I enjoyed this a lot, those issues with his back sound terrible to skate with, so it makes sense he'd change whatever he can, including his diet to try to help it get better.
Sidenote, I met him when he worked at underworld and I was like 12-13 and he was super nice, sold me some circas and my first baggy dgk shirt, also saw him the next day skate the plaza and as a kid I was blown away, this was a couple weeks before supra came to Vancouver.