Listen to Angela's interview with Lucas Seipp-Williams, describing her experiences with the GAPS diet.
BrainFood_Interview_GAPS_Autism_Diet.mp3 (23 minute mp3 file)
The recipes in The Brainfood Cookbook are based upon the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and Gut and Psychology Syndrome diet (GAPS).
Elaine Gottschall researched/created the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) for her daughter’s Ulcerative Colitis. (see: Breaking the Vicious Cycle) Later, Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride took the SCD a step further by
researching and creating the Gut and Psychology Syndrome diet (GAPS) for her child’s Autism. (see: Gut and Psychology Syndrome)
Listed here is a general overview (with many of my opinions noted) of legal/illegal foods on the GAPS diet. (GAPS is slightly stricter than the SCD)
Allowed Foods:
Honey
Fruits
Vegetables
Nuts
Coconut
Eggs
Meat
Fish (Wild, not farmed)
Dry Wine
Ghee (clarified butter)
Gluten-Free Soy Sauce in moderation
Glass Jarred tomatoes
Prohibited:
Wheat
All Grains (even gluten free are prohibited)
Rice
Corn
Corn Syrup
Cornstarch
Tapioca
Potatoes
Oats
Most Dairy (but clarified butter, and 24-hour yogurt from unpasteurized milk, ARE allowed)
Most Beans (but Lentils, Navy, Lima Beans ARE allowed)
Chocolate
Peanuts*
Canned Foods (but canned tuna allowed in moderation)
Beer
White Sugar/Brown Sugar/Molasses
Maple Syrup
Equal/Sweet N Low, etc.
*Because peanuts are high in aflatoxins (mold). However "wild jungle peanuts" are aflatoxin-free.
Here are 2 very comprehensive allowed/prohibited food lists:
http://www.gapsdiet.com/The_Diet.html
http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/legal/legal_illegal_a-c.htm
