Heather established these message boards to discuss her diet. One of the main principles of the diet is that dairy is a huge trigger and should be avoided.
If ghee honestly doesn't bother you -- that's wonderful. BUT, for the vast majority of people, dairy is basically poison. Starting a new thread exhorting the virtues of a dairy product only causes confusion for people who are still new at the diet.
Yes, our bodies are all different and we all ultimately have to find our own way ... and yes, that might not be Heather's way. But that isn't the issue here. The issue is about respecting the boundaries of this board. And claiming that something is helpful for IBS when it is actually completely counter-productive to the guidelines of the diet is not respectful.
I do agree that anxiety can play a huge role in IBS -- this has been brought up many times before and it's something that Heather also covers in her books. But the triggers are triggers because they are hard on the gut. No matter how anxiety-free you are, this does not make the proteins in red meat any less difficult to digest. Some people might be lucky enough to handle these triggers -- most of us aren't.
And if you're one of those lucky ones, that's great -- and I'm glad that you're doing so much better. But, the IBS diet board just really isn't an appropriate place to talk about how helpful a dairy product is. If you perceive any hostility or criticism in the original responses, that's why.
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