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Subject: The old one two ! Ankylosing Spondylitis
Hello all fellow AS sufferers! I've been in a lot of pain in the past but am now in pretty much complete control - despite a lot of work stress! Gluten opens the door and then gut bacteria can trigger the immune response. Some recent discovered medical article - the mechanism for AS - intestinal permeability to bacteria caused by gliadin in wheat. BTW - anti-gliadin-antibodies are increased in nearly all auto immune diseases. :( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19215694/ Then this one I've talked about before about bacteria called "klebsiella" http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jir/2013/872632/ So you can see how the two things go hand In hand and why I feel better on a non gluten diet and then better still in emergencies I follow a low starch diet to dampen down my flare. I could switch my AS back on and induce a full scale attack within 2 weeks - by having a sandwich and a few pints of beer! ...and no NSAID drugs ever, not even Ibuprofen - they are just short term gain for long term pain. Eat clean.. Detox low / no carb (paleo diet) for 2 weeks - and aim to go no drugs. It can be done with lots of discipline.
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