I have to say I stick around this site cos there's some interesting info gets blown about.
I'm not suffering with AS but possibly do have IBS and some form of arthriticy condition..don't know. For me it's no longer useful to label it... I see it as me being out of balance and know there are several factors which have brought this about, the effect being an inability to absorb starch... and consequences if I do try to! So I'm just in search of a means to rebalance myself...and thereafter to see whether I can then absorb starch or not.
Point is, there are many variables that go to make up a healthy state and many that can precipate an out of balance one, and as John said, everything is cyclical...and takes time (and I'd add rhythmical). Just how any of us is supposed to hold all variables except one..the test variable, constant over a prolonged period...in order to deduce a 'scientific' connection between diet and AS or diet and illhealth generally, is well nigh impossible. We can't hold genetic susceptibility constant, or the myriad facets of lifestyle.
The shere volume of folk...ever increasing... who have linked diet to their condition, and specifically starch, to their illhealth... is 'proof' enough, imho. What the powers that be should be looking at is these numbers...and trying to deduce a common denominator... one which interferes with the life process as a verb, not the factors that seem to affect an almost arbitrary delineation of 'disease types' into specific boxes. This kind of classification is useful as a jumping off point in order to see the wood for the trees. But where is the coming together, the cross referencing...between specialists in different fields and those 'disease types' ? It wouldn't surprise me if that elusive common denominator turned out to be starch (amongst a few others).
What is it about starch... not just the chemical analysis of it virgo non-intacto, after it's been investigated in vitro... not just its normal break down processes when in contact with human digestive enzymes etc (there are 17 steps to this- so lots of possibilitites there for things to freeze up)... but the whole picture including bizarre ideas like it's resonant frequencies.
My twopence.
Sue
PS Just posted this and saw Deborah's message...Deborah...your GP advises ALL patients to give up starchy food?!...VERY interesting...why exactly? Is it his/her theory or where does he/she get the info? Would LOVE to know.
Edited by uksue on 11/19/03 08:53 AM (server time).
