Doctor Corinne

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  • Doctor Corinne’s Sauerkraut Recipe

    One of my Facebook followers asked for my sauerkraut recipe when I mentioned I was making a bottle of sauerkraut in preparation for the SNAP Challenge my family and I are doing starting Saturday the 20th. In a nutshell, we are going to try to eat for an entire week on just $29.49 per person. For our family of three that is a little under $90 for the whole week. I am amazed at how much work is going into planning all of this so I can still feed my family whole, nourishing meals. I will try to post more about it here, but you can follow along with me on my facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DoctorCorinne

    My recipe:

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  • Personal Observations Thus Far

    We are hanging out a stage 3 of the diet right now while I wait for the juicer I ordered from Amazon to make its appearance at our house. We are all very excited about the idea of fresh juice!                                                                   

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  • Stage 3 of GAPS Intro

    Stage 3 includes:
    Additions:
    -ripe avocado (introduce with just 1-3 teaspoons mashed into soups, gradually increase the amount as you become accustomed to it)
    -nut-butter pancakes (I will post the recipe separately)
    -scrambled eggs with plenty of ghee or animal fat
    -homemade fermented vegetables (start from a small amount and gradually increase to 1-2 Tbsp for every meal)

    -foods from Stage 1 and 2 of the Intro

  • Recipe for GAPS Intro Stage 2 Stew and Mashed Cauliflower (Faux Shepherd’s Pie!)

    This stew turned into something resembling Shepherd’s Pie is a -huge- hit around our house. We have really been enjoying the mashed cauliflower on its own or with other meats as well.

    I took some of the mashed cauliflower with me for lunch the other day with some zucchini and chicken drumsticks. It’s even good cold.

    Lunch: mashed cauliflower, baked chicken drumsticks and zucchini, a thermos of chicken broth.

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  • GAPS Intro Stage 2

    Stage 2 of the Intro! One of the things to note is that you move through the stages as you are personally ready to.
    Additional foods that are added with Stage 2:
    -raw egg yolks from pastured chickens (add to hot soup or broth before eating)
    –soft boiled eggs (whites cooked, yolks still runny)
    –stews and casseroles
    -increase the amount of juice from your fermented vegetables in your soups/broth
    -fermented fish
    -homemade ghee
    -All other foods you have been eating on stage 1 of the diet.

    Egg and chicken soup breakfast.

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  • First 7 days on the GAPS Intro Diet: my personal reflections

    One of the things I’ve read about (and noticed in my own patients) is that children can heal very rapidly on this diet while adults take longer. That being said, I noticed some changes for the positive in my own health on the first 7 days of GAPS Intro.

    Positive changes:
    Chronically dry eyes (secondary to inflammation issues) have dramatically improved. It is SO nice to read and not have painful eyes afterwards!
    Stiff/sore joints in the morning are much improved.
    Chronic gut pain has improved dramatically.

    I am also enjoying clearer thoughts and memory and have more focus and energy, as well.

    Interesting changes:
    I have also lost 7 pounds. (note: this is NOT a healthy or desirable rate for weight loss although I do believe most of it is water weight from inflammation reduction.)

     

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  • GAPS Intro Stage 1 Reflections & a recipe for Tangy Shrimp, Mushroom and Vegetable Soup

    In the back on the right: two different batches of chicken stock, in the back/left: pea soup and in the front: butternut squash soup.

    As I am blessed to not have severe gut issues such as the ones that Dr Campbell McBride talks about here, I did Stage 1 for three days and (quite happily) moved on.

    On the first day I found that drinking about a quart of chicken broth and another quart of mint tea as well as pretty much only eating really broth-y chicken soup led to lots of peeing. Of course this makes perfect sense, but it wasn’t what I was used to. The fact that I ate -only- chicken soup was a mistake, I think. Just because you are limited to only a few foods doesn’t mean you have to give up variety. I would highly suggest anyone doing the Stage1 Intro make at least two different soups a day for variety.

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  • Stage I of GAPS Intro

    I started the GAPS Intro on January 2nd, 2013. You can read more about GAPS here. I’ve been doing some pretty significant research and have come up with the following list for what is allowed on the 1st stage of the Intro (there are 6 stages to the Intro- I am planning on doing a few days on each stage unless I start seeing signs I need to stay where I am).

    My crock pot making ‘perpetual broth’. I haven’t turned it off in seven days!

    I won’t lie, the first stage of the Introduction is plain; lots of soups and broths. That’s about it.

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  • What is GAPS?

    What is GAPS? GAPS stands for Gut and Psychology Syndrome and it is the work of Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride. She based it on the SCD or Specific Carbohydrate Diet and her original intent with the diet and the protocols was to recover her son from Autism, which she has done with great results!

    The main idea is that modern living has made almost everyone’s gut ‘leaky’, where larger than normal proteins can go across the intestinal wall and cause issues in the body. Another major issue in modern living is that many of us have disturbed gut flora where we have an imbalance of pathogenic (bad) bacteria vs good bacteria. When you have pathogenic bacteria out of balance in your gut all sorts of things can occur. I will expand on this idea in a bit. (more…)