Hi All,
Would you mind helping me out by completing a survey about the link between diet, RA and Ankylosing Spondylitis please?
I've been reading through the forum and seen several people discuss the link between RA (or Ankylosing Spondylitis) and the food they eat. I've been modifying my diet to control the A.S. swelling and pain in my body for 7 years now. Because of the diet I don't need NSAIDs or pain killers anymore. I haven't got rid of the core meds yet. But, the burning feeling in my body has gone, I have much more energy and I control the arthritis rather than it controlling me. My reading on the forums indicates that RA sufferers are gaining relief from diets similar to mine.
We're all in this journey together. So I'd really like to share what I've learnt with all of you other sufferers to help reduce your pain too. I've created the survey to capture the questions and concerns you guys have about using diet to control RA or Ankylosing Spondylitis. Here's the link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/68BG63N
As a bit of background approx 7 years ago I swapped rheumatologists because I wanted a fresh perspective. The first thing he did was scribble down several food groups on a piece of paper and say tak
Eliminate:
Grains
Cereals
Dairy
Root vegetables
Eat these Good foods:
Fresh fruit
Greens
Lean meat
fish
poultry
Olive oil (anti-inflammatory effects)
Since then I have refined the list, adding more things to the bad list and more to the good list.
Elminating even just the four food groups above caused a pretty drastic change to my lifestyle. So I've had to learn how to live day to day, still have balanced diet (its very easy to over indulge on good foods to compensate for eliminated foods and cause other health problems), have tasty food and enjoy a social life.
The online survey will help me to guage the interest for a book - don't want to waste time writing a book if there is no interest :-) Here's the link again:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/68BG63N
It would be great if you could fill out my survey and pass this link onto others who have RA or Ankylosing Spondylitis.
By the way, if you complete the survey and there is sufficient interest for me to write an eBook then I'll send you a free copy.
Thanks heaps and take care
Andrew
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