What Is the GAPS Diet and Should You Try It? Here’s What a Dietitian Has to Say

 ADHD in the News 2022-03-24


The GAPS diet is a restrictive, elimination diet aimed at promoting gut health and "healing" the gut. The premise behind the diet is that a number of health conditions, specifically digestive disorders and conditions affecting the brain like autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), might be caused by an unhealthy gut, or leaky gut. Therefore, the diet claims that healing a leaky gut might improve or cure these conditions. However, research and scientific evidence is lacking to back the GAPS diet. In this article, we dive into what the GAPS diet claims to treat, how to follow it, what you can and cannot eat, and the benefits and risks of the GAPS diet guidelines.