Ankylosing spondylitis is a kind of arthritis with puzzling symptoms all over the body. Its main symptom is back vertebrae fusing together; ankloysis is stiffening or fusion of a joint. To read Wikipedia you’d think it can only be treated with dangerous drugs that don’t work very well.
I recently learned from someone with the condition that it got much better after he cut out all refined carbohydrates, especially sugar, an idea he got from Dr. Bruce West. He describes his regimen as “avoid processed foods [= food with lots of additives], such as fast foods, and especially refined carbohydrates, such as high fructose corn syrup.” After he started this, he felt better in three days. He can eat fruit, but not bread or soft drinks or desserts. He’s never tried eating more fermented foods; he barely knew what they were.
Is the idea spreading? I asked. No, he said. Curious, in this day of forums and patient-centered websites.
More A reader noted that the same advice is given here.
“Is the idea spreading? I asked.”
Yes, it is. See https://www.kickas.org/
There is a ton of information on low starch, high protein diets under “Diet Center”. Unfortunately, the ASkickers are still afraid of fat. And I don’t see anything about omega 3 vs. omega 6 or about fermented foods.