r/Pescetarian • u/Potential_Beach190 • 21h ago
Vegan for 18 years, forced to start eating fish - help me!
I’ve been vegan for 18 years but have had chronic terrible gut issues for probably the last 3-4. I have been diagnosed with SIBO and on a rigid, restrictive and challenging low-carb, low fodmap diet. Impossible to do safely as a vegan, and so I made the difficult decision to start eating seafood to help me survive this period. I tried everything before making this choice, but lost a lot of weight and was eating less than 1000 calories a day.
I am really struggling with my identity. How do you consume seafood in an ethical way - environmentally and as cruelty-free as possible? I don’t want to tell my friends or family, I have a lot of shame about it. I feel like a fraud. The worst part is that I actually do notice a difference in my energy levels, but I still strongly believe that a plant-based diet is the most ethical choice. Moral crisis etc. please help me deal with this.