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My understanding is that AS sufferers are at higher risk of heart disease and other circulatory problems due to the constant inflammation in the body.

Wikipedia states "Mortality is increased in patients with AS and circulatory disease is the most frequent cause of death"

My rheumatologist agrees, recommending I take Celebrex whenever I have any symptoms, to reduce the inflammation that would otherwise be contributing to heart disease long-term (ironic, I thought, considering Celebrex comes with warnings to use sparingly as cardiac problems are a possible side-effect)

What I am wondering is: won't the no-starch diet (the Carol Sinclair version), which encourages an increase in meat/cheese/egg consumption, further increase the risk of heart disease?

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Hi, Didier:


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What I am wondering is: won't the no-starch diet (the Carol Sinclair version), which encourages an increase in meat/cheese/egg consumption, further increase the risk of heart disease?


My mother died from the combination of smoking and AS at the advanced age of 42: Aortitis, specifically.

There are at least three other heart-related conditions and even more circulatory conditions associated with AS, mostly due to inflammation. It is not unreasonable, if You are a physician and know (or admit to) no other way to reduce inflammation, to recommend NSAIDs--even safer selective types like Celebrex. However we do not know all the risks with this drug, either.

Personally, I have come to believe that bad cholesterols, for example, are produced by our liver in response to the ingestion of starches in quantity and the combination with meat fats causes more vascular constriction than either by itself. In 1918 many of our farm-boy soldiers who died in the Great War had aortic sectioning and it was seen the average blockage was severe--the mean was over 85% and 90% blockage was seen in many. It was thought that the poor meat-and-potatoes diet was the culprit, but that was not ever proven--with any precision.

I believe that the meats which should be increased in NSD are not necessarily 'red' meats, but fish, fowl, and even tofu; keeping beef and other higher-fat meats at the same or even reduced levels.

Bottom line, however, it is important to eliminate the inflammation and if this cannot be achieved through diet, the addition of certain drugs could be warranted: I like Enbrel, sulfasalazine (enteric-coated; Azulfidine-EN), and MTX better than any NSAID; I have a certain FEAR of these drugs because the non-selective type greatly accelerated my disease and this happened because of my improper diet--vegetarian (the LAZY kind who eats way too many grains and processed starches and not enough actual vegetables).

Drugs CAN kill us faster than the AS, but probably will not; but AS will certainly kill us much faster than our diets, especially if we make bad lifestyle choices.

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Hi Didier,
To reduce the risk of heart disease exercise regularly to reduce weight and sooth stress. Eat whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low fat dairy products more in your diet meals and limit the amount of sodium. Avoid alcohol, smoking and caffeine and monitor your blood pressure regularly.

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Just a note on low fat products - they generally contain a ton of other unwanted ingredients - including starches - to thicken them. I would go with regular, natural products with only one or 2 ingredients. Low Fat products usually have a frighteningly long list of crap added to them to make them taste good again after the fat is removed.

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Agreed, I was asking mainly in the context of NSD where I would be avoiding whole grains, low-fat foods, etc.


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