Makiko Oka-Castro, a Natural Healing Artist, will help you and your child with Posture Balance Integration to heal, develop, and emerge!

Author: makikomethod

  • Meat Stock

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    GAPS Meat Stock is a very special type of soup. “It is a whole meal designed for healing to heal and seal the gut lining quickly,” said Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride from her famous yellow book, Gut And Psychology Syndrome. When you start to eat it almost immediately, you can sense the change in your gut… Read more

  • Banana Pound Cake

    A Baking recipe use nuts flour for baking instead of wheat flour and raw honey and ripened banana instead of sugar. I introduce you my basic pound cake recipe. Ingredients: 1 cup almond flour 1 cup hazel nuts flour 1/2 coconuts flour 3 eggs separated 1/4 cup melted butter and some more butter for greasing… Read more

  • Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar

    Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar is so easy to make. I could not believe it! What you need is only organic apples and water. Cut 5 apples into small pieces and wait till their surface become brown. Put the apples and water into a large mason Jar. Please make sure that the water is not chlorinated… Read more

  • Basic Stew

    Beef , pork, Lamb or any meat, with bones, muscles, connective tissues, and fat. Covered by GAPS Meat Stock, Bone Broth or water. Cook with sea salt, pepper, and herbs until it starts to boil on high heat (but do not boil), then lower the heat to simmer for 5 to 6 hours until the… Read more

  • GAPS Kefir

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    You must culture dairy for at least 24 hours to make sure the lactose is broken down before eating. When you culture milk or cream for at least 24 hours, it makes it easier to digest. Culturing means predigesting the lactose ( milk sugar) and partially digesting the casein ( milk protein). I usually culture… Read more

  • GAPS Yogurt

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    You must culture dairy for at least 24 hours to make sure the lactose is broken down before eating. When you culture milk or cream for at least 24 hours, it makes it easier to digest. Culturing means predigesting the lactose ( milk sugar) and partially digesting the casein ( milk protein). I usually culture… Read more

  • Bone Broth

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    GAPS Bone Broth is mainly used for the FULL GAPS Diet. Bone Broth is made from a lot of bones (marrow bones, knuckles, joints, neck, etc.) with a bit of meat or meaty bones, cooked for a long period of time. Simmered for a long time: 6 – 24 hours for chicken and 24 –… Read more

  • Food to Avoid

    Below is the list of FOOD to AVOID for people with GAPS You must avoid grains, beans, and potatoes (including yam potato) until you restore the beneficial flora and heal your gut lining and its function.  I know many articles by doctors suggest that those foods high in dietary fibers promote good bacteria. Yes, I… Read more

  • Withdrawal and Die-off Reaction

    When you follow any natural healing process, you should expect and be ready for one or more withdrawal and die-off reactions. Those reactions are necessary for your healing process to be completed. Healing is normalizing your state of being through cleansing and purging toxins, which are physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual, then reorganizing and rebuilding… Read more

  • Discovery of My Autism – Swiss Cheese Holes

    Following my gut instinct, I moved to NYC from Tokyo in my late 20s. My gut instinct guided me to seek out who I truly am. It was a tiny needlepoint light in the dark and a long tunnel strong enough to attract me. Looking back, I realized how I could pursue and thrive to know who I truly… Read more