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The outcome depends very much on your own detoxification system in the body working well, and that is what GAPS programme can do for you it will restore your detox system. Do you recommend the removal of silver fillings if there is a high level of mercury or other heavy metals?

However, it is very important to work with a holistic dentist, as conventional dentists are not trained in safe removal of amalgam fillings. Metals in the mouth create electric currents and different fillings acquire a positive or a negative charge. These electric charges need to be measured and fillings need to be removed in a certain order, starting from the largest negatively charged one.

After the first one is removed, the currents in the mouth need to be measured again, as the charges will change. Please, read an excellent book by Dr. Hal A Huggins Its all in your head; it will explain to you all the important considerations in safe removal of amalgam fillings. What is your opinion on using Dr Brownsteins iodine protocol to detox fluoride, chlorine and bromides? I have no experience with this protocol and cannot comment. Later on, when seaweed is introduced it will supply iodine in a natural form.

In order to use iodine properly the body needs many other nutrients, such as vitamins A, D, K, B group and other. The GAPS diet will remove nutritional deficiencies naturally through food, so iodine can be used by the body efficiently.

At the same time under GAPS Nutritional Protocol the detoxification system in the body starts working again, so toxins such as fluoride, chlorine and bromides can be removed naturally and safely by your own body without you having to figure out all the immense chemical complexities of how to do it. After doing the diet for a year and seeing a lot of healing, just before my last menstrual cycle I got very severe fatigue, brain fog, radiating pain, stiff neck and headache.

I never had these symptoms before and I am at a loss as to what could have caused it. Any suggestions on managing this new symptom? It is possible that you got a viral infection. Try to take L-lysine grams per day as a supplement and remove citrus fruit, nuts and greens from the diet for a while; try to go back to rich soups and stews with sour cream and kefir.

Another thing to do is to find a good homeopath and see if that can help. This condition is part of GAP Syndrome as well as lactose intolerance and most-sugars-intolerance. Because in people with abnormal gut flora enterocytes the cells which line the gut are damaged and unable to fulfil their main function: digestion of sugars. The fructose malabsorption became prominent since highfructose corn syrup came on the market: this is a processed sweetener which is extremely harmful to health.

But as it is cheep to produce and very profitable for the manufacturers many processed foods and drinks are sweetened with it nowadays. GAPS diet removes double sugars and there is no need to modify it. If you have been specifically diagnosed with fructose malabsorption, you may want to avoid fruit and honey initially. As you go through the GAPS Introduction Diet, your enterocytes will start recovering and you will be able to re-introduce honey and fruit.

I know that you warn against taking calcium as it can cause the depletion of other minerals in the body as it chelates. What can someone do to make sure they get enough calcium when they cannot tolerate any of the calcium rich foods like leafy greens, nuts or fermented dairy? There is no need to worry about calcium, it is present in most foods and meat can be a very good source of calcium in a good balance with magnesium.

Bone broth and vegetables will add more. My sons fingernails have quit growing since we started GAPS over a year ago. I cannot remember the last time I cut them. Is this cause for concern? I would not worry about it as long as your son is generally healthy and doing well. It is possible that his body is using nutrients for more important functions at the moment rather than building nails.

As he gets well nourished and the body has plenty of nutrients to spare, his nails should start growing again. Are homeopathic meds allowed on GAPS? Homeopathic remedies can help you to get through die-off easier and to overcome many stubborn problems. Is plain carbonated water seltzer allowed on GAPS? I have given it. What would be the minimum amount of time I should try using it with them?

How will I know when it is OK to stop? Generally for children I recommend to use cabbage as a stomach acidity stimulator: give them cabbage juice, fresh cabbage salad or a small helping of sauerkraut minutes before the meal, and their stomachs will be ready and full of acid. What is there difference between algae and seaweed that seaweeds are allowed and algae are not?

Actually seaweed is a form of algae, strictly speaking. This is a good point which slipped my attention, thank you for pointing it out. As nutritional supplements algae are commercially cultivated and can be sold under names of spirulina, algae, chlorella and dunaliella. Both seaweed and algae can be introduced when the Introduction Diet has been completed and there are no more digestive problems.

