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How Did the Standardized IC Diet Come About?
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For the last few years something extraordinary and historical has been happening in the IC world. For decades, IC patients have been telling their doctors that what they ate affected their symptoms. Of course, in this age of “evidence based medicine” without evidence, the physicians and dietitians resisted embracing the concept. But, just because there isn’t evidence, doesn’t meant something isn’t true! After a serires of informal surveys, Dr. Robert Moldwin and Dr. Barbara Shorter (a dietitian) published a study that proved what patients had been telling us all along….that diet makes a difference. |
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In 2009, several groups in the IC community came together to standardize the IC Diet, combining both the historical and anecdotal evidence with the emerging research. Keep in mind that this is not the "ultimate answer" for IC and diet, but it is the best we have today and research continues to evolve. Don’t worry, we know that most IC patients have one or more of these conditions. Now, however, patients can safely follow the IC list and combine it with whatever their other conditions are rather than throw it all together in one pot. Where do we go from here? Well, the Moldwin and Shorter research is sure to fuel more research. Let’s pray for it anyway! And now we can EDUCATE more dietitians and other medical professionals about IC with much more confidence…. For more information about the history of IC, or if you are a medical professional who wants to learn more about IC and diet see: Interstitial Cystitis: A Guide for Nutrition Educators.
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Last Updated: August 11, 2012
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