Wally as Sue says, the variables are many and i think you are an exception - most people do not have the handle on their reactions like you and zark. I was lucky to recognize the Pizza - iritis connection for myself, but it still took me ages to focus on it as a healing exercise.
Unfortunately, for most people the drugs (NSAIDs) actually do work and symptoms are masked - they only see what they need to address.
Of those eight at the table, one says he has tried it (Jim) but i'm not sure with what conviction. There are so many obstacles and automatic disbelief that it takes self indications like yours and mine, blind faith or simply last chance motivation to actually give it a good tryout. Many people feel they are so disadvantaged by having the disease in the first place that they are simply not going to sacrifice any life style value at all.
Like this...(200kB) A student here struggling to finish his degree told me his health story "you probably don't know about it - it's called spondylitis" Surprised him a little. Anyway he is young, big, strong, poor and lives on pasta and rice dishes with a little bit of meat or veggies for flavour. He said he simply couldn't afford my diet of fish/chicken/fat with veggies/condiments only there to provide vitamins and enzymes, enzymes, variety and spice - no cheap energy of complex carbos.
Starch is cheap.
(and nasty)
I wouldn't like to say there's two groups and like John i'm sure most people will get some benefit from no starch, but what some don't find are all the other things that affect them and exactly what they are prepared to do or sacrifice to fix it.
As you know i'm keen on a survey for things objective like blood type, B27 status, B7 status would be handy too, family history, gastric history, infection history.
Oh and a top to bottom photo of the entire gastric tract......
Ted
