Hello, Stormb:
CONGRATULATIONS on sticking with the diet enough to get such great results!
The diet will continue to work, but please understand that there are "stealthy" starches that creep in. Also, Carol Sinclair noticed that she had reached about three plateaus where she progressively had to give up more and more sort of "borderline" things--"dodgy disaccharides" was one of them.
And things that are not so starchy--technically--can cause severe problems, also--like caramel (a polymerized--resistant--sugar).
Another major issue that Carol also experienced is that seasonal variations in things like fruit can wreck havoc on us--the nectarines, in particular she tested when season began and they were safe, but later they were harvested too early and contained the "most pernicious" type of starch. So please TEST EVERYTHING even if it once tested good--now this is every batch, not every morsel.
PROCESSED foods can change formulations and additives can be changed before the labels. And manufacturers might substitute guar gum for carrageenan and vice versa.
FOOD COMBINATIONS can also cause problems; watch out for mixing proteins (slow digesting) with sugars (rapid absorption) and starches, however borderline.
FORM vs FACT: A fellow from Canada called me and said he was able to eat yams, but not yam soup. Many tolerate some rice, but could never eat the same amount of starch, if it were rice flour; particle size is the key to why "processed foods" in general are so unhealthful for many and deadly for us.
Another possibility that I do not consider very high on the list, is developing some food sensitivity: Due to our restrictive diets, we rely upon some food sources and eating too often and too much of one thing can result in kind of an allergic reaction not easily explained, but these contain a "dross" or burden of normally innocuous compounds built up and not properly metabolized or eliminated.
I hope You are getting enough EFAs and especially GLAs--in any flare it is good to take about 2g effective GLA from borage seed oil, for example. Good to get some fresh wheatgrass juice to help break a flare.
HEALTH,
John
