GAPS Intro Stage Summary

Stage One
-Homemade meat or fish stock
-Soup made with stock – (veggies allowed are soft cooked onions, carrots, broccoli, leeks, cauliflower, zucchini, squash)
-Probiotic foods – dairy or vegetable based (liquid only)
-Increase gradually – 1-2 t/day for 1-5 days, 3-4 t/day for 1-5 days, until you add a few teaspoons to every cup of stock and bowl of soup
-Ginger, mint, chamomile tea w/ honey

Stage Two
-Stock, soups
-Egg yolk, and whole soft-boiled eggs if well tolerated
-Stews and Casseroles w/ meats and vegetables – always high fat
-Increasing amounts of probiotic foods
-Fermented fish
-Homemade ghee, even if other dairy has not been introduced

Stage Three
-All previous foods
-Add ripe avocado, starting with 1-3 t/day and increasing
-Add pancakes (nut butter, eggs, squash, fried in ghee or coconut oil)
-Egg scrambled with ghee, served with avocado and cooked vegetables
-cooked onion – 4-5 T fat, add large sliced onion, cover cook for 20-30 min
-Sauerkraut and fermented vegetables, start small and increase to 1-4 t with every meal

Stage Four
-All previous foods
-Gradually add meats cooked by roasting and grilling (but not BBQ or fried yet)
-Cold-pressed olive oil, start with few drops per meal and increase to 1-2 T per meal
-Freshly pressed juices, start with few spoonfuls of carrot juice, well filtered. Consume slowly “chewing every mouthful.” Gradually increase to a cup per day. When a full cup is tolerated, add juice from celery, cabbage, lettuce and fresh mint. Drink on an empty stomach.
-Bread made with ground nuts and seeds, start with small piece and gradually increase

Fifth Stage
-If all previous is well-tolerated, add cooked apple – stew in water until soft, add generous amount of ghee and mash with potato masher. Can add a little honey. Gradually increase the amount.
-Raw vegetables, starting with softer parts of lettuce and peeled cucumber – small amount and increase as tolerated. After these are tolerated add raw: carrot, tomato, onion, cabbage, etc. Chew well. If diarrhea returns = not ready for this step.
-If juice from carrot, celery, cabbage, lettuce and mint is well tolerated, add apple, pineapple, mango. Avoid citrus.

Sixth Stage
-If all introduced foods are well-tolerated, try peeled raw apple. Gradually introduce raw fruit and more honey.
-Gradually introduce baked cakes and sweets. Use dried fruit for sweetener.