Pour some vegetables on me

For the next thirty days, I am going to be eating "clean" as the Whole30 people put it, meaning no refined sugars (or, for that matter "unrefined" sugars like honey and maple syrup), no grains or legumes (i.e., no soy), and no dairy. It's a very low-inflammatory diet.

I did this for 27 days a couple of years ago and found that my persistent lower back pain completely disappeared. Then I did a long bike ride (the AIDS ride, in fact), and completely fell off the wagon (kind of hard to not eat a bunch of grains and sugar when you're riding around 100 miles a day). A month later, the back pain was back!

I am planning on keeping this blog for the entire 30 days, to help me stay on track. The first week and a half especially are difficult, I've found in the past.