Good job at staying so strict, I know it not easy Mike.
I was getting a bit frustrated too because I was improving with NSd but for me I wanted to be feel less pain, it brought it down somebut not enough, SO I had to get more strict .
Maybe try skipping the dairy for a week or so and see what happens, for me dairy is the worst thing I can eat for my joints along with grains.
I was able to reduce my pain from an 7-8 to a 2-5 by not eating meat, dairy and grains. I know its drastic but the meds I was trying seemed drastic and were not helping,when I did finally find a good one(remicade)I had a heart reaction to it while I was having an infusion--go figure(pulse went from 70 to 160 in ten minutes while sitting there), I call it Divine Providence.
I feel REALLY good eating raw fruits and veggies and a few nuts. I sneak in some dark chocoalte, chamomille tea, fish or chicken once a week. However, the day after I eat the meat I do feel more pain unfortunately.I think once my body heals I will be able to branch out more and eat some more fringe foods.There are alot of recipes out there that quite creative for raw foodies.This works for me, I don't know if it will work for you, just want to try and help you.
Hope you feel better, take care!
So I eat fruit for breakfast and for lunch I have a salad with mushrooms, carrots, almonds, honey mustrd dressing, green onions. Belive it or not this does fill me upi. I also juice cucmber and celery and ginger with a juicer and feel good doing this too, it replentished the enzymes that are naturally in our gut.
This week I plan to try some desserts with medrool dates so I am excied to have some dessert.
Diet change has improved my RA. I feel best eating raw veggies and some fruits and avoiding grains, sugars, nightshades, beans and dairy. Sed rate dropped from 65 to 19, but it took over a year.
www.fatsickandnearlydead.com excess fat/oils = pain for me
recipes for raw food on Youtube "raw food romance"
and "healing josephine" Josephine is in remission from RA after two years by change diet/exercise