Hi Wally,
For myself the link is more subtle though I have a stonger response to dairy. Eating any dairy or too much sugar can cause problems. You know in the 7 months that I have been on the diet I have never really tested it to see if I would be worse off if I was eating starch. I am assuming that since I have never really gotten to a pain free point that I would be a lot worse off if I wasn't on the diet. Though my AS has a distinct pattern which is I have a good day then a bad day followed by a good day and then a bad day. It very rarely breaks that pattern. My bad days vary from just stiffness to extreme pain but I always know the next day will be a good day. The good days range from stiffness to pain free. I just wish I could get my good days to stick around a lot longer.
One other thing I wanted to mention is I tried the apple diet once and the followng month my ESR was down to 6, which is the lowest it has ever been. So that has me thinking as well, though it didn't help with the pain at all. Just can't bear the thought of another apple diet.
There is no drug stronger than a good attitude.
