Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group A muscle spasm question

I have never had this specific experience..I do hope it gets straigtened out soon. I know how annoying and sometimes painful muscle spasms can be!
~Michelle

Hi maggie,
I've never followed the Atkins diet. Totally don't believe in it. I was vegetarian. Lots of fruit, fruit, vegies, vegies, beans and grains. No meat ever for 13 years. Also didn't find out about dairy until 7 years ago. Sometimes you don't know you have an intolerance until you exclude it. You just accept feeling off colour as the norm. I respect your views, I just hate to see people suffer. I also think the reason Kick As is so good is that people can put forward their experiences of what works for them and what doesn't and hopefully help others. I believe one thing that would really help the whole Western world, would be to turn the Food Pyramid upside down.
Hope you find your own way to end your suffering. I've found mine.
Kim

Hi
What a good idea about the icon for banging the head up a brick wall! There must be many of us feel like that over various issues!
take care
heather

Hi
I too am vegetarian, and have had to knock of dairy products as it gives me stomach probs. I know u dont rate the no starch diet (and by writing this post by no means am i havin a go, i am merely chatting to u as a friend regarding my opinions and experiences, sometimes other experiences can provoke food for thought)
Myopinion is certain foods seems to work better for different people, i hope ur dietician can advise u on which foods could work best for u and then u have the desired effect.
By the way, i understand desks jobs can b very sedentary, if ur not too self concious, there are desk exercises.
take care
heather

Maggie: All my life I dismissed diets as hype and fad, detrimental if not useless--until I discovered and rigorously applied the NSD/LSD. The beauty of the NSD/LSD is that although it often results in weight loss, weight loss is not the primary benefit. It is a therapeutic diet which for many people has resulted in amazing inflammation and pain reduction, not too mention the added benefits of intestinal health, weight loss and overall vitality. If you haven't tried it already, please consider doing so; there are people here to help you should you need it. Also, in regards to exercise: have you considered scheduling a brisk 20 minute walk before or after work, or maybe lunch, several times a week? I have heard that this can make all the difference.

Best regards & good luck,

--zdog

Hi Heather,
I think you replied to the wrong post. I am very much on the No Starch Diet. No longer vegetarian (sorry) But I wouldn't have it any other way. I feel great and hope by telling my story that other people could perhaps benefit by it. When you suffer from great pain I believe anything is worth a try. I'm not as bad as a lot of people that come here, I know I don't suffer as you do. But I have had agonising pain and NSD has helped me to get rid of most of it except for a few niggles. It is hard and frustrating but worth it in the end if you persevere and succeed. If not what have you lost, a month or two of not eating starch. No big deal I think. I'd like to think that everyone here are friends and can offer suggestions without being judged. It's a great place.
You take care too.
Kim

Hi Heather,

you are a great lady, and I respect where you are coming from because you do understand how people feel. I appreciate that there really are people who are allergic to dairy, and I appreciate that some people make the decision to go vegetarian. It is a choice. I understand that some people with eczema have an allergy to gluten and that they must knock out gluten products from their diet.

Personally, I am not vegetarian. I will never go vegetarian because I believe that meat is a necessary part of the diet. However, with the price of meat these days I check the prices carefully. We eat a lot of chicken, turkey and fish instead of the red meats most of the time. However, I still love a roast lamb and will buy one whenever the price is right. Besides, my dog loves roast lamb, and one of my previous cats (Garfield) used to know when the roast lamb was cooking and he used to love getting the leftovers too.

I believe that a diet should always be balanced. If there is a problem with a certain food then of course it should be eliminated from the diet. That is why I do not eat any foods that contain tomato products. Like you, when it came to milk, I discovered that these products were making me queasy. I had to completely eliminate them from my diet.

Since I do not have irritable bowel syndrome I do not see the connection with diet. My view of my back condition happens to be that it was started because of certain injuries to my back. To support my theory I have the evidence that my remaining sister and my mother both have arthritis in the back. This finding is consistent with the car accident in 1959 and the likelihood that we were thrown from the car. I have the additional problem of the fracture in my coccyx when I was 22.

Thank you again for being such a wonderful and supportive lady. Yes, I do hope when I get to the dietician again that I will be put back on the road and will be able to abandon those bad habits that I keep developing

Maggie