The IC Diet - What are the bladder irritating foods! (Interstitial Cystitis Network) 

I have had IC for over 10 years now..for me coffee has never bothered my bladder but all "soda pops do"!

Again, I love you, Jill Osborne. I feel like you are a dear friend. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your service to IC sufferers...specifically me! I have watched most all your videos. They are so helpful. Brings tears to my eyes when you describe the exact experiences I have had for the last five years. Bless you.

Thank you Jill for advocating for us I C sufferers. You are such a blessing!

Thank you very much. Had to laugh when you said some doctors think taking vitamins is a scam. Doctors generally know little if anything about nutrition, vitamins,etc. I believe you know that. Again, thank you!

Very wise and very helpful advice. Thanks !

My 19 yo daughter has SEVERE IC. Thank you so much for this video!!

Very helpful especially on the vitamins and trying children’s vitamins and juices. I can’t stand the ongoing pain from ic and vulvodynia Chaga has helped much in the past but not too much lately 😢

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This has been super helpful!

When I ate Carnivore diet, I ate and drank a lot of unrefined salt. My bladder was never irritated. When I switched to a plant based diet, my bladder became irritated by the tomatoes, lemons, and limes. Salt is not bad for you.

And about Java tea? I read it's good for blader. Can you tel me your opinion? Thank you so mutch.

Just got the dx... Glad to know what it is finally! but eliminating spicy is going to be hard. I have noticed more pain with bouillon and salsa. I am going through an internal solution of heparin and lidocaine through my urogynecologist. I hope I can do the diet changes too

It is colorings and artificial colorings and too much activity or too much liquid and before a BM that give me flares...hit or miss on coffee or tea for bad responses but I only have them occasionally anyway...not so much my bladder but the rest of me does not respond well to caffeine. Lemons turn the body alkaline so I don't usually find them particularly bad.

I have recently discovered my diet has included a lot of natural diuretics I did not know about... I am on BP meds that have diuretic in them …with a diet high in these foods were most of my problem …I was always running to the bathroom …I have omitted a lot of these foods from my diet and I feel much better with IC i have had for 5 mo. removing these foods i feel much better only 2nd day but i can feel the difference already...…just thought I would pass this on ..Pears are also a diuretic... aggravated my IC condition

Jill I have such a hard time finding a ic safe collagen powder and protein powder. I don't like meat. Please help 😞

Thanks for this video it really helped a lot =) I just subscribed

Hi have you followed the medical medium protocol he says cystitis is caused by strep infection in the bladder.

I am suspected to have IC. And I never know if my back pain is related to IC or if I have a kidney infection. I have flares every three or four days, And it makes me think I have a UTI. How do you know which is which, If you are suspected to have IC?. Is my back pain IC related?. Or should I be concerned about a UTI?.

What about liquid stevia?

Lemons have actually saved me! It diminished pain in about 10 min's, many times. I did a three week diet of just alkaline foods and minimized my acidic foods. I didn’t eliminate the acidic foods completely,- needed protein, low acidic(chicken). Corn was my biggest problem-It’s in everything! Corn is the top of the acidic list. So I am not sure I agree that lemons are damaging. I would however feel it would be damaging if you were on an ALL alkaline diet and not balancing the diet out.

Very true... and high alkalinity can be just as damaging as high acid. Remember, bleach (which is alkaline) is just as corrosive as sulfuric acid. Your goal is to try to be pH neutral. We focus on "acidity" because it's an easier learning tool for many patients. Make sense?

I utinate alot need sodium and potassium to prevent dehydration so you said salt can make it worse than what do i do dont want to get dehydrated need salt any suggestions?

I have to take the vitamins now due to I'm pregnant wish I never had ic I hate pain every day

Is powdered Collagen an irritant?

Low sodium mineral water might be better than seltzer water White chocolate works for some patients.. y ou just have to try it How about Pear Juice instead of OJ for vitamin C but incognitos suggestion about brussel sprouds is great. I just wish they weren't so gas producing! Jill :)

Dairy is acidy also. Garlic tomatoes,onions ,vinegar,,I have a long list .

I don't know if I have IC. I have very frequent urination and penile ache (also feels like I have a urinary infection and a strange stuck-in-an-orgasm type of feeling). I've been trying dietary changes (including watching oxalates) with a little cheat here and there, but not seeing results. The only thing that helps me somewhat is Amitriptyline, but it has a side effect that makes sexual activity very difficult. Mostly I drink water and oat-milk. I was also having a cup of caffeine free coffee a few times a week but quit a few days ago. I take Prelief before lunch and/or dinner depending on what I'm eating. I was getting pelvic physical therapy for one year. It didn't really do anything because a few weeks ago I stopped my meds as an experiment and it all came back. Again, the Amitriptyline offers the most relief, but it makes me tired and there's the sexual dysfunction issue. I haven't given up but if I don't wake up tomorrow at least it would be relief.

