The Mediterranean diet or an anti inflammatory diet is very common with AS! I try to eat as clean as I can but sugar gets me! It’s like the devil!!!

Yes. I cheated on my diet for 2 weeks . My in-laws flew in from Latin America and we went out a few times. I'm in a flare 12 days before my wife and my anniversary cruise on MSC. Went to acupuncture today and am trying a 3 day fast. Then back to grilled airfried chicken breast w steamed brocoli olive oil and avocado. Homemade smoothie in morning w blueberry banana and avocado w unsweetened almond milk and greek yogurt.

And plenty of water and black coffee.

Curcumin. Yoga. 800mh Ibuprofen, Hydrocodone, tramadol, lorazepam, robaxin and 8:1 CBD /THC indica gummies . Doc recomends it.

Any advice to get out of flare before cruise is appreciated

Trying to eliminate all sugar. Eating more fruits and vegetables.

I have had Ankylosing Spondilitis for 30+ years now and the only real change in diet has been to try not to eat too much.
I am fairly slim and overeating just causes my body to have to work harder to get around.
I have also cut down the amount of junk food I eat as it plays havoc more and more as the years go by.
Not sure if these comments will help anyone but I just wanted to contribute something.

@A MySpondylitisTeam Member. THC for pain is definitely not a bad thing unless you're brainwashed by a few decades of hardline conservative propaganda. To each his own. But I'm fairly healthy, higher educated, professionally extended, and comparably "well-heeled" and been consuming THC for one reason or another for 45 years with no consequential ill affects socially, physiologically, psychologically, educationally, or professionally. Just putting that out there for anyone on the fence in that regard. That said, very few whom I've encountered over the years gain 100% relief long term with THC and it is a highly individualized experience with as many variables as an average human diet. There's one on this forum who swears by a full cure from it, good for them, but that is rare and time will tell how long that lasts. Hopefully forever for that person.

Sugar, on the other hand, alas, my nemesis too. And try as I might, can find no benefit from. Dang 🫠😋😏

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