hated it. Tried changing the veggies and added zucchini and yellow squash to one of the soups. Some liked this and some didn't. Some kids only had chicken soup with no veggies. We are recovering from a virus so some kids just don't feel like eating much yet. I did make a jello that is SCD compliant but not GAPS (gelatin, organic grape juice). I wanted the kids to have something in them.

Day 2 GAPS Diet
Basically the same as the Day 1 plan except we added honey to our yogurt and tried a different variety of veggies. One soup we put broccoli and cauliflower and another peas, onions, carrots and green beans and another time just carrots. Using onion, garlic, Celtic Sea Salt (moist), pepper and basil to taste.

Day 1 GAPS Diet
Breakfast: Lemon juice (fresh squeezed) in water.
Chicken broth
1/2 cup goat's milk yogurt
Lunch: Beef veggie soup made with bone broth and carrots and green beans.
1/2 cup goat's milk yogurt
Supper: Same as Lunch
Snack: Ginger tea (mmm, we like) Grate fresh ginger, pour boiling water over, set 3-4 min., drain and add honey to taste.