Oh hello there. You’ve found some very old content. Please read the disclaimer on this page<\/a> before thinking I’m still<\/em> a total\u00a0sheep who\u00a0has been sucked into a bone-broth worshipping fad diet. Been there, learned from that and am now a much less rigid human.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Stage I’ve been waiting for. This is the story of a girl reunited with her beloved avocado.<\/p>\n

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Stage 3 is where life gets a whole lot easier. One word; avocado.<\/p>\n

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• It adds something raw back into the mix<\/li>\n
• It can accompany meat<\/li>\n
• It can accompany roasted pumpkin<\/li>\n
• It can be eaten with sauerkraut – also allowed on stage 3. Before this you are only allowed the juice (remind me again why I’m doing this?)<\/li>\n
• It can be eaten by itself, with nothing else added (yes, really)<\/li>\n
• You can mix the humble avo with ground cinnamon & make pudding!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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  Something else allowed on stage 3 is pumpkin pancakes<\/a>.\u00a0These pancakes are nutritious enough to eat as a meal by themselves – provided adequate protein, veggies, broth and fermented foods have been eaten at other meals and snacks.<\/p>\n

  Stage 3 makes taking food to College much easier. No worrying about broth or soup spilling or leaking in my bag. Just an avocado, a spoon and a container of coconut or ghee roasted pumpkin. The dream.<\/p>\n

  Now, not to get too detailed. I sense at least a few of you have a wee bit of decorum (unlike yours truly). Stay with me. Stage 3 has done wonders for my (cough, cough) plumbing issues. The pipes are blocked no more. It turns out that the whey and yoghurt<\/a> were causing stagnation. They have been removed from the menu for the time being.<\/p>\n

  The sauerkraut and avocado combo, as well as the new brand of probiotics that I’m taking, are working a treat. <\/a>I feel like a normal, functioning human again. Dreamy.<\/p>\n

  I started stage 4<\/a> yesterday by trying a slice of homemade meatloaf made from chicken livers (and hearts – who am I?), onion and garlic. It went down dandily with broccoli and avocado, followed by my favourite soup – pumpkin cooked in marrow broth, blended until creamy and smooth.<\/p>\n

  Speaking of onion, this is a food that I have been reacting to for several years – 2 months of GAPS and now no reaction. Serious men in serious suits use the word ‘progress’ a darn lot. If they’re referring to eating onion without blowing up to the size of a small football field, I respect their choice of words. Progress, progress, progress.<\/p>\n

  That makes two noticeably positive changes to my system. This protocol – as crazy as I sometimes think I am for doing it – ain’t just some fad.<\/p>\n

  So far GAPS has been easy to stick to because my body has been craving only bone broth, bone marrow, pumpkin, avocado, steamed cruciferous veggies and not much else. I have fallen in love with bone marrow. The taste is so beautiful that I want to cry. Does this put a spin on the term ’emotional eater’. Or am I absorbing hormones from the cow remnants I’m eating? Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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