Hi pspondylitis,
I'd like to reply to your request, since I can appreciate your misunderstanding.
The purpose of the NSD and Diet-related Forum, together with the Diet-specific Recipes Forum is not to provide a 'balanced' view but rather to offer an area dedicated to those interested in supporting each other in a diet approach to the treatment of their AS. You may find the biologics forum equally biased.
Within the context of a site with multiple forums available, providing similar dedicated areas of support to those interested in a wide variety of treatment approaches, KickAS.org offers the best patient to patient support (imo) where we can share with, and learn from, the experience of others coping with AS.
Set-backs and failures, for those who have not found success with any given treatment are discussed in every forum on KA, but KA is all about support and highlighting what works and celebrating each others successes. I fail to see how making any of our failures into sticky posts will serve to encourage anyone to carry on their fight to find the best way to manage their disease. We've all probably experienced enough failures in our lives.
Spirited and constructive debate is both healthy and welcome in all forums of course, as long as we continue to be mindful and considerate of each others treatment preferences, personal experiences, and opinions.
It seems you have been involved in some very balanced and open discussions regarding the merits of NSD and the scientific research behind it. That you may not find many like-minded viewpoints within this forum, should probably not come as a surprise.
Thank you for your input - we hope you will continue to enjoy KA!
mig
