[Diet of patients with ankylosing spondylitis]

Diet in 77 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, among them 51 men (66%) and 26 women (34%), has been examined. All the patients use constantly or occasionally foodstuff which contains flour (bread and paste) and occasionally cakes, every day or occasionally they use meat and meat products, most frequently pork, chicken and beef. Majority of examinees use milk and milk products (tough cheese) every day. Further more, 38 out of 77 patients do not use butter, oil is used by 56 of them every day and by 19 of them occasionally. Only 1/3 of the patients use vegetables every day, while fresh fruit is used by only 55 of them every day and by 21 of the patients occasionally. It has not been noticed that our patients have any restriction in their diet because it is very much alike diet in other population. Therefore it would be useful to create and organize specific "menu" for the patients with ankylosing spondylitis.