i read thats as LSD, NSD's less powerful cousin. big difference
Well, in my opinion that's taking an incredibly pessimistic view of this news. I mean, honestly, I am completely baffled by your reaction. You have spent the better part of the last month championing the NSD throughout every nook and cranny of KA--sometimes politely, sometimes not so politely. Yet when we get this news that one of the big pharmacy companies has finally given legitimacy to the effects of limiting starch intake, a bit of advocacy that, for the first time, gives AS patients something very concrete to take to their rheumatologists to show them that the diet is more than rumor and conjecture, and what is your reaction? In a nutshell, it was: "Eh, big deal, they only mention LSD. I knew they wouldn't mention NSD and hurt their profits."
Here's the deal: Not only is it huge to have one of the biologic pharma companies providing legitimacy to the diet, but it is almost 100 percent certain that anyone who does a search on the LSD is going to get a big ol' dose of information about the NSD as well. See, they kind of go hand-in-hand, so learning more about the one literally makes it a certainty they will learn about the other. Or nearly a certainty, I guess I have to say, since I can't know about 100 percent certainty in such instances. Throw in the fact that the LSD is also listed right there in practically the same sentence as KA, and I think it is equally safe to say that many of the folks who do investigate the LSD are going to do so right here at KA. And I think even you can acknowledge that if they end up here at KA to learn about the LSD, they are going to learn even more about the NSD, no?
So, maybe this is one situation where it would be best to look at this glass as being half-full instead of kvetching that it never had any liquid in it in the first place. This is a significant piece of news, and more importantly, one that should make all KA members quite happy. I refuse to get bogged down because they chose to mention LSD instead of NSD--talk about splitting hairs.
Brad