Keep in mind that supplements of algae can cause diarrhoea and can be very helpful in resolving constipation. Chicken bones that have been simmered for 24 hours are very soft and can be eaten, and its easier to eat them than to try to get the marrow out of them. Is there any harm to a GAPS patient to eating the bones as well as the marrow if they have been cooked for the 24 hours?

Yes, you can eat soft bones, they will do you a lot of good. For example, would a person with celiac, who successfully did the GAPS diet for 2 years, then be able to eat gluten? Or would they be less sensitive to gluten of they had it in limited quantities? Or would they need to continue to not eat gluten but have overcome the symptoms of celiac? GAPS dietmay cure celiac disease and other inflammatory bowel condition, not only manage them. Of course, everybody is different and would take different time to heal.

When your digestive symptoms are gone completely and have not been present for six months at least try to make some homemade sourdough pancakes: mix white wheat flour with your homemade kefir or whey to a thick pancake-batter consistency and ferment in a warm place for days; then add a few eggs, salt and some melted animal fat to the mixture and make thin pancakes crepes.

Eat one or two of these pancakes and then observe your digestive system for days: if nothing has happened then you are ready to have sourdough. To make sourdough bread mix white wheat flour with salt and your homemade kefir or whey; kneed the mixture well until it does not stick to your hands anymore; press the dough into a loaf tin, apply some fat to the top so the dough does not dry on the top , and put into a warm place for days for fermenting it will rise naturally in that time ; bake at C F for minutes test if ready.

Initially only have homemade sourdough bread or pancakes for a few months. When those are well tolerated, you can try to eat a small piece of commercial sourdough bread. My two year old son passes nearly all vegetables, well cooked, blended or otherwise undigested in his stools.

Does this mean that we should be avoiding vegetables altogether for now? Is this due to a lack of microbes and something that will improve in time?

It seems to me like it would not be healthy to exclude all vegetables form his diet. If the stool is normal then dont worry about it, he will start digesting vegetables in time.

If he has a propensity for diarrhoea then it may be a good idea to remove all vegetables and just follow the Introduction Diet without any plant foods at all for a while. When stools became consistently normal, you can start introducing vegetables. Could you please discuss migraines; what causes them? Can they be prevented? Is there anything that can be done to stop the pain?

Is there a difference between ones that happen randomly and ones that happen with menstruation or ovulation? Migraines are vascular headaches which usually happen in one side of the head. First a spasm happens in the wall of a meningeal artery; the spasm does not last long a few minutes and is followed by a paralysis of the wall of the artery, which can last for days.

The paralysis leads to swelling and inflammation of tissues around the artery wall, causing a headache. What cause the spasm in the first place?

Many factors can do that and we do not have all the pieces of the puzzle yet. In GAPS patients it is toxicity from the gut that plays a major role. One mechanism is overproduction of histamine in the gut which is produced by pathogenic microbes , which drop the blood pressure too low and initiate the spasm. Around menstruation and ovulation a rapid change in hormones in the body can initiate a migraine.

In the second half of the menstrual cycle our immunity is suppressed by progesterone, so any overgrowth of pathogens in the gut and elsewhere in the body gets more active, producing more toxins than usual and initiating the migraine. GAPS Nutritional Protocol over time will help to reduce amounts of toxicity in the body, re-balance hormones and as a result help with migraines.

As an emergency procedure many people find coffee enemas very helpful. Coffee enemas are one of the best ways of cleansing your liver and speeding up detoxification process in your body.

It gives a good pain relief as well. To prepare the coffee bring to boil 1 litre of water, add 3 table spoons of organic ground coffee, boil for 2 min, then reduce the heat to a minimum, cover with a tight lid and simmer for another min.

Cool down and strain. Before doing the coffee enema, it is a good idea to have a good cleansing enema with warm water dissolve a teaspoon of sea salt in the water and a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda. To clear your bowel completely let some water into your bowel about one litre , empty. Then let more water into the bowel and empty again.

