Here are recommended resources and links that will be helpful on your Wise & Wild Way/GAPS Protocol journey. This is not an exhaustive list, so feel free to use other healthy options if you so desire and as budget allows. If for any reason any of the links aren’t working, please let us know. Contact us at teamsharise@shariseparviz.com

Start Up Guide:

Equipment:

• Cookbooks
  • The Complete Cooking Techniques for the GAPS Diet, 2nd Edition This cookbook was written by ‘the GAPS Chef’, Monica Corrado and is the go-to GAPS Cooking bible.
  • GAPS, Stage by Stage, With Recipes This is a wonderful book for additional recipes once you have the basics down.
  • Nourishing Traditions Once you transition off the GAPS diet, NT is considered the sister diet to GAPS – the way to eat to maintain health and wellness for life.

• Cookware: Here are some options for you to choose from based on budget and preference.
  • Le Creuset
  • Mueller
  • Cast iron
  • Instant Pot: Very handy in the kitchen for making stocks. Make sure to get a glass lid.
  • Water Filter Find the right size for you.
  • Dehydrator – Multi-use and great for keeping ferments the right temperature during culturing. Later you will find it handy for drying herbs, fruit, making meat jerky, etc.

• Juicers: Here are two options depending on your budget. I have had clients happy with both.
  • Ninja
  • Kuvings

• Fermenting Tools
  • Mason jars (with 2-part lid) for fermenting/culturing can easily be found at your local Walmart or grocery store. Get a variety of sizes: pint, quart, and half gallon. Wide-mouth is my preference.
  • Fermenting Heating Mat or Heat Pad: Great for yogurts and keeping ferments at a consistent temp. A dehydrator is also an excellent choice and easy to use (see under cookware)
  • Sauerkraut pounder
  • Airlock System: Keeps air out of your ferments and helps prevent overspill. For wide-mouth mason jars

• Food Resources:
  • Find a WAPF Chapter leader in your area for a list of farmers where you can find your meat, eggs, and raw milk.
  • Realmilk.Com  To find additional raw milk vendors.
  • Azure Standard Is a great option to find Organic, Non-GMO groceries, household, and personal care items
  • Find Real Food Is a great app (by WAPF) to help you find quality products at the grocery store.
  • Epic: For quality animal fats.
  • Culture For Health: Starters for culturing/fermenting (great for making your first batches of probiotic foods,  especially kefir).

• Home/Self-Care:
  • Environmental Working Group Rates the toxicity levels in food, personal, and household products. A great resource when looking for products to use.
  • Dechlorinating Tablets for your bathwater.
  • Dechlorinating shower filter for your shower.  
    
• Supplements
  • Lugols 2% for iodine painting + rollerball applicator