My B just reduced dairy as this is suggested with most bowel disease. He does tend to get cramping gas and bloating with dairy and junk ( fatty foods) so avoids these. I would not say that the diet he follows is at all restrictive it is simply healthy. Fire away with the questions I know people other than my brother that have Crohn's and some of them have been very unwell but as I said the severity varies. When my brother was first unwell he lost so much weight you could see every bone in his body he was down to about 30kg! PM me if you like I will try to answer as many questions as I can. It is a bit of a iky condition as is most bowel disease.