Do it After your bowel is empty, slowly get the coffee into your rectum. Remove the tube and lie down on your right side or any other comfortable position. Try to keep yourself comfortable and warm. It is desirable to keep the coffee inside for 15 min before emptying your bowel. Initially you might not be able to hold it for that long. Dont worry about it. With time and experience you will be able to do it. To hold the coffee longer, I recommend keeping the pipe in your rectum for a while after the coffee has gone in to allow gases to escape: accumulating gas stretches the bowel and causes an urge to empty too quickly.

Coffee enemas help in majority of migraine headaches, but not in all cases. Sometimes painkillers have to be taken as well. But clearing the bowel helps long term, as it reduces the amount of toxicity coming into the body. Could you give a suggestion about how a person could begin doing this? Are any of these remedies safe for young children? There are many anti-parasitic natural supplements on the market which can help: garlic extract, olive leaf extract, oregano oil and grapefruit seed extract.

The first supplement, which I find useful, is garlic extract. Always start from a small dose and gradually increasing it. The dose can be increased to quite large amounts: some adults take grams every day, for a child mg 1 gram with food is usually enough.

Once garlic is well tolerated, olive leaf extract can be added, starting from a small dose and gradually increasing to grams twice a day for adults; for children mg twice a day is usually enough. Once garlic and olive leaf extracts are well tolerated, oregano oil can be added, starting from a small dose drops per day and gradually increasing to drops for adults and drops for children.

The last supplement to add is grapefruit seed extract, starting from drops a day and gradually increasing to a dose that is tolerated: adults manage to get up to 10 drops times per day, for children drops may be enough. There are many brands of these supplements on the market, try to find good quality.

Some herbal preparations include MSM Methyl Sulphonyl Methane , which is a good source of sulphur, essential for detoxification and controlling parasites in the body. If the herbal preparation does not include MSM, you may want to add it to the mix. Start from a low dose and gradually increase to the level of grams per day for children and grams per day for adults. Adrenals love fat and cholesterol. So, as far as the diet is concerned, eat lots of animal fats with every meal and cholesterol-rich foods, such as egg yolks, sour cream, butter and fatty fish.

Another essential for the adrenals is sleep! Sleep is really not optional, so organise your life in such a way that you can have a nap every afternoon and a good long sleep at night.

Another essential is to lower your stress, which is easier done than you may think. Stress is not the event itself; it is your attitude to this event. Research shows, that people react to stress very differently depending on their attitude to life. The one, who generally has a negative personality and tends to worry a lot, has all the stress hormones and destructive chemicals racing around their bodies. But the person, who has a philosophical and positive attitude to life, will have much less stress chemicals in their blood and will cope much better.

It is the first type of people that burn their adrenals out. There are excellent books on this subject: you can start from Dale Carnegies book How to stop worrying and start living, for example. Will the recommendations differ greatly from those in the GAPS book?

What should I do now while I am waiting for the new book? You do not have to wait for that book, as the treatment for those conditions will essentially be the same: the existing GAPS Nutritional Protocol.

However, there are many indications to show that Parkinsons disease is autoimmune in its origin. GAPS Nutritional Protocol heals the gut and re-balances immunity; so it should lay the foundation for recovery. I would try it. Some sources say the small intestine should be sterile and have not bacteria in it and that both lactobacillus and bifidobacterium live in the large intestine only. Other sources indicate that bifidobacteria live in the large intestine while lactobacillus reside only in the small intestine.

What is your thoughts on this? The whole digestive system is populated, from your mouth to the end; there are no sterile areas in the digestive tract. Bifidobacteria are strict anaerobes; the best conditions for them exist in the large. Lactobacilli can use oxygen and also can live in anaerobic conditions, so they are present everywhere, including the small intestine. Why does it take so long to change the bacterial profile in the gut? It can be quick to get ill, while healing always takes time.

It can take a long time to normalise gut flora in a person with gut dysbiosis because the gut is occupied by thousands of pathogenic species of microbes. They dig themselves in very well in the gut lining, and to drive them out is not easy: the probiotic microbes have quite a fight on their hands. Another problem is that, whether we use fermented foods or commercial probiotic supplements, the numbers of active microbes we introduce are very small.

