Guest guest Posted July 20, 2002 Report Share Posted July 20, 2002 Carol: Thanks for the links...sounds interesting...and I dont think it is bad to try changes in diet...I am a bread devotee...it is my weakness...but maybe it would be worth a try....Kathi in OK --- Carol <carol@...> wrote: > Hi Friends. I was reading about AS after my rheumy > saying I have it with > the RA, and a popular AS website says that a low > starch diet is beneficial. > They say that AS is a reactive type of arthritis, > and the bacteria feed off > starchy foods. I know that the RA isn't considered > a reactive arthritis, > but there are people in the group taking antibiotics > for RA. So, I'm > wondering if a low starch diet would help symptoms. > > As some of you may remember, I've been trying a > wheat free/dairy free diet > for about 3 months now. I thought I was doing a > little better, but this > past month has been horrible. I'm thinking of > throwing in the towel on it. > Matter of fact, I did eat wheat and dairy two days > ago for the first time in > awhile. I had quiche, and boy was it good! I'll > let you know if I have an > increase in pain from it. > > After reading a lot of posts on this AS website > about the good results they > are having with the low starch diet, I'm considering > changing to that. It > probably seems ridiculous that I keep trying > different diets, but I feel > good when I'm at least trying something. I read in > a book on chronic > illness that I'm in the " bargaining " phase of > acceptance. > > Has anyone tried a low starch diet? If so, did you > have success with it? I > guess it would be similar to the Atkins diet, but > not as extreme. Lots of > fruit and veggies, and not as many carbs. > > Here's a link to the discussions, in case anyone's > interested. > > http://www.kickas.org/cgi-bin/w3t/postlist.pl?Cat= & Board=starch > > And here's a link to more info about the low starch > diet: > > http://www.kickas.org/images/upload/5-24876-ASLondon.htm > > And a more detailed explanation if you're REALLY > interested: > > http://www.kickas.org/asdiet.shtml > > Comments and discussion are welcome!!!! > > Hugs, > Carol > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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