Just wanted to update this-
I've been feeling OK still (little stiff and tired but no major complaints) w a no starch diet. My supplements still include the biofilm disruptor Interfase as well as caprylic acid and grapefruit seed extract for an infection found by a csda test in the large intestine.
I was trying to add in more "adventurous" food thinking that the most diverse diet I could eat would be the best, so I started eating things like small amounts of cooked broccoli, small amounts of amylopectin only white rice, and taking lots of probiotics both as food and supplements. I noticed that I ended up with a very distended belly, lots of GI discomfort. I'm self diagnosing here but I think it maybe SIBO. (Maybe I've had it and didn't notice on a really strict diet, maybe it's another result of my food poisoning back in March) Whatever the case may be, I think my approach moving forward must really limit anything that might ferment in the small intestine. It's probably a good idea to get a breath test and see a doctor but I am finding that it is really hard to find a good practitioner that isn't super $$$$. I may just research protocols and implement one myself and then I can update how that goes too, haha!
In general, I wonder if SIBO is an underdiagnosed, underlying problem for a lot of people with AS.
