veganism and IE

[Guest guest]

Okay, this is a sticky issue for me. How do I resolve my feeling that eating a

plant based, whole food diet is the best thing with IE? It is restrictive in its

philosophy. You are cutting out *all* animal products. I truly believe it's best

for me, my arteries, my cholesterol, my life, but is it? There is no doubt it

helps lower risk of diseases, none..but how much? is it worth it to eat this

way? Am I using too much energy on this, and becoming too obsessive? I feel like

my nutritional knowledge won't allow me to eat any other way. I have seen

cancer, heart disease in my family. I want protection from that. I know the

studies, so what now?

Alia