I think the salt water has to be epson salts- am I correct? Regular salt may make you sick (I think????)
The two times I initially went fruit-free, it was VERY hard to begin with.... I told myself I would go for six weeks and then re-access . In my food diary I was literally counting the days and feeling like a crack addict... both times I was "counting" for about two weeks and then stopped, because it did not seem like an issue any longer, as I stopped craving fruit. I was fruitless from June-Mid September the first time. When I reintroduced fruits the cravings were INTENSE and I went overboard. It did not seem to have a worse effect on my AS (I was very up and down then), but my hair started falling out by the handful in the shower... in scared the crap out of me and I have not tried fruit again. I have been doing lots of anti-candida stuff, hoping that next time I try fruit, my body can handle it better.