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I'm one of those John spoke of in his post. I saw Ebringer in Vegas this year and knew enough to do the diet and have not looked back – much. ;)

Here are my answers:

1) Have you had
d) great success
with any dietary modification?

2) Did your diet exclude
a) all starch?


In all fairness, I do occasionally raid my daughter's gummi bears which have corn starch in them. I still eat chocolate and drink soda. I feel great.

Occasionally, I have drifted into the misty waters and eaten five pretzel sticks that were enough to cause regret the following day until I could get passed it. ;)

Best wishes to you.

John, I owe you a phone call. Sorry I've been MIA.

Deanpaul



Regime change, like charity, begins at home. - Ira Glass, This American Life

1d, 2d
I went on LSD for 6, 7 months and the pain went down considerably. Then I started to cheat and have been doingf so for 3,4 months.
In my case, attitude and the pscyhe plays a more important role.
Cooking Oils are the worst culprit, worse than starch in my case that is.

I eat a lot of fruits and fibre, along with regular diet now.

I make sure I move my bowels twice a day atleast. I have not taken NSAIds in the last 10 months, except 3,4 times I think.

I am not sured , have bad days occasionally. now the fear is not the pain, but that I am getting used to living like this - which I dont want to.

hello

results of the diet=1d (sine feb 2002, had up and down while finding what can make my AS flare up, very good since may)

my diet=french low toxic diet (Seignalet 's regimen)
low starch diet (no potatoes,low gluten diet= sometimes raw bread or bran bread, often eating raw rice)
i avoid milk and diary, chocolate and all sugar, sweets.... no industrial food or canned food, no fried food, no alcohol especialy white wine, no spicy food, meat or fish once a day , lost of fruits & vegs.
i take vitamines, elements & omega fat acid (canola oil, flaxseed wheat)

still using 200mg celebrex/day,
in my experience, gluten makes my alleries flare up but my AS (to be true, it's rather a psorisic arthritis ) tolerates few bread (bran or raw) while potatoes seems to be dangerous?
had no pain in my back since i stopped milk and all milk based food (feb 2002)
manu from france

Edited by manu_from_france on 10/16/03 07:20 AM (server time).

I have been on NSD for 8 weeks now. So far I have no results (1a).
I eliminated all starch (2a), but still take milk occasionaly.

I've been on an LSD/NSD for over two years.

#1 - D. Great Success. At first I did an NSD still allowing sugar and it worked fine. Much improved. I have since switched to an atkins-like diet with no starch or sugar. Works great.

#2 - A, B, and some C. I no longer eat sugars or starches, but I do eat some dairy. I still have cream and cheese in some moderation.

1 d. big improvement
2. e. modified NSD/LSD

I can honestly say, I seem to have notice an instant, amazing change after just one day of pretty much eliminating starches. I have had a pretty mild case, an achy back and hip, but now there's no aches, pains, nothing. Maybe the yoga I did the night before helped too.

I do still take cream in my coffee. However, I have resisted the urge to consume a warm cinnamon roll with it. It's tough.

I have had a hard time grocery shopping w/o starch, esp. convenience foods for a lazy 34 y.o. bachelor. McDonald's chicken cobb salad seems to be relatively low starch for the mall food court, except maybe the dressing.

I never really took much in the way of pain meds. Maybe the occasional Tylenol, aspirin, or ibuprofen. Earlier, I seemed to have some subtle but noticeable improvement with glucosamine.

I am so thankful for finding out about this lo/no starch idea; it really seemed to make a big change for me. Thanks, kickas.org.