If you're a competent researcher and you spent an hour Googling the health benefits of chocolate, you'd come up with all of the key ideas and basic information presented by BÃ©liveau and Gingras in their chocolate chapter. 1  For example:
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis that causes lower back pain and stiffness. Back pain from AS is not the same as more common types of back pain caused by things such as muscle spasms or slipped discs. AS back pain is caused by inflammation. Itâs chronic, which means it is not a onetime thing.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis in which there is long term inflammation of the joints of the spine. Typically the joints where the spine joins the pelvis are also affected. Occasionally other joints such as the shoulders or hips are involved. Eye and bowel problems may also occur.