#061: GAPS Diet

The GAPS diet (Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet) was developed by Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride. After helping her some make a full recovery from neurological and developmental issues; she went on to help others in her clinic. Here's a run down of what we discuss:

7:00 - Her background and training in the Soviet Union
9:00 - Gut flora and microbiome research in the 1980's
9:45 - Autism is a digestive disorder
10:00 - ALL disease begins in the gut
10:15 - Nutrition is the cornerstone
11:00 - The history of the GAPS Diet
11:40 - The discovery of gluten and gluten-free diets
12:45 - Traditional Russian diet
16:45 - Modern medicine's view of the microbiome
18:50 - Good microbes and bad microbes?
19:30 - Antibiotics
22:45 - Parents will outlive their children
25:00 - pathogens, toxins and food allergies
25:45 - leaky gut and it's implications
29:00 - fermented foods
31:30 - different phases of the GAPS diet
31:45 - how to start the GAPS diet
35:00 - what to eat on the GAPS diet
42:00 - die-off reactions
46:50 - fiber
47:00 - acid vs alkaline
51:45 - can you do this on a plant-based diet?
54:00 - difference between using the whole animal vs the lean meat only
55:00 - the importance of fats and collagen
55:30 - collagen supplements
56:45 - veganism and vegetarianism
60:00 - is a vegan diet sustainable?
61:00 - cleansing vs nourishing
66:00 - spirituality and diet - do we need to be vegan?
68:00 - the bigger agenda behind the plant-based diet - agri-chemical companies
73:00 - Beyond Meat, Impossible Burger and EAT Lancet
75:00 - Industrialized diets vs diets in the developing world
76:00 - Farming in the future

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