Diet has enabled me to come off medication (after over 15 years).
You don't know that, aren't in a position to make that claim - you're a sample size of 1.
No, not all "food" is created equal. Not even close.
The Western diet is a shambles and is mostly the blame for most modern diseases, namely diabetes and obesity.
Let food be thy medicine.
That isn't what I claimed - I never said
all food is created equal, I'm essentially saying I'd suspect huel is neither here nor there re: whether it helps if you're not having a flare up. Maybe it will be negative, it does seem to have a funny effect on some non-IBD people when they first try it.
Some foods might irritate the gut/exacerbate things with IBD and it is generally a good idea to eat healthily.
You might observe that you can't tolerate certain foods or that they do trigger flare ups and exclude them from your diet - note that doesn't equate to a claim that food can allow you to come off your medicine or put you into remission.
You still have this underlying condition regardless of what you eat and whether you go into remission or come off medication is down to the disease progress itself not just whether you've eliminated foods that can exacerbate the disease - eliminating foods that exacerbate the disease AFAIK just eliminate that additional aggravation etc...
It's also important to do this stuff with a dietitian - I mean yeah you can observe that X or Y seem to irritate things via an elimination diet, it's not perfect but it can give you a rough idea of stuff to cut out - but if someone were to say eat only organic vegan food, do yoga, pray to Buddha, drink a special tea, take various supplements from some health food shop and cut out dairy and gluten and then claim that that program has helped in reality they don't really know... in doing that they might have eliminated some stuff that may have otherwise aggravated things but also they may have eliminated more than they needed to and added in things that are superfluous.
Eliminating too much needlessly is perhaps a concern too. Ideally you do this stuff with an IBD dietitian involved (not a nutritionist) and with some guidance from them.
