u/Ok_Citron_6432

I’ve been a pescatarian since 2019. I don’t like the taste, smell, and texture of meat whereas I’ve always loved fish and seafood so it was a natural decision and I’ve thrived since then. This January, I took a food intolerance blood test and it showed dairy inflammation and intolerance, so I was advised to be dairy free for a while and have been since.

Being dairy-free has reduced my painful acne, face puffiness, and face redness. I eat a lot of vegetables, tofu, beans, and fruits as my partner is plant based so I cook a lot of plant-focused meals. I feel like pescatarian and dairy-free is an optimal diet for me and my chronometer reflects it. I eat eggs whenever I crave them, which is not very often. I live between France and the UK so I have plenty of vegan yoghurts, nutritional yeast, vegan cream cheese, vegan cheeses, and good plant milks to choose from that are pretty well fortified. My regular sources of fish come from canned sardines, anchovies, canned mackerel, smoked salmon, salmon filets. And less often but I love when I do eat it: sea bass, cod, trout, salmon roe, sole, mussels, scallops.

As this is a bit of a ‘niche’ diet, even within pescatarianism itself, I’m wondering does anyone else here eat somewhat similar and do you also feel really good? Would you recommend this as an optimal diet for others? Or if you ate dairy-free and stopped, why?