Solving the Interstitial Cystitis Puzzle: A Guide to Natural Healing - Softcover

Willis, Amrit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971086923 ISBN 13: 9780971086920

Publisher: Holistic Life Enterprises, 2006

Synopsis

I overcame interstitial cystitis. You can, too. This book outlines my discovery and recovery from interstitial cystitis. I discovered I had an acid-alkali imbalance and this knowledge led me on my path to recovery. Without medications and painful medical procedures, I have regained my life naturally and holistically by following a few simple guidelines.

About this title

From the Publisher

Solve the Interstitial Cystitis Puzzle!

Interstitial cystitis is a syndrome that affects approximately one million people in the United States. This is considered a conservative estimate because many IC sufferers are misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. It affects women ten times more than men. In reference to a landmark epidemiological study, a conservative average annual cost estimate of treating interstitial cystitis in the United States is $1.7 billion, or about $1,700 per patient.

Building upon years of solid research the book, Solving the Interstitial Cystitis Puzzle: My Story of Discovery and Recovery, explains how the author overcame the debilitating effects of interstitial cystitis and offers steps the reader can follow to do the same. By thoroughly understanding the importance of an alkali-forming diet and lifestyle, the reader, too, can regain a normal lifestyle. The author thoroughly explains how the body’s pH along with food allergies contributes to interstitial cystitis.

No other books have been authored to address the topic of acid and alkali imbalances and their effects on interstitial cystitis. Without medications or painful medical procedures, the reader should be able to conquer interstitial cystitis, and health care professionals will be armed with therapeutic information they can pass along to their patients.

From the Author

In my search for my recovery from interstitial cystitis, I discovered several books that address health issues with respect to the pH of the body. I was aware that in the IC community it is common knowledge that persons with IC are intolerant of acidic foods and beverages. It is also known in the IC community that alkalizing elements can reduce the symptoms of interstitial cystitis. In my research, I uncovered that an alkali-forming diet can neutralize the acid load in one’s body and thereby assist in restoring one’s health. I wrote this book as a resource for persons suffering from interstitial cystitis because it seems so many of us have been unable to see the forest from the trees. It has been suggested that IC is a syndrome with a variety of origins, and I found this to be true. When one consumes an acid-forming diet, as most Americans do, drink acidic beverages, inhale contaminated acidic air, and live fast-paced stressful lives, one is going to develop a severe acid load in the body that must be neutralized. In order to bring about a balance and neutralize and escort out the acids stored in cells of the body, I discovered this could be done simply and naturally with a change in diet and lifestyle. I wish you a speedy recovery and hope that this book will bring a fresh new vision to understanding interstitial cystitis. I hope this book will also invoke more studies with respect to the pH factor and IC.

Hopeful, I remain,

Amrit Willis, RN, BSN

Edition details

• Publisher: Holistic Life Enterprises
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0971086923
• ISBN 13: 9780971086920
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368