That makes sense about the caloric intake whilst fasting. I've been trying to just avoid all foods for about the last 5 hours pre-bedtime. Seems to be helping a bit as I've had some incredibly well rested, pain free wake ups recently. In the last 1 week or so, I've had two separate under 1 pain level wake ups. I still haven't taken any enbrel and am now 100% certain that it was no longer helping.
Sounds like you're getting a bit more tolerant to a wider variety of foods. Looks like progress to me.
I love the sleeps from RS too! The dreams are unreal and I wake up often feeling like I've just returned from a native indian vision quest
Mark Sisson refers to a study that L. helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175) reduced measures of anxiety and depression.
Mr.Heisenbug refers to a study that L.plantarum has and can potentially cure eczema.
Natren has testimonials stating that their strains of pro-b's have cured lactose intolerance in people that have had it for over 30 years.
Custom probiotics claim that their strains aid in the alleviation of candida.
At the bottom of that gastalreality link, he shows which strains are especially effective in gut reperation etc.
I wonder if AS were a more common condition(or struck the "right" bacteriologist) if we would find the exact bacteria to help in digesting starchy foods and/or quickly neutralizing K.Pneumonia? Maybe it's out there and I just haven't read it yet?
You're lucky on the potato front. I got scared off all non-resistant starches until my hockey season is done. Sudden death playoff format at this point so max 2 weeks left. When I do start adding starches again, I hope it's just a matter of finding the right ones and titrating up really slowly in my case.
You're lucky to find anybody in person that knows anything about gut healing. Buy that chemist a bottle of gluten free vodka and keep him on your good side;) I went into the arthritis center today to ask about potential FMT clinical trials, gut repair etc. They knew nothing of it or about pre/pro biotics, gut microbiome etc. and whisked me away with the homepage link to pubmed:( What do these people do all day? How is a semi-illiterate, beer league hockey playing, poker player far more up to date than the biggest arthritis resource center in Canada??? There's my gripe for the day.
I've been taking that ionic boron since the last time I said I would. With so much other stuff going on, it's hard to say what difference it's making, if any. You have the borax powder though which makes it easier to follow the exact guidelines from that article. I'm really interested to know how that works for you.
