Unfortunately, if the body is dehydrated, it becomes harder and harder for these acids to be eliminated. 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. The urine is the body's way of getting rid of it. Normally we don't pay attention to our bladder until we get a signal that we need to empty it.

The bladder becomes painful and it feels like the bladder needs to empty more often than is. Interstitial Cystitis is more com in people in their 40's. But according to recent statistics approximately 700,000 Americans and a proportionate number of Canadians have an inflammatory condition called interstitial cystitis. 90 per cent of sufferers are women, who are Caucasian and pre-menopausal. It is caused when the urine is very acidic and causes irritation and inflammation inside the bladder. 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.