There is no way at the moment which means we dont know any way to flood the gut with probiotics safely, because we dont know enough about them. Recent scientific data shows that there are hundreds of thousands of various species of microbes in a healthy gut! With our current knowledge we can only introduce a few at a time those that we know, such as lactobacilli, bifidobacteria and few others. There are a few doctors in the worlds who are trying to copy Nature: they use a procedure called faecal transplant: a stool from a healthy donor is mixed with water and introduced into the gut of the patient through the tube into the stomach, or into the bowel as an enema.

In many patients this fixes the problem, though it does not work for everybody. Faecal transplant introduces the whole immensely complex flora of a healthy gut, without us knowing what species of microbes are there and what other factors we are introducing.

I am sure that many of you watched films about animals, where a baby elephant would consume mothers stool with relish. For us, humans, this looks repulsive and unacceptable, but obviously these animals know something we dont. Faecal transplant does what these baby elephants do, and maybe this will be the way in the future to restore the gut flora quickly. Because fermented foods and probiotic can actually feed SIBO, what is your recommendation on how to address this situation?

Majority of GAPS people have this problem. Just follow the GAPS programme, it will feed the gut and re-balance immunity and the nervous system in the gut wall. The body knows how to heal itself, just give it the tools. If there are biofilms, do we need to do or take anything to remove those biofilms in addition to the GAPS protocol and diet or will it get rid of those biofilms?

Most if not all microbes form biofilms. Biofilm is simply a. Biofilms are not necessarily something bad that should be got rid off, as beneficial flora in the gut forms them too. We dont know enough about this subject yet to start taking action, particularly destructive action. Just work on improving your gut flora; as the beneficial microbes win, they will deal with the pathogens in their own way, including removing their biofilms. Do we need to supplement calcium?

There is plenty of calcium in nuts, particularly almonds, meat broth and vegetables. When fermented dairy are introduced there will be even more calcium in the diet. Calcium has to be balanced with other minerals, particularly with magnesium.

Supplemental calcium usually causes deficiencies in many other minerals, as it chelates them and does not allow them to be absorbed. That is why I do not recommend calcium supplements. When you get calcium from natural foods you get it in combination with many other minerals and other nutrients, which allow the body to use them all appropriately. Calcium works in opposition to magnesium in the body. GAPS patients are usually deficient in magnesium.

Supplementing calcium will make that deficiency worse with serious consequences. What causes leg cramps in GAPS patients and what should be done if this is a common issue? Magnesium deficiency causes leg cramps.

What causes magnesium deficiency? Many factors: toxins from the gut, mercury, lead, any other toxic chemical accumulating in the body, nutritional deficiencies, infections, etc. But the number one cause of widespread magnesium deficiency in the population is consumption of processed carbohydrates, sugar in particular.

GAPS diet removes processed carbohydrates and includes foods rich in magnesium. Many people use supplements of magnesium, which may or may not work, as there are many factors involved in magnesium metabolism in the body. Fat soluble vitamins A, D, K and E are one of the most essential nutrients for the body to be able to absorb and use magnesium from food or supplements. To supply these vitamins we need animal fats: fats on meats, butter and sour cream. In order for magnesium to work it needs other vitamins, minerals and amino acids, as they all work as a team.

So, diet as a whole is the most effective treatment. It is important to populate the mouth and throat with beneficial bacteria. To do this, take a mouthful of yogurt, kefir or 2 opened Bio-Kult capsules on the tongue after everything you eat.

Do the same thing at bedtime after you have cleaned your teeth and do not plan on eating or drinking anything else. Can a patient with candida use fruit-based vitamin C products such as acerola and amla? Or will it exacerbate the Candida? Candida will feed on any sugar, including your own gut lining the cells there are covered by a sugar layer, called glycocalyx.

So, it is a balancing act: if natural products such as dried acerola and amla are helping you in other ways, dont worry about candida and continue using them.

If they are not making much difference, then dont use them. It is impossible to completely eliminate Candida. We can only control it by strengthening the immune system and using some anticandida remedies. The GAPS diet builds up the immunity over time very well. There are many good natural remedies on the market, such as oregano, olive leaf extract, grapefruit seed extract, garlic and herbal mixes to bring candida down a bit.

