Well, I'm into my third week on the NSD (after three days of the apple diet) and with only one slip up on Easter, I have followed it religiously. I have not experienced any lessening in my condition at all.
I had an excruciatingly bad flare yesterday evening / last night that is still continuing, having eaten only:
breakfast: rashers and a Yakult
lunch / snacks: salami, lettuce, cheese, raisins, pear (starch tested)
dinner: chicken, fennel and spinach
vitamins / supplements (all starch tested): Omega 3, calcium, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, magnesium (I've ordered some others following feedback from a previous post but am still waiting for them to be delivered).
I don't think I'm prepared to give up dairy too, especially as this doesn't seem to be working anyway. Unbelievably, my stomach has also been really playing up and giving me a lot of pain since I started the diet (although I am diagnosed with IBS, I haven't had any symptoms in quite a while) and the pain and discomfort from that is merely adding to the AS pain...
I can't see that I am doing anything wrong as I iodine test anything doubtful (I did forget to test the Yakult yesterday, but I'm sure I read about it on here or in Carol Sinclair's book anyway).
...and, to top it all, I didn't lose so much as half a pound on the apple / water diet!!!!
I understand that if the disease has a real hold of you it might take some time for the diet to work, but most people who have experienced great results through the diet seem to have noticed some results almost immediately (which then got better as they progressed with the diet). I have friends who have done the Atkins diet (not the same, I know, but still, no carbs, more meat, eggs, etc) who claim that it really messed up their stomachs, and that they are still suffering the consequences a couple of years later...
Anyway, excuse the 'rant', but, from reading more on the boards, I am back to wondering whether the diet might only help a section of those affected with AS rather than being a 'cure all' solution.
I know I am being very impatient with this, but to give up my favourite foods in the world, i.e. fresh french bread, spuds, pasta and madiera cake has to have some payback to be worth it!
