GAPS Diet
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I finally ordered the book "Gut & Psychology Syndome" by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride and started following the GAPS introductory diet on May 7, 2013. In only 2 months my improvement has been practically miraculous. I am now able to eat full-size meals, I have no problems with digestion, have normal bowel movements, headaches are infrequent and I feel energetic and alive again. I am no longer losing weight, my heart rhythm has normalized, and no more problems with gas.
The GAPS diet is indeed difficult and very time consuming, requires total committment and is expensive to adhere to. That said, anything that helps me heal from this awful disorder is definitely worth the investment in energy, time and money.
The focus of the diet is using food as medicine. I was taking massive amounts of supplements and various other remedies for leaky gut - I now take only 1 probiotic (Bio-Kult); the food I eat does the healing work.
For anyone suffering from leaky gut syndrome I cannot recommend the GAPS diet enough. The book is very informative, interesting, and easy to follow. I am living proof that the diet works and that there is hope for a better life.
(Philly, Pa)
07/10/2013
Congratulations on your success! I'm currently researching the negative side effects of water fluoidation. One such effect is leaky gut, crohns and colitis type disorders. You should check where your water comes from and wether it is fluoridated. If it is, you need to avoid drinking and cooking with it. Mountain spring water is best because it has all the minerals and structure your body prefers. The mercola website has a link to find springs near you. Other options are to use reverse osmosis or distillation systems on your tap water. If you do that, you will need to replace the missing minerals. You can buy mineral rocks from santevia specifically for this purpose. Wishing you well!
(Il)
03/03/2021
Hello Me.,
I just started the GAPS diet October of 2020 and I wondered how you are doing since 2013 and posted your Gaps comment on Earth Clinic.
After reading your comment I'm going to stop all of my supplements. I'm down to not being able to eat hardly anything and going to try to start on Biocult only.
Thank you for posting.
Glutamine, Quercitin, Probiotics
★★★★★
- glutamine
- Quercitin
- probiotics
Hope this helps someone. Maybe someone else will relisten to Klapper and add more specific info.
I'm also eating lots of fermented stuff like kombucha, kimChee, sauerkraut, kefir and lots of fermented Asian condiments. I really like stinky fermented bean curd. Tastes like blue cheese.
jilly
Leaky Gut Remedies
(Usa)
08/19/2013
(Somewhere, Europe)
08/20/2013
@Nicole: I was also pretty bad a couple yrs back w/ fungal and parasitic infection in the gut. I used a big list of natural remedies w/ little effect. Maybe not a "natural remedy" but I purchased some 50, 000 iu Nystatin caps and received immediate relief. After only 3 or 4 @ 1 per day my digestion improved dramatically. After this improvement the natural remedies became effective as they're said too. Nystatin can be purchased without an Rx but only a limited number of retailers. Three searches I recommend are Amazon, EBay, and Shopwiki.
On the other end, there are many kinds of colon cleanses but I will recommend one for you that will clean and heal dramatically and rapidly. Add 10 drops 3% H2O2 to a pint of warm water and administer rectally as an enema. Lay flat on your back and massage the colon area gently for a minute or two. The enema will proly expel in about 5 minutes so have a bed pan ready and you can observe the filth from the colon walls. You can repeat this on a daily basis and adjust the H2O2 drops accordingly. My first cleanse was a coffee enema and it was substantial but there was layers of filth in the colon walls that was removed by only 3 H2O2 enemas.
After these suggestions you should get good results from all the recommendations for Candida on this site.
Please provide an update as to your progress.
(Florida)
12/06/2013
(California, US)
05/28/2014
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Hi Nicole, I too have severe Candida and leaky gut, but am getting better. You have to take a good probiotic, even though it will constipate you. However, you can remedy the constipation very easily with the nightly consumption of raw sunflower seeds. About two handfuls a night, on an empty stomach before you go to bed. If the two handfuls are not enough then go to three, and always the next day drink a lot of water. The seeds have a lot of fiber, and they taste great! The best thing is that they will help with the leaky gut, because sunflower seeds repair damaged tissue anywhere in the body. They helped me with both leaky gut, and an ulcer I got from taking NSAIDS. Once you get the leaky gut healed, just keep on taking the sunflower seeds and probiotic. You eventually will need to start taking anti-fungals like oregano oil, apple cider vinegar, and an enzyme that destroys the cell membrane of the yeast. Just take it one step at a time, and you will get better. Keep eating a very clean diet, b/c you def don't want to feed the yeast. There is a great website that is called yeastinfectionadvisor dot com. I can't do all the anti fungals that they recommend as I can't afford them right now. However, the rest of the advice on yeast I did follow and am getting better. I hope you start to feel better soon, b/c I know what it's like to live with this as I've had this for 20 years now. BTW, don't do the enemas, your body will become too dependent. Try the sunflower seeds at night and a lot of water during the day and see how that goes, it worked for me, and I used to be very constipated and just as toxic too. Good luck!
(Ca)
12/22/2015
No Dan, this is a very good thing. Get the book Tissue Cleansing by Bernard Jensen and it will show you that colon cleansing is an old and effective way of clearing out a lot of built up junk in your intestines that can cause you a world of problems without side effects.
Imagine what that can do to you while sitting inside of you. No amount sunflower seeds is going to fix it. A better NSAID antidote is NAC and it has other benefits for the person with LGS.
(Paramus Nj)
09/13/2017
(Reisterstown, MD)
12/27/2022
I buy a product called diatomaceous earth from a company in Florida (crownwellnes) this works for bowel movement...I use cl2 for gut healing along with an A2 diet
I used to have bad fungus internally and broke out in a variety of rashes and cold like symptoms but I take colostrum 6 I know it's a milk product but it kills fungi and my sibo.As long as I stick to this diet I get relief from all my symptoms. Hope this helps.
Slippery Elm
★★★★★
Vitamin C
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Each morning I take it to bowel tolerance, 5 g at a time. Some people take 3 g at a time. When my stomach started to rumble or I felt gassy, that is bowel tolerance and I stopped. This is the vitamin C telling you that your body is saturated and that's when it is most effective.
As you heal you will need less to reach bowel tolerance. Initially I was taking 25 g at a time, now I need much less. After taking it just once, I already felt better with less pain from the dental infection in my neck. It gave me bloating and gas for 2 to 3 weeks as it went to work on the pathogens in my gut but that suddenly stopped and I felt noticeably better.
After five months I realised that I could stop my proctitis medication as I no longer needed it. Digestion was a lot better, I had a lot more energy and was feeling better than I had in years. I am still healing the dental infections but will continue to take vitamin C for the rest of my life, it is like having a superpower.
