Kickas.org Forums Treatments, Drugs and Alternatives NSD and diet-related; Why am I craving for BREAD???

I'm a lucky one. I eat chocolat sometimes and coffee everyday and feel fine. Hope it stays that way. I wouldn't mind giving up the chocolat, but the coffee... hmmm I guess I would go crazy.

Zélia

I think I kind of understand where you are coming from. For quite a few years I was reasonably happy to be able to control my AS by means of a diet instead of heavy medication BUT at the same time, I felt awfully sorry for myself and deprived of all the goodies such as cakes, cookies, bread and similar. And I had it ever so often (as one has to treat oneself, or so I thought) and then took painkillers to numb the AS pain. Kind of worked. And then I got Iritis which seems to be a lot more sensitive to starch then my joints. Not entirely sure if it is true though, currently checking out if there might be another underlying problem. Anyway, since I feel that starch is really bad for my Iritis and because Iritis can be quite dangerous, I had to review my attitude to my diet. And I realised, that AS actually has (in a very bizarre kind of way) made me live far healthier and more in tune with my body. I probably would not have taken up Yoga was it not for AS, I would not have started juicing, I would not be eating this great variety of organic veggies and fruits and nuts and seeds etc. Instead it would be a lot of refined starches, processed ready meals, transfatty take aways and similar (that was my diet before I found out about NSD). I still get cravings but quite frankly the fear of Iritis stops me giving in. And my new attitude that eating 'treats' that actually harm one's body are not really treats.

However, as a reply to Zelia's original thread, if bread works for you, go for it, each and every one of us has to find our own individual way to work out the best way of dealing with AS.

Christina