Hello, an0thermike:
Please be sure that You are not working too hard during the apple regimen, and have enough EVOliveOil at hand for day 4, and by next day You should experience some good relief, if You have followed the plan (no green apples, for example, and plenty of rest and reflection).
I cannot account for WHY You would get WORSE eliminating foods that were not available 250 years ago, at least at the same level of refinement, but yes the diet can, rarely, be counterproductive if You are taking NSAIDs, as the increase in fats and oils will make the tract adhesive and conductive for our nemesis bacterium, so in real life plenty of EFAs (EVOliveOil and borage seed oil) must be taken to assure that the majority of oil we take in is hydrophobic, and not denatured by cooking.
The simplest diet is
fasting, and while You might not think You are ready for this yet, it would be a good time before You gave up on the diet option altogether. In my initial days of Ebringer's LSD, it did not seem to work very well--results were "spotty," but as soon as I fasted and much later did the apple regimen, the LSD and then NSD became a little more effective. Then, I challenged Ebringer's claims by using antibiotics and within four days I absolutely knew I had found the best course for me. After only six months on antibiotic cycles, the NSD alone (even without antibiotics, as I wanted to stop taking them) kept my symptoms away.
We have to make this diet work for us--whether we eliminate dairy at first or take other measures, this is the most effective way to control this disease. Carol, to this day, cannot get an "official" AS diagnosis because her SIJs are fine: This is no accident, but she and so many others believe and are confident that this is thanks in full to her NSD.
HEALTH,
John
