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Oh vegetarian marshmallows are made just like normal marshmallows, but instead of using gelatin (which is a product made from the bones and hooves of animals) it uses a fruit derived gelling agent. The ones we ended up getting (from www.tinytrapeze.com) in case anybody else ever needs them, are completely organic and super deluxe, but we just wanted them without the gelatin.

I'm not actually vegan. I eat dairy and eggs in things. Eggs and milk stuff actually makes me sick in any great amount (as it does most of us around here), but I don't not eat it for moral reasons. I like the occasional Ben and Jerry's.

I don't know whether my vegetarianism has affected my IBS or not. I started being a vegetarian about a year before I got sick for the first time (vegetarian at 12, sick at 13). I've never had a problem with soy though... lots of other things, but soy has never been one of them. I think in a lot of ways it's been easier for me. I'm pretty much a health food freak, so avoiding the fried and super rich wasn't a worry. My biggest sin used to be red wine, but then I developed an allergy to it!

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