Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | I don't think the label is important...

I think it's just important that you make informed, humane decisions about things you consume and use in your everyday life. For some that means cutting out all animal products, for others that means buying as local and organic as possible, but not cutting certain foods out. You have to find the balance that works for you.

For me, that means no meat, no dairy, no animal products at all if I can help it. (It was VERY easy to stop buying honey and buy agave nectar instead; tastes the same!) The skin products and shampoo/conditioner I use are made without animal products or testing. I don't buy leather unless there is just no other option (shoes are sometimes tricky for me since I wear orthotics). And I try to use more and more earth-friendly cleaners and laundry detergents. I'm certainly not a perfect vegan, but I do my best every day and think hard about the things I buy and consume.

If everyone just did a LITTLE, imagine the difference we could all make

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Lisa, IBS-C (Vegan)
Stable since July 2007!
Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)

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