Hi and Happy New Year to all!
I was diagnosed with AS in July, 2007. I’d been suffering from a lower back pain for a year and a half then, unbearable in the mornings, better during the day. I started the NSD diet in July. My pain didn’t improve much but it did stop progressing as it had been for the past year and a half. However, the pain spread to my knuckles, a finger and my knees. My shoulders and neck are constantly inflamed. I stopped all dairy a month ago and noticed great improvement in terms of the lower-back pain. But I do still have pain, which fluctuates in intensity. I read people’s success stories, and I just want to ask if others following the diet have become entirely pain-free and if so, what could I be doing wrong? I just don’t know what to expect. I never tried the 3 day apple diet because I’m confused on whether apples are okay to eat or not. In one of the documents it says that only cooked apples are okay so I haven’t dared try the apple diet.
By the way, when I asked my rheumatologist (at the renowned Hospital for Special surgery in NYC) about the NSD she told me that there was no evidence to support it??? Why is it that most physicians are skeptical about it? Do you know of any criticism of the NSD treatment?
Thanks!
Best wishes,
Daniela
