Julie Beyer, MA, RD, a Michigan dietitian and IC patient herself, wrote Interstitial Cystitis: A Guide for Nutrition Educators (A Confident Choices® Book), Confident Choices: Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet and Confident Choices: A Cookbook for Interstitial Cystitis and Overactive Bladder to help IC patients and clinicians understand how diet modification can change the lives of bladder disease patient like those with interstitial cystitis. Her website (www.ic-diet.com) provides information and resources for patients and medical educators. Beyer coaches IC patients on diet and lifestyle modification and is a popular speaker at IC Support Groups and conferences across the country.

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