Hello, Frederick:
Thank You for posting Your opinion.
Everyone is welcome to post helpful suggestions and even "nonsense," in the correct venue. Your post has been moved from "success stories" because it is not a success story and certainly not relevant to success stories.
As to Your complaint, You should understand that most people within this forum do not consider their disease an academic toy, rather it is a daily reality they must confront in their own way.
Personally, I have proven diet to myself and that is good enough for me and I am willing to share my experiences with others about this particular topic.
So You have an OPINION about diet--welcome to the club--but if diet is not attractive to You and You have never experimented with it and have no personal experience, why would we pay any attention to Your not very unique opinion? We can get the same opinion from many physicians who have a lot more credibility, despite never helping their patients resolve AS and avoid permanent skeletal damage and fusion.
You SAY this:
I have yet to come across any actual proof of any such diet working for A.S. patients.
How would You "come across" the proof You are not even looking for? And most diet deniers will only move the goal posts whenever confronted with the FACTS. Perhaps You wanted an argument instead of finding out if diet methods could offer something positive for You. I learned a very long time ago that people who do not want to be convinced will not bother; enough people with AS have had the results they were seeking to justify keeping this forum open and, in fact, all of KickAS.org going.
HEALTH,
John
