CoatTails, I don't take anything during fasting periods except black coffee with a pinch of salt. And lots of water of course. I don't want to upset any autophagy process during fasting so don't want calories of which fats have plenty of.
I stopped my Dyclofenac a couple of nights ago. So far a little more lower back niggles, but not enough to worry about just yet. Just enough to be mindful of.
I ate a decent amount of Potatos (cooled for 24 hours first before reheating) for lunch today (post exercise) and no inflammation as a result (that was 4.5 hours ago now).
Still using 4 tablespoons of PS per day. At night mostly in water. I'm addicted to how it makes me sleep.
Eating an apple a day typically which used to give me problems.
And green banana 3 - 4 times per week. The local produce guy thinks it great we want the green ones which we make him go out back and get
I'm now eating Cauliflower again which used to give me problems cooked (starchy in NZ). Making a conscious effort to increase my alkaline foods now I can eat more of them.
Went to my local chemist today as my wife said he seemed to know a lot about AS. Turns out he specialises in gut healing and gut bacteria etc and knows an awful lot it seemed to me. Certainly he knows a lot more than any Rheumatologist I've ever come across and spoke confidently about various healing methods. He's a big fan of turmeric as an anti inflammatory and recommended a gut healing product for me (which contains a bunch of stuff but mostly based on slippery elm I gather) to follow for 6 weeks that will tighten/close up the gut. And then pro biotics. Will give it a go a bit later. He knew all about no starch, no dairy etc but also cautioned no starch is not ideal for long run as gut bacteria need a little starch and fibre to colonize which has a relationship to immune system etc.
He didn't know about resistant starch though but was interested so I sent him the coolinginflammation links. Also a link to this site.
