GAPS Resource List
This is a growing collection of favorite resources relating to the GAPS dietary protocol.
Please send suggestions and additions for this list!
BOOKS:
--"Gut and Psychology Syndrome," by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride.
--"Breaking the Vicious Cycle," by Elaine Gottschall.
--"The GAPS Guide," by Baden Lashkov.
--“Good Calories, Bad Calories,” and "Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It," by Gary Taubes (not about GAPS, but two really useful, stupendously well-researched guides to understanding some of how we got into the nutrition mess we're in).
--"Nourishing Traditions," by Sally Fallon (some may argue with her veracity on all points, but she's got some great information on traditional foods preparation).
--"Wild Fermentation," by Sandor Elix Katz (an introduction to my newest obsession: fermented foods).
--"Internal Bliss, a GAPS cookbook" (new in November 2010).
--"Full Moon Feast," by Jessica Prentice (not specifically GAPS, but very nourishing food and great writing and not very many illegal ingredients)
--"The Garden of Eating," by Rachel Albert-Matesz and Don Matesz (Churyl says, "It is almost 100% Gaps, and explains the most basic details of how to make everything from scratch...menus with how much time to spend each day on food prep..."
--"Grain-Free Gourmet," by Raman Prasad (a favorite cookbook of many, although I haven't tried it yet).
--"Eat Well, Live Well," by Kendall Conrad (another SCD cookbook recommended by many).
--"Fat and Cholesterol Are Good For You," by Uffe Ravnskov (Kiera says, "Ravnskov methodically works through all the studies used to support the diet/heart hypothesis, and shows how they don't support the theory at all. It's a great resource if you need to defend the high fat aspect of GAPS").
--"Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life," by Christian B. Allan (recommended by Aaron and Heather, this is a book that goes into scientific detail concerning low-carbohydrate diets: why, and how-to).
--"Primal Body-Primal Mind," by Nora Gedgaudas (a nourofeedback practitioner and nutritionist discusses her theories and research concerning whole-body functioning, and especially brain/gut functioning; I haven't read this, but saw her speak and imagine that her book contains a lot of useful information).
--"The Primal Blueprint Cookbook," by Mark Sisson, is not specifically GAPS but is recommended by many people.
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ARTICLES:
--An article by Tom Cowan, M.D., summarizing the theory of GAPS: http://www.sustainlane.com/reviews/the-gaps-diet-the-mother-of-all-diets...
--A brief GAPS overview by Natasha Campbell-Mcbride, author of "Gut and Psychology Syndrome":http://www.gaps.me/preview/?page_id=20
--My own synopsis of GAPS theory and research: http://www.lifeisapalindrome.com/articles/miraculous-possibility-hope
--My “How to Start GAPS” article: http://www.lifeisapalindrome.com/articles/how-start-gaps
--Transcription of Natasha Campbell-McBride's lectures at Wise Traditions Conference, November 2010: http://www.lifeisapalindrome.com/content/gut-and-psychology-syndrome-nat...
--An article I wrote concerning my super-incredibly-picky/anorexic GAPS kid: http://www.lifeisapalindrome.com/updates/our-gaps-case-study-and-my-pick...
--Scientific American Article about the Gut, “our second brain”: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gut-second-brain
--Frequently Asked Questions about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet: http://www.scdiet.org/4faq/
--An article MIT's Technology Review, describing “an unusual medical transplant: a woman with a life-threatening Clostridium difficile infection was treated, and apparently cured, with an injection of some of her healthy husband's gut bacteria: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/26178/page1/
--Some consequences of a plant-based diet; useful information if you can no longer digest fats due to any extended time on a low-fat diet: http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-diseases/metabolic-disorders/591-copp...
--A fascinating look into the microbial (not necessarily gut-related) world: http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/bacteria-r-us-23628/
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WEBSITES AND BLOGS:
--Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride's GAPS websites: http://www.gaps.me/ and http://gapsdiet.com/
--GAPS legal and illegal foods: http://gapsdiet.com/The_Diet.html
--The official Specific Carbohydrate Diet website: http://www.scdiet.org/
--A blog concerning the GAPS diet: http://gapsguide.com/
--The website of the Weston A. Price Foundation - here you can find crazy amounts of information concerning traditional foods, farming, etc.: http://www.westonaprice.org/
--A blog “dedicated to the return of the superior health of our ancestors, by adopting traditional foods that nourished them throughout the ages, and disavowing the modern reliance on the 'displacing foods of modern commerce': http://nutrition-and-physical-regeneration.com/blog/
--A blog about “paleolithic nutrition”: http://www.paleonu.com/
--A blog by a neurobiologist who specializes in cross-cultural eating patterns, human fat metabolism, and “Ancestral Nutrition and Health”: http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/
--A large list of personal GAPS/SCD blogs is maintained by Kat, here: http://www.scdkat.com/scd/