Fermented Foods

Lots of people come to GAPS either through the web or by reading Natasha Campbell-McBrides wonderful books. The diet is wonderfully simple and traditional in many but for those  of us used to convenience diets (because we are so chronically stressed and short of time,) making room in our lives to prepare good food is difficult.

Here are a few reasons you should do this for yourself and your family.

• Homemade food created from the freshest best quality ingredients you can afford contains no additives or preservative which can further disrupt your friendly internal bacteria.
• Shop bought fermented foods like yogurt, sauerkraut and keffir are often pasturised after manufacture which damages the enzymes and kills off the probiotic bacteria in the food which seriously it's health promoting benefits.
• The thought of a lovely flavoursome meat stock based soup after the end of a hard day at work is wonderfully energising and as it passes over your tongue your stomach will thank you.

Cooking and preparing fermented foods for a GAPS diet is a little more time consuming than warming up a pre-made lasagna in the microwave but it rewards you by healing and sealing the gut lining. It provides excellent nutrition and gives you an excellent foundation for heath as well as delivering on flavour that most of us thought disappeared with our great grandmothers.

Get cooking, fermenting and investigate the world of wonderful traditional food.