It is important to introduce natural remedies gradually, controlling the die-off reaction; start with one remedy, then add others one by one. Some people find relief with mainstream anti-fungal medications. Trouble is that drugs cannot be taken for long periods of time apart from Nystatin , as they are toxic and have side effects. If the drugs work, they may provide an immediate relief, but when they are stopped, the problem may come back fairly soon.

Natural remedies can be taken for long periods of time without harm, that is why it is a good idea to start with natural remedies, continue taking them through the drug treatment and to follow with the natural remedies when the drug has been stopped. Another measure is alkalizing: candida thrives in acid environment and hates alkaline environment.

The most effective and inexpensive remedy is pure bicarbonate of soda, It is quite effective when used as a topical application on athletes' foot put some powder into your socks and shoes , mouth candida brush your teeth with bicarbonate of soda instead of toothpaste , any other fungal skin problems and as baths add about a cup of bicarbonate of soda to the bath water.

Taking bicarbonate of soda internally can be effective in reflux, indigestion and other internal candida problems. It is not recommended th have more than glasses of this solution per day, as it may affect the kidney function. A more expensive alternative is buying a good water ionizers there are a few on the market , which produces alkaline drinking water. There are health centers and pharmacies around the world, which purchase these ionizers and sell the alkaline water in bottles.

Introduce alkaline water gradually. How should S boulardii be dosed when used for candida? Always start from a small dose and gradually increase it to a therapeutic level, stay on this level for months, then gradually reduce to none. For an adult the therapeutic dose is usually billion live cells per day. For a child use smaller doses depending on the age of the child: years of age the dose is 1 billion live cells per day, for years of age 2 billion per day, for older children 34 billion per day.

I would not use S boulardii with children younger than 3, it is better to use homemade kefir for these children. It is important to always combine S boulardii with other probiotics, as it should not be allowed to dominate in the gut.

Based on my experience, I would not use S boulardii permanently, only as a course. On a long term basis it is better to use kefir, which contains a group of beneficial yeasts as well as bacteria. I would like to know how GAPS eradicates systemic yeast versus yeast overgrowth in the colon.

It is impossible to eradicate yeast from the body, systemic or in the colon, as yeasts are a natural part of our bodily flora.

They fulfil many useful roles in the body, one of which is dealing with toxins: the body employs yeast as a sponge to absorb heavy metals and other toxins, so these poisons do less damage. That is why yeast overgrowth always comes with toxicity. You may attack yeast with anti-fungal medication, which may work temporarily, but as long as there are toxins in the body to deal with, yeast will come back.

GAPS programme works on many levels: it removes the main source of toxicity in the body by improving gut flora and gut function; it rebalances and nourishes immune system, so it deals with pathogens in its own unique ways; and it restores normal microbial balance in the body.

And the normal microbial balance includes yeasts - many varieties of them living side-by-side with bacteria, viruses, protozoa and other microbes.

Work with them rather than against them, restore normal balance amongst them, and they will serve you well. If one is hypoglycaemic with candida issues, where can carbs be obtained from?

The legal carbs all seem to have too high a GI such as squash, cooked carrots, etc, fruits will also be tricky and of course grains and beans are difficult to digest despite some being low GI. Carbohydrates are one macro-nutrient, which is not essential, strictly speaking. Protein and fats are essential for us to consume, but not carbs. People with candida do best on high-fat and highprotein diet, rather than on carbs.

Meats contain some carbohydrate in the form of glycogen, so a piece of meat with fat on it of course will provide you not only with protein and fat, but with some carbs. What should we do? Will the antibiotics destroy all our efforts with GAPS? There are situations when antibiotics are necessary, and Strep throat is usually one of those situations.

It is important to take streptococci under control, as they can trigger an autoimmune reaction in the body leading to damage of heart valves.

Just make sure to give your child plenty of probiotics and immune-boosting foods during the illness and after it. Probiotics: open a capsule of a probiotic and pour the powder on your childs tongue after every meal and at bedtime. This will help to populate your childs throat with beneficial bacteria, so they will take streptococci under control now and prevent any new infections in the future. Food: during the infection feed you child lots of hot chicken stock and chicken soup with kefir, yoghurt or sour cream added.

