Is there any indication that once better we can go back to being vegan/vegetarian? It's so hard for me. I felt so dependant on animal protein at one point in my life and once I went vegan, something changed in me. It was literally a divine intervention...one day I woke up and could no longer eat anything animal at all...here I am again facing having to go back on it to feel stabilized. Many naturopaths say that vegans are unhealthy because they live in carbs. That isn't me. Just wondering more about dr. Bs take on it...did she work with you slowly as youintegrated into meat? Curious about her guidance.
 
many thanks for sharing, Carey

Hi there Spacemanspiff- great to hear form you. I am so glad you are seeing some improvements. Thanks for checking in!

Hi Spacemanspiff!
Thanks for your thoughtful post. I felt adding meat to my diet was a game changer for me in healing, also. I'm was never a vegetarian, but, even though I've always eaten organic food, I've stayed away from meat because of all the bad press it got in the news. Once I began eating it regularly, I felt I really began to heal. And that was before going to my first appointment. My anxiety seemed to heal along with the bladder pain and constant need to urinate and I began sleeping through the night. The one major change was adding meat twice a day to my diet. 
 
Glad to know you're feeling better. Thanks for taking the time to share. 
 
Sue

Carey, grass-fed, humanely raised beef has been critical for my healing. The ICAMA office said I could not do the protocol unless I ate red meat.
I  know this is very hard for you. I really, really encourage you to visit the Westin A. Price Foundation website and read as much as you can. I know full well there are several strong nutrition camps out there. But the data is simply staggering in regards to how critical it is for healing the gut to eat meat. GAPS diet, Selective Carbohydrate Diet, Paleo Diet, Low Carb diet. Traditional Food movement. the examples are endless. I think that the vegan and vegetarian diets have been helpful for some people that were eating a Standard American Diet, simply because switching to vegan/veg includes eating more whole foods (at least it should). While Raw and vegan diets have a contribution to cleansing the body, that is exactly the problem with them IMO. They are too cleansing to be sustained. Especially when the focus is not on nutrient dense foods. Also yes the vitamins B and K are very hard to get without eating meat. Bile production is extremely compromised on a long term veg diet, and makes it hard for people to digest anything (let alone meat) after years of following a strict veg/vegan diet. The adrenals get tired, the body is too alkaline, auto-immune symptoms of all kinds start to creep in.
I suspect when you are done with treatment that you could do something literally like what the food critic did that wrote the book: "Vegan before 6pm" or whatever it is called. In other words, you might after treatment only eat red meat 2-3 times per week, and only eat meat protien once per day with maybe a pure vegetarian day once per week. I read somewhere that Dr. B said after treatment you might reduce but not eliminate red meat consumption, but of course this will be a discussion you will have with Boaz over time.
I hope you do/have done some reading on the latest and most successful gut-healing protocols. The reading is very interesting, and all of it involves eating meat. RED meat specifically. PM me if you want more direct links.
 
xo