What is GAPS?

GAPS is one of the most powerful healing protocols on the planet.

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD launched the protocol in 2004, and it has since become a global sensation. GAPS stands for Gut and Psychology Syndrome and Gut and Physiology Syndrome, and is based upon a connection between the state of a person’s digestive system and the overall health of the body. The diet and protocol can bring about incredible healing and restoration of the body, mind and spirit. GAPS is based on the concept that your body is an ecosystem, and the knowledge that there are far more microbes in you than there are human cells, and they must be cared for and fed well in order to maintain a healthy environment. This is done by eating a nutrient dense diet, reducing toxic load, minimal supplementation, and positive mindset.

The lists below are not complete, many other health problems begin in the gut and lead to illness and poor health.

Gut and Psychology Syndrome is when the brain is affected and can show up as, but not limited to:

CHILDREN

  • AUTISM

  • ADHD/ADD

  • DYSLEXIA

  • DYSPRAXIA

  • LEARNING BEHAVIOR

  • SOCIAL PROBLEMS

  • EPILEPSY

  • MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS

  • PMS

  • HEADACHES

  • FATIGUE


  • THYROID DISORDERS

  • ADRENAL PROBLEMS

  • INFERTILITY

ADULTS

  • SUBSTANCE ABUSE

  • DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

  • EATING DISORDERS

  • OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

  • MANIC-DEPRESSIVE

  • SCHIZOPHRENIA

  • EPILEPSY

Gut and Physiology Syndrome is when the rest of the body is affected.
All digestive disorders including but not limited to:

  • IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

  • CHRONIC CONSTIPATION

  • INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

  • CHRONIC DIARRHEA

  • GASTRITIS

  • DENTAL ISSUES

  • FOOD ALLERGIES/ INTOLERANCE

  • COLITIS

  • CROHN’S DISEASE

  • CELIAC DISEASE

  • MALABSORPTION/ MALNOURISHMENT

Autoimmunity including:

  • MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

  • ALLERGIES

  • RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

  • DIABETES TYPE 1

  • LUPUS

  • OSTEOARTHRITIS

Endocrine disorders including:

  • PSORIOSIS

  • CHRONIC FATIGUE

  • ALOPECIA

  • ASTHMA

  • ECZEMA

Other Gut and Physiology Syndrome symptoms include: Fatigue, muscular weakness, cramps and abnormal muscle tone, aches and pains in muscles, joints, and bones, skin problems, neurological problems, headaches, frequent infections, allergies, anemia, urinary problems.

GAPS protocol can help people recover from toxin exposure due to heavy metals, processed foods, alcoholism, exposure to ionising radiation, house hold chemicals, mold, pharmaceuticals, long term or frequent antibiotic use, toxic ingredients found in vaccines, chronic illnesses, pollution, and other factors that damage gut microbiome. When the gut flora is damaged, this leads to poor integrity of the gut wall, otherwise known as “leaky gut”. Leaky gut has a constant flow of invaders, toxins and undigested food that comes through the barrier of the intestinal wall, causing inflammation, malnourishment, and compromised system function.