Do not give your child anything cold until the throat is much better. So, no raw fruit or vegetables, no salads, no baking and no cold drinks; only hot soup, hot camomile tea with raw honey, well-cooked fatty gelatinous meat cooked in water and eggs with onion.

Here is an immune boosting recipe to use during any infection, particularly in the throat: fry eggs in generous amounts of goose or duck fat or any other animal fat so the whites are gently cooked and the yolks are left runny; slice large white onion and cook in generous amounts of animal fat under a lid for about 20 minutes, until the onion is soft and sweet; serve the eggs and the onion together with all the fat, which they were cooked in, and pour some cold-pressed olive oil on top.

This dish is very gentle and soothing on the throat, the fat and the egg yolks will dissolve any damaged tissues and help to remove them; the eggs, fat and cooked onion feed the immune system locally in the throat, and boost systemic immunity as well.

Give this dish to your child twice a day, and the sore throat will melt away quite quickly. This is food that should be given to patients in hospitals, whose tonsils have just been removed. What do you recommend for children who grind teeth? Is this a sign of anything?

Teeth grinding or bruxism is caused by contractions in jaw muscles during sleep. Just as with many other muscle-tone abnormalities, which we see in GAPS patients, I believe it is caused by a combination of toxins, coming out of the gut, and nutritional deficiencies. Severe teeth grinding can damage the teeth and lead to headaches and pain in the facial muscles in the morning.

GAPS programme will remove this symptom over time. In the meantime try to use a mouth guard to protect your childs teeth during sleep the one rugby players use works well. To relax the muscles before sleep it may be helpful to take two supplements at bedtime: magnesium amino acid chelate and a supplement, which increases. With both supplements start from a small dose about half the recommended dose for the age of your child for a few nights, and then gradually increase the dose.

Increase the amounts of fat in the diet of your child, particularly raw fat, such as raw butter and homemade sour cream made out of raw cream. Another thing to consider is taking common worms under control, as their activity can lead to teeth grinding.

Please look at questions on worms and parasites and their treatment with Vermox mebendazole mg. Please comment. Please, read my article onFood Allergy, which explains this issue in detail. Urine is one of the venues for toxins to leave the body.

Abnormal gut flora produces a lot of toxins, which are excreted in urine. This toxic urine irritates the lining of the bladder and causes a low grade inflammation there, so the person gets symptoms of chronic cystitis. The bladder does not want to hold toxic urine, so the person has to empty it frequently. If a child or an adult with this condition is fast asleep, then the bladder may empty without waking up the person, hence bed-wetting.

Die-off increases levels of toxins in the body, so the urine will become more toxic, exacerbating the problem. It is always important to control die-off by slow introduction of probiotics and various foods. GAPS Programme will eliminate this problem long term, as it will remove its cause. Foods high in salicylates and oxalates can make the problem worse, so try to avoid these foods for a while until things get better.

When the natural defences of the mucous membranes of the bladder are damaged by toxins in the urine, then any infection can join in easily. So people with this problem get urinary infections frequently which have to be treated with antibiotics.

Populating that area with beneficial flora will prevent urinary infections. So, I recommend applying homemade kefir or yoghurt all over the groin after showers and baths. Probiotic microbes will slowly travel up the urethra into the bladder, protect it and help it heal.

Should we be concerned with consuming foods high in manganese? Could children with autism have a similar condition to manganese madness? I heard that some cases of autism were greatly worsened by excess manganese being in the brain and a diet avoiding foods high in manganese was advised.

Manganese is an essential trace element involved in many functions in the body. Toxicity from manganese is known in industrial steel workers, particularly welders, who are exposed to concentrated manganese fumes and dust; some pesticides and pharmaceuticals.

Infant soy formula has recently emerged as the new source of manganese toxicity, amongst many other harmful influences it has on a babys body. Toxicity from food is generally not known, as in the food this element comes in a complex with hundreds of other nutrients, which balance each other out.

