Description:Although interstitial cystitis was identified over 130 years ago, it wasn't until the advent of the Internet that patients could share information about IC, their diagnoses, treatment and, especially, diet with people all over the world. In fact, we can directly trace the acceptance of food as an IC trigger and the eventual inclusion in the AUA treatment guidelines for IC/BPS to the vast amount of information patients have shared with each other over the past two decades. Not surprisingly, these anecdotal reports of foods irritating our tender IC bladders were eventually confirmed in a variety of research studies proving that we, the IC patient, have considerable insight and experience to offer.For the past twenty years, Jill Osborne and the thousands of members of the Interstitial Cystitis Network Forum (www.ic-network.com/forum) have shared their journeys with interstitial cystitis, including the recipes you find in this book. This cookbook is a celebration of that wisdom and,...