I have been thinking that I need to create a post that defines GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) for all of you. I found these videos of Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride (who wrote Gut and Psychology Syndrome), and I thought that the best intro to the diet would be from the doctor herself! 🙂
The GAPS Diet does not allow soy (because soy does not help when you are trying to heal your gut), but I was anti-soy before GAPS. Why am I so against this supposed health food? I highly recommend reading this book for more details: Soy is touted as a health food, and … Read more
Friday and Saturday we were at the local homeschool convention. We found babysitters for all 7 kids (amazing friends!!) for the whole time, and we even got to stay in a hotel on Friday night (woot, woot!). We went out to eat on Saturday night. I’ve been craving beef, so we went to a steak … Read more
We’re on the GAPS diet, which is a big jump for a lot of people! We didn’t start here. My husband grew up on a lot of packaged and boxed, processed foods. I grew up on a lot of homemade dinners, but SAD ones (Standard American Diet, including Rice A Roni, Cream of Mushroom Soup … Read more
We’re not allowing our kids to have sugar on Easter. We’re terrible parents, aren’t we? 😉 I will make honey chocolates, and they won’t miss a thing. My kids don’t complain about not having sugar. They do not lack good food, that is for sure!
We have lots of reasons we’re not allowing sugar this Easter. Every one of us is healthier without it. I’ve read a lot about sugar, too. Did you know that in a correctional facility for aggressive juveniles, there was a 44% decrease in aggression and anti-social behaviors just by decreasing the amount of sugar that they ate?? That is phenomenal.
I mis-spoke in my blog about Grains and Iron. I said that humans don’t have the enzyme phytase. That isn’t completely true (I learned tonight). We do have phytase, but we have such a tiny amount of it that our bodies are not able to process unfermented grains.
I read an article that compared the amount of phytase in a human gut to the amount in a rat’s gut. The article is called Phytase activity in the human and rat small intestine. My husband thinks the things I read are boring, what do you think? 🙂 I get excited over studies like this! 🙂
I recently read an article that was published in 1929 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and I want to summarize it for all of you. It is titled “The Influence of Cereals Upon the Retention of Calcium and Phosphorus in Children and Adults.”
Keep in mind, cereal as we know it today was invented in 1877, and the Kellogg company was founded in 1906. All of the first cereal producers were Seventh Day Adventists and staunch vegetarians and believed that eating cereal for breakfast was better for humans than eggs or meat. (Side note: The Kelloggs believed that we would have a less promiscuous culture if everyone ate cereal ;)).
In 1924, Wheaties were invented: the first cereal aimed at kids, with sugar as one of the ingredients.
My friend Heidi e-mailed me last week and asked for some ideas of a baby step she could take towards healthier eating for her family. I wrote the Food Challenge in April and challenged you all to eat the way I think is ideal and healthy, but didn’t think about the fact that the whole thing … Read more
I fed my kids butter today. Straight butter, with a spoon. My friend Rhonda mentioned this idea the other night, and I decided to try it! So I made butter today and put it on spoons for my kids to eat. Why am I feeding my kids butter? ~The brain is made up of protein … Read more
This is an advertisement, but not a paid advertisement! 🙂 No affiliate linking here.Kelly the Kitchen Cop is hosting an e-course called Real Food for Rookies , and I just wanted to suggest it to all of you out there who want to make the jump to cooking real food but don’t know how. My family is in … Read more