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Mass gain from an auto-immune protocol?

I am personally dealing with Ankylosing Spondylitis which is a type of arthritis and is an auto-immune disease. I am curious to know if there are people out there that have had suc …
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Ketogenic diet - extreme thirst, chapped lips

I just got results back from my rheumatologist yesterday, and I found that my case of Ankylosing Spondylitis is progressing (spine is showing signs of falling apart). That motivat …
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Fecal Transplant for Autoimmune Disorder - where is this being done?

I have Ankylosing Spondylitis that began about 8 years ago with chronic constipation (that I still suffer despite a thousand remedies/treatments). I've read so much about the succ …
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Ankylosing Spondylitis

I have been on paleo binges (90% of the time i suppose) For about a year now. I suffer from Ankylosing Spondylitis as well. I have found my ability to deal with gluten and sugar …
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Did anyone get worse before getting better when starting paleo?

Hi ~ just wondering if anyone began paleo to support heath, perhaps help resolve a health problem, and encountered a sort of got worse before I got better sort of scenario. I wro …
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Support (feed me!) for autoimmune diet

I've been on the Paleo diet on/off for the past year to treat my spinal arthritis (ankylosing spondylitis). Recently, I went completely strict with the autoimmune protocol as desc …
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Did Paleo improve your Ankylosing Spondylitis?

I don't have ankylosing spondylitis myself, but I know someone who does. I'd like her to try going paleo for a little while. (A little preliminary research shows that the London …
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Anyone on TNF-blocking drugs?

I have ankylosing spondylitis (5 years - now 35). I've been on NSAIDs 2xday for 3 years and Humira for 1 1/2 years. I'm just wondering if there's any way to recover WHILE on thes …
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Complete and utter newb

Hello, for a complete newb, please feel free to answer this question: Why should I not be eating a plant based (vegan) diet? I have an autoimmune disease (spondylitis, or AS) an …