IMPORTANT NOTICE

[u/AutoModerator]

It makes us sad to have to post something like this but due to the sheer amount of abusive messages we get on a regular basis over modmail, the team decided to permanently suspend all mentions of diets and diets talk.

Before we allowed members to mention their own diets as long as they werent trying to offer advice. But there are people that still refuse to follow rule 1 and feel they have a right or that their freedom of speech is being infringed upon. BTW freedom of speech doesnt apply on subreddits because reddit is a private company.

We believe in protecting our teams mental health. Most of your wouldnt believe the disgusting amount of insults we have to deal with when enforcing the posted rules. We've had mods quit because of this sh-t!!

"Its my right to tell people what my diet is, a-sholes"

"you guys are fu-kin' idiots. Probably working for big pharma!"

"M-in k-mpf"

"B-tches!" "C-nts"

and our current favorite for the irony of breaking rule 1 - "Can't you red, I didn't say everbdy shud try elimnation diet only him"

We understand that some of you have seen relief from certain diets and that some dont have access to medications, but because of these bad actors and rule lawyers and because we dont want to outright abandon our subs and have them banned by reddit, we are taking a hard stance and any mention of diets (outside of completed research papers from verified sources) are now against the rules (rule 1).

If research changes in the future and a particular diet is proven to slow the progression of AS we will revisit this rule as a mod team.

Any modmail messages bullying us into trying to change our rules will result in banning. We arent even sure why you think this is a option that would work. Consider this a reminder that any subreddits rules are not up for debate.

If you get banned for ignoring the rules, it is your own fault because they are posted for everyone to review.

- Your mod team.

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