Sunday, Day 3: More apples. Apples apples apples. Lots of water. Headache from Saturday went away though. No much change in how I feel. Capped off the day with a healthy dose of olive oil (almost half a cup). Yuck!! Woke up at about 1AM, and had greater range of motion and less pain in my toe since the whole thing started. Got very excited. Woke up again at 4AM, and foot was back to hurting like normal. Oh well, easy come, easy go.
Broke fast this morning with a glass of orange juice, three slices of cantaloupe, and a slice of flax bread. In all, the apple fast was a positive experience. I learned that a mono-food fast/detox is quite doable, and remained in good spirits the whole weekend. Also, the fast did succeed in releasing my back and SI quite a bit. But the foot is only minimally better. This week I am starting the Low Starch Diet (LSD), which will hopefully transition into No Starch Diet (NSD). Many people with AS have had success controlling symptoms with NSD, and no or minimal meds. Personally, I would rather give up pizza, pasta, rice, nachos, and bread than take meds the rest of my life and fry my liver. So I'll give it a fair shot. Plus, it gives me something to do before I see the rheumatologist later this month. See links below for theory on NSD. http://www.kickas.org/londondiet.shtml http://www.kickas.org/as_dietary_primer.shtml Biked to Dr. Kingston's this morning. Then biked to the pharmacy to pick up some iodine (for testing foods for starch). ************** breakfast: see above snack: mixed almonds, walnuts, and raisens; pear
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