GAPS Healing Foods

GAPS is based on the most nutrient dense, healing foods for human health. When we provide our bodies with the building blocks they need to heal and repair, we are supporting it to do the job that it is meant to do! It is incredible how resilient our bodies are when we take away the things that are causing toxicity and inflammation, and provide it with the things that make us thrive. Starting out on GAPS can seem overwhelming, so a great place to start is to learn the healing foods and start introducing them to your diet one by one.

3 Ways to Support Digestion Before you Start Eating

Why we want to optimise digestion before we swallow....

It may come as a surprise to some of your that optimal digestion actually starts even before we put anything in our mouth. What we do in the moments before we take a bite can play a pivotal role in how well we extract the nourishment from the delicious food we are about to ingest.

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What is the GAPS Protocol?

GAPS, or Gut and Psychology Syndrome, or Gut and Physiology Syndrome, is becoming a term that more and more people are familiar with. Do you have ANY digestive issues? How about anxiety or depression? OCD? Allergies, asthma or intolerances? Autoimmune disease? Unhealthy eating behaviour? Addictions? Are you overweight or obese? Does dementia run in the family?

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Healthy Weight Loss

Now that we are well in to the new year, many of the new years resolutions will be starting to falter. Losing weight has to be the one of the most common new years resolutions, and unfortunately the most common one to fail. Why is losing weight such a challenge for so many people? Because we approach it in completely the wrong way.

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A Healthy Approach to Health for the New Year

Understanding what is truly healthy, forms the basis of building the best health approach for you and your family. When you say you want to be healthy, have you ever really thought about what that means? The truth is, that in our efforts to be healthy, we are often doing the opposite. You cannot become more stressed in order to be healthy, it just doesn’t work, yet we try to do it anyway.

Tips for a GAPS Christmas!

Heading in to Christmas when you are on GAPS can seem a little daunting, so here are some of our tricks and tips to help you get through the holiday season more smoothly!

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Sauerkraut with a Christmas Twist

Sauerkraut can be made with almost any combination of vegetables, herbs and spices.

Cabbage and apple, combined with cinnamon, clove and allspice creates a delicious and colourful kraut to serve with your Christmas ham, turkey or seafood.

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Why we don't recommend low FODMAP for SIBO

Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) with a low FODMAP diet has become very popular over the last 5-10 years, with most practitioners who specialise in gut health recommending a low FODMAP diet to relieve symptoms. At the Well Belly Health Clinic, the low FODMAP diet is something that we do not ever recommend to our clients.

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5 Most Important Steps for Healing Your Gut

Knowing where to start when it comes to healing your gut can be the hardest and most overwhelming part! We like to keep it nice and simple at the Well Belly Health Clinic, by addressing health in a way that is not stressful or overwhelming.