Week 5 Update: No Beer, No Cheating on the No Starch Diet (NSD)!

Well this week has been hell, I went into last weekend feeling confident on my progress with the ‘No Starch Diet’ (NSD) and decided to have a few beers and as normal red wine with my steak. The trouble is I got the taste and I had a few more beers on the Saturday and by Sunday … [Read more…]

My Ankylosing Spondylitis

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This morning I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) which is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the joints in your spine. Spondylitis simply means inflammation of the spine. As part of the body’s reaction to inflammation, calcium is laid down where the ligaments attach to the bones that make up the spine (vertebrae). This … [Read more…]