What I don’t understand is Cystitis has an inflammation of the bladder but they are allowed to eat inflammation foods like it’s OK to eat rice grains and stuff like that that they get you inflammation worse

Why is sugar not mentioned in this they are acidic

what about vitamin pills is that a bad idea?

hello Mrs Osbourne, my name is Victor, i like your video, i also havea question? recently i cant figure it out, but,, i have a strange feeling below my belly and above my privates, what do you thnk it is??? i did go to the drs for it , its not my blood or urine, and they well the DR put his finger up there and couldnt find anything,,, its just an uncomfortable feeling i get,,,, im doing streatching maybe to stretch out the pelvic region, ,, when i walk for a while i do feel better, but it allways comes back,,, i have to admit, i do smoke some, and drink coffee, so that cant b helping me,,,, also sometimes my bowel movement is a yellowish brown,, do you have any isea on what this is,,, merry christmas,,,

I don’t eat or drink any of these things and my IC is still terrible

(the xxx above is three W's.) Yet maybe an alkaline diet for ureaplasma is different than for those dealing with IC. I don’t know, but for the longest time it was suggested that I had IC until the ureaplasma was discovered. The other item that helped me WAS apple juice…..yet be careful as one brand has corn syrup in it and one doesn’t. Anyone else try the alkaline diet with bladder problems? If so how was it?

I have IC/BPS - I make Kombucha with green tea. Can I drink this? Thank you Jill for all this wonderful information

Love camomile tea helps with pain :)

I have mild gastroparesis too... and can't tolerate a LOT of raw veggies... though I can do carrots. Can't do any leafy greens at all. I can do canned pears, peaches and even some fresh peaches.. along with some melons and blueberries. I haven't talked with alot of people with gastroparesis... as it's only been about a year since I was diagnosed. I survive on potatoes, rice, mushrooms, cooked zucchini, carrots, soups and other easily digestibles. Did you take Reglan?? I had a severe reaction.

Is diet green tea okay

@lamore4393 If you think you have Hunner's Ulcers than coffee is an even greater mistake because it is sooo irritating to those wounds. My doc said exactly the same thing to me about the hydro. He was convinced I had IC, I was convinced that I C... and I had had every other test available. That said, if he thinks you have Hunner's Ulcers.. then a hydrodistention is the only way that they can do the most effective therapy for the ulcers... laser therapy or triamcinolone injections.

Aloe vera is amazing! I have decaf with Prelief

Coffee, chocolate, natural supplements, tomato based foods, tea, trigger flares. I'm having one right now that seemed to have been triggered by blackberry cobbler 🤔😭😭

what about tumeric,,i also notice when my hemroids act up my i.c acts up too.. y??

I've just seen my urologist and the diet I'm going on is low histamine diet. I'm going to give it a go and see if it works.

@lamore4393 It's the ACID and the CAFFEINE. Think about it, would you pour coffee on an open wound on your hand?? No. Would you put coffee with baking soda on an open wound on your hnad?? No. Honestly, the ONLY way that you're bladder is going to have a chance at repairing itself is if you stop the coffee for ATLEAST six months. Every cup of coffee you have sets your healing back about two weeks because it is destructive to the new fragile cells that are trying to repair your bladder. Try it!

How does the doctor determine you have intercycstial cystitis without doing X-rays so on and so on.

So would Decaff Coffee be ok? I would be willing to cut caffeine, but I love that coffee taste

Are black beans or regular rice bad to eat if you have ic? Also is aloe vera juice good for ic?

My condition is not improving.. I dont understand what to do? :((

I thought chocolate was a bladder irritant

How about turmeric? Can I take that

As the bladder slowly heals, it can and will be able to tolerate more irritating foods like coffee.. but if you are having active symptoms.. I think it's foolish to drink coffee because of the risk you run in creating even more inflammation and irritation. Just my two cents. Oh.. and medications with caffeine are very tricky.. and if you know that you have to tolerate that small amount of caffeine, just make sure that you don't add more to it by eating other foods that are caffeinated.

Apple juice is murder for me. I think out of all of those foods/drinks. I miss tea and apple juice the most.

So after 6 months i ll be able to drink coffe and eat a lemon?

Garlic?

cranberry juice is bad for ic.

I found the most delicious acid-free dark coffee on Amazon Arabic it is wonderful and Rich it's been excellent for me to get by with my flares

Coffee worse than soda?

Coffee ☕️& sugar , poof the bladder ! I've quit both ,it's better cause of it , 🥞

Lemon water?

What !? I’ve been putting celtic salt in my drinking water!!! Oh no

What about cranberry and raspberry tea

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None of the IC diet or doctors treatment help me. I ear fresh food like steak, spinach, juiced apples carrots and beetroot. I still drink coffee and I’m fine. The root cause of my Ic symptoms is malabsorption of iron. The only acid I cannot have is wine. Ladies please try sticking to fresh food only.

carob-roastaroma !!!???? oh no! Let me suffer.

Broccoli is high in vitamin c, just eat Broccoli

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That's me girlfriend

Bottom line is if it tastes good or you enjoy it….. spit it out.

Drinking coffee is NOT at all like pouring it on a wounded bladder....

'English' toffee tea? You kidding me???

I think I speak for everyone here when I say that I live off Cranberry Juice.

stupid, do you poor coffee on a wound, would you pour milk or avocados on a wound? silly