Hi All,

Must share my dietary journey over the past week. It's been a busy one with 3 of our 4 kids and friends here for the entire week. I had been pretty strict with the NSD and no dairy excepting hard cheese and have been taking rutin 500mg 4x/day for the past month in addition to other supplements I have taken for several years. Well, I forsook the NSD and low dairy secondary to too much wine and celebration. I am amazed that there has been no flare. Indeed I feel so well that I am continuing with a regular diet. I have, however, discontinued the wine (not as much fun without the group!) and the only other possible confounder in this experiment of mine is that bing cherries are in season and I wonder if:

#1 These bing cherries that are supposedly high in quercetin may be lending additional antiinflammatory activity

#2 Something in the wine contributed to my improvement with the relaxation and laughter it induced

#3 The antiinflammatory activity of the rutin is covering my indiscretions OR

#4 My gut has healed over the past 4 months and, like DakotaDan, I am now able to tolerate starches?!?!

OR maybe I'm about due for a major flare!?!? I'll keep you all posted!

LindaG