One caveat: diet in IC is a very individual thing. When I read the list of foods that were deemed to be safe for IC, my reaction to the inclusion of some of them was “I WISH I could eat that!” IC patient
The matter science dietary approach to IC is to determine personal trigger foods This approach is hit and miss and makes it difficult to be sure what foods carry the offending “molecules” In the end it becomes virtual guesswork except for the obvious choices such as white chicken(good) or coffee(bad) for everyone Confusion reigns
Matter Science Diet Approach
The elimination diet has been used for decades to help determine possible food allergies and has been used with mixed success for the IC community Proponents push their “style ” of molecular hearsay and those who use it ponder what they’re doing wrong since they still have flares In the end this molecular approach like all of the Western dietary strokes are anecdotal at best When the approach doesn’t work the proponent of the diet responds “Oh you must be allergic!”
The difficulty with this approach is twofold First a flare may occur for you but it is problematic to find which food was the offending agent This leads to a second problem which is the danger of walking yourself into a “dietary corner” Literally food choices begin to be sectored away from the mainstream of choices such that nothing is safe anymore particularly when the flares are extremely painful
Other problems with this approach are the need for excessive diet diary entries and the possibility of interpreting foods that produce “an allergic reaction” when it is actually related to poor digestion(see the recent videos) This applies to other sister related disorders such as GERD, IBS, chronic prostatitis, and fibromyalgia
Ah! Removal of Dietary Guesswork
As I have written in previous blogs the food choices using an energy science nutritional approach removes food diaries and is elegant in its simplicity Just follow the list at icdiet.com and you’re done! Or if you want a more refined approach with more choices you can take the test at foodsheal.com and use the appropriate nutritional format for you mindbody energy makeup
The reason that this energy science approach works is because it is based on a philosophy and observations about the conscious workings of Nature Herself not on errant molecular observations, mythology, and guesswork. When you ingest foods you are ingesting Nature’s universal qualities that make up you which creates balance or imbalance of those qualities The imbalance causes all diseases and in your case IC
Because of this the energy makeup of the individual dictates food choices If you have the inflammatory hot quality in excess then taking in more of that quality produces an imbalance and potentially a flare This is a salient observation that sets apart the matter and energy science approaches to disease
Nutrition Versus Diet
But the energy science approach goes even farther It takes “diet” to a new science of understanding Whether you know it or not, you are looking for a nutritional approach to foods Something that will bring sanity to a confused discipline “I eat healthy” is a common refrain but virtually has no meaning The individual defines healthy food choices which are based worn out belief systems that are often physiologically incorrect So nutrition is a steady guide to override the mind and its food confusion
A nutritional system goes beyond diet because it takes into account appetite or digestive fire(metabolism), incompatible food combinations, bowel activity or the lack thereof, and the psychological effects of food(more about that later) Nutrition is more than a bunch of molecules you ingest
Until next week To Health as a Skill Love DB
