Personal care/supplements/cooks ingredients/handy items
for the GAPS diet
This page contains a list of the things that we have found useful while we are doing GAPS, and we will probably continue to use many of them when we finish too.
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This page contains affiliate links.
Food
There are not many foods you can buy ready made to use for the GAPS diet, and less in the UK than America it would seem. But here are some I can find easily in my health food shop, Amazon or from Abel and Cole.
Raw Cacao powder (or cocoa!):
Apparently full of nutrients once you can tolerate it. I have to be honest and say that due to it's cost, we keep this for special treats, like adding to smoothies, or for avocado chocolate pudding. If I need to use lots for baking I go to Tesco, where they sell 100% cocoa powder. You'd be surprised what some stores add to their powders! Peanut butter:
GAPS legal with just peanuts and nothing else added. |
Cocoa butter:
For making the best chocolate ever! When I use honey cold, I prefer this or a local honey. I confess to using cheap supermarket honey when heating it for baking and heating destroys the enzymes. I get mine singly from Abel and Cole for a good price. This is a link for a pack of 4, which does work out cheaper.
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Nakd Bars:
Our favourite bought snacks - a real treat for days out!
These flavours are all GAPS legal - no oats/soya.
Our favourite bought snacks - a real treat for days out!
These flavours are all GAPS legal - no oats/soya.
Personal care products
Before we started the GAPS diet we were already moving towards being as toxin free as we could, which mainly meant avoiding parabens and sodium Laureth sulphate. We now know the danger of the toxins included in many organic products too. This area is for us the trickiest. We could make our own, but for us it is easier to find the best we can. I do use vinegar as a conditioner - plain white vinegar, cheap. I dilute it, pour over hair, rub in and rinse out and it does the job well even on my long fine hair.
These are what we use/have used. Many of our baths now are de-tox baths using either bicarbonate of soda/cider vinegar or Epsom salts.
These are what we use/have used. Many of our baths now are de-tox baths using either bicarbonate of soda/cider vinegar or Epsom salts.
Fluoride-free toothpaste:
Have to say, it does as as good a job as cleaning as flouride, though we are only eating foods which encourage dental health. Much better without fluoride though - read about it here: http://www.chooseorganics.com/whats-wrong-with-fluoride/ |
Faith in nature Chocolate shampoo:
Parabens and SLES free Helps to encourage the fellows that natural can be nice! |
Faith in Nature lavender and geranium shampoo:
Parabens and SLES free My personal favourite |
Children's hair and body wash:
Sons are too old for this now, but we have used it in the past. Waitrose stock it in UK. 'Gentle: Award-winning British brand Childs Farm uses natural ‘free-from’ ingredients and essential oils to produce a range of safe, kind and delicious-smelling toiletries that care for the hair and skin of newborns, babies and children' (from the website)' I love my eco egg. I have used it for years now and it always washes well. It is best if you can air dry outside too, but not necessary.
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Sodium bicarbonate:
For de-tox baths. We find 1/2 cup for us adults and 1/3 cup for the sons adequate, or we don't wake up the next day! For whites, I feel the need for a bit of powder.
This is fragrance free, and does the job well. It leaves the clothes clean and fresh and I like it better than Ecover. |
Epsom salts:
For de-tox baths. we have never used the amount started on the packet (pretty much all of it for one bath!) Instead we use about a tenth of a packet and only use it ocassionally. |
Supplements
These are the ones we use: