So I've been on the no starch diet for about 3 weeks now and I think I probably felt better before I started the diet. In the last 2 weeks I've had two flares with a fever and I just feel like my immune system is going insane. Before I started the diet I hadn't had a major flare in about 5 months.

Is this normal? Does it just take a long time sometimes for the diet to kick in? Any advice or, really, just words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. I was really hoping to be able to avoid going on the biologics by changing my diet, but I don't think that's gonna happen now.


Mike / 35yo / HLA-B27+ / diagnosed with AS march 2012 / Dermatographic Urticaria since 2017
FODMAP diet, Enbrel, Meloxicam, Tramadol PRN, Xolair for chronic hives.