Hi, Wally--
Just jumping in with two issues:
In reply to:
All the arguments supporting LSD or NSD are based on the research of Alan Ebringer and he has been central to much of the discussion on this topic. Basically I have been told everyone with AS should respond to diet because his conclusions said so. But now I have learned that his definition of AS and that of the rheumatologist who diagnosed you and me are different
Ebringer is only the guy who figured out the mechanism and got us our sample populations with solid scientific research: There are no less than SIX total anti-starch sources starting with Dr Wm Hay, Edgar Cayce (words to the wise; for what that is worth), Dr. Giraud Campbell, Carol Sinclair (did not know she had AS for at least eight years after publishing her IBS book), Ebringer, and recently a doctor in Pittsburgh who has a different mechanism for AS, but understands the wheat starch connection as characterized by Dr. Fine. Two more anti-starch sources are the 'raw foodies'(raw) and Dr. Mercola, but neither describe mechanisms specific to AS.
Ebringer's AS net is actually cast a bit wider than the average rheumatologist because he does not like the attitude of waiting for SI damage to confirm a diagnosis; his criteria centered on the B27 antigen and whether he could get the patient to verbalize that they had to 'roll out of bed.'. With 450 core patients and total 600 seen during the operation of his clinic, he had a pretty decent sample size. Applied to the overall world population of AS sufferers, it provides a pretty impressive LCL (Lower Confidence Level) by medical sampling standards.
"...there's no use crying, and saying 'puss! puss! puss!" ../..and, if called by a panther, I sthill won't anther.
Regards,
John