Foods rich in manganese are soy, various greens mustard greens, chard, kale, lettuce, collard, etc , pineapples, beans, maple syrup and raspberries grown on manganese-rich soil. Manganese deficiency can look very similar to excess: problems with balance and motor co-ordination, mood, behaviour, skin problems, reproductive problems, etc. In autistic children an excess in manganese is usually not due to high intake unless the child was brought up on soy formula , but due to abnormalities in metabolism and general toxicity.

These children show abnormalities in most elements we test for: copper, zinc, magnesium, calcium, molybdenum, etc. To handle metals the body needs fat-soluble vitamins A, D, K and E , protein and many other nutrients. As the child goes through the Introduction diet, these nutritional deficiencies will be slowly eliminated, so the childs body starts handling manganese and other metals appropriately.

Soy, maple syrup and many varieties of beans are not allowed on the GAPS diet. While on the Introduction GAPS diet the person is not likely to consume pineapples, raspberries or greens to any degree. If a case of manganese toxicity has been diagnosed, then it is a good idea to avoid all greens and other manganese-rich foods until the tests are better.

The same goes for infants who were fed soy formula. But, for majority of people following GAPS this issue should not be of concern. Do you agree with current medical recommendations for delaying high-allergen foods such as peanuts and tree nuts? At what age should these foods be introduced to young children?

About months after the beginning of the diet I recommend introducing pancakes made with nut butter hazelnut or almond. It is always a good idea to do the Sensitivity Test prior to introducing any new food, including nut pancakes.

In my experience majority of babies tolerate these pancakes perfectly well, once they have been through all the previous stages of their GAPS New Baby diet.

My 18 month old has an extremely bloated belly. I know this is common during healing, but is there anything I can do to alleviate it? He seems uncomfortable, especially after eating. The bloating does not go down even after a bowel movement.

There is an excessive gas production in your childs tummy. Try to go back to the second stage of the Introduction Diet and keep your child on it for a while. Dill seed tea helps: put a teaspoon of dry dill seeds into a pan, add a cup of cold water and bring up to boil.

Take off the heat and let it cool down slowly. Give your child teaspoons with water or meat stock a few times per day. A small daily enema after passing stool will release old matter from the bowel quicker and speed up the healing process. For a child of this. Since starting the diet my sons stools have consistently floated. Not at all. Whether the stool floats or sinks depends on its density, which in turn depends on the mixture of foods eaten.

In your book you mention that GAPS people often have an overgrowth of sulphate-reducing bacteria. If I suspect this to be the case in my child, should I avoid feeding him foods that contain high amount of sulphur? No, do not remove sulphur-containing foods!

Sulphur is essential to re-build you childs gut, immunity and liver function. GAPS people are already deficient in sulphur; they cannot get enough of it. As the gut flora starts changing the beneficial microbes will take care of the pathogens and normalise your childs sulphur metabolism. Many parents who show the GAPS diet to their paediatricians are told that the diet is too low in carbohydrates and this can be harmful to the child? There is no training in nutrition in medical schools, so generally your doctor knows no more than any lay person, who derives their knowledge about food from food industry advertisements in the mainstream media.

The nutritional dogma, dominated by science funded by food industry, has pronounced proteins and fats as evil, so there was nothing else left to replace them but carbohydrates. So, the population has been subjected to decades of propaganda that we all need lots of carbohydrates, and doctors were brainwashed just as much as everybody else.

Strictly speaking carbohydrates are the only macro-nutrient, without which humans can live perfectly well in good health. But we cannot live without proteins and fats, which have been vilified by the nutritional establishment. If parents intend to vaccinate do you have a recommended vaccine schedule they should follow? What age to start, how often to receive, which order, etc? Please, read the chapter on vaccinations in my GAPS book.

In my opinion babies in GAPS families should not be vaccinated until the age of 4 - 5 years. Strictly speaking the only two vaccinations that can be considered important are tetanus and polio. Other vaccinations are not essential; in fact it is better to let your child go through those childhood infections.

Just make sure that your child is well nourished and he or she will sail through those infections and come out stronger with a more robust immune system. It has been recorded that those people who went through measles, mumps and other childhood infections, virtually never succumb to auto-immune disease or allergies. And it is a fact that complications of these infections arise only in children, who are malnourished, particularly with deficiencies in vitamins A and D.

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