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Reply to "Constant Toileting - what are we missing?"

I appreciate how important the philosophy of various diets can be. I nevertheless think it’s an error to have such strong opinions about it that serious medical issues are treated as less important. You can live that way, but it seems like unnecessary suffering to me. Some J-pouchers do fine on a vegetarian diet, but plenty can’t tolerate it (and vegetarian diets can vary enormously). Your post title says “what are we missing?” Dietary flexibility may turn out to be an important answer to that question. Your daughter has plenty of autonomy in this, and has both the right and the power to make her own choices. You can help ensure that her choices are well informed, and that she understands what price she may be paying for some of these choices. You ideas about “whole foods” surely apply better to people with colons than to people without colons. While the nutritional content is likely better, there are lots of ways to damage your overall health, even while eating otherwise healthful foods.

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