Unfortunately, if the body is dehydrated, it becomes harder and harder for these acids to be eliminated. Normally we don't pay attention to our bladder until we get a signal that we need to empty it. 90 per cent of sufferers are women, who are Caucasian and pre-menopausal.

It is the body's way of getting rid of excess acids in the body from the metabolism of food and other lifestyle choices. When the little engines in the cells called mitochondria fire to provide us with energy, they give off little puffs of metabolic exhaust, which is very acidic. We don't know what's in our urine or how acid or neutral it is, we just want to get rid of it. In most people, urine is very acidic. But according to recent statistics approximately 700,000 Americans and a proportionate number of Canadians have an inflammatory condition called interstitial cystitis.

It is caused when the urine is very acidic and causes irritation and inflammation inside the bladder. The urine is the body's way of getting rid of it.

Interstitial Cystitis is more com in people in their 40's.