Interstitial Cystitis, Protocols, Recipes

Bone Broth For Interstitial Cystitis (Plus Recipe)

Bone broth played a big role in my recovery from interstitial cystitis. I consumed it everyday for 6 months and finally the pain started to ease. Although I don’t think it was just the bone broth, there are good reasons to believe that it can do a lot of good for interstitial cystitis sufferers.




Bone broth has been a staple in traditional cultures all over the world and for good reason: not only is it cheap and easy to make and adds a lot of flavor to any dish but also it’s one of the most healing foods one can consume.

Bone broth possesses a unique combination of minerals, amino acids and cartilage. The combination varies depending on the type of bones and the cooking method used and different types of broth will be suitable for different types of dishes.

It also contains Proteoglycans, a.k.a GAGs, which are also present in the protective layer covering the bladder wall (called the ‘GAG layer’). The GAG layer is often damaged in interstitial cystitis sufferers.

Bone broth contains the raw materials needed for a healthy GAG layer. It can also help ease inflammation and support the immune system.

The healing components of broth

Bone broth is very nourishing as it contains dissolved collagen, marrow and bone; minerals and vitamins; and the important amino acids glycine, proline and glutamine.

Collagen is needed nearly everywhere in the body. The entire collagen molecule consists of over 1000 amino acids of which every third is glycine. The structure of the molecule varies in different species.

We need collagen for firm skin, strong bones and healthy muscles, tendons and cartilage. Collagen production slows as we age or when we’re ill. Broth contains all the nutrients the body needs to produce collagen and therefore consuming collagen-rich broth and meat is a great measure to help counteract the signs of aging.

Cartilage is the framework between all moving parts of the body that reduces friction and absorbs shocks. The components of animal cartilage are dissolved into bone broth and those are the nutrients humans need to maintain healthy cartilage and even rebuild it.

Bones in broth provide an array of minerals in a very bio-available form. The number and combination depends on the status of the animal. These minerals support bone health and provide the matrix that makes bones hard. Collagen on the other hand is needed as the basic building block of bones and keeps them strong and resilient.

Marrow is dissolved into broth during the long cooking process and is one of the most nourishing foods. It helps with stem cell regeneration, immunity, blood sugar regulation, fat deposition and oxygen transport. It also helps to build strong bones and connective tissue.

The most abundant amino acids in bone broth are proline, glycine, alanine and glutamine. Although they are non-essential, an already sick body will have problems manufacturing them.

Proline and glycine are the most important building blocks for collagen and cartilage. Glycine is extremely important for healthy blood, digestion and detoxification. It is also helpful in reducing inflammation.

Glutamine is the ideal food for gut cells and therefore has great gut healing properties. It may also increase immunity and detoxification, help to repair and build muscle and also provides food for the brain.

Alanine is important for liver function, the production of glucose and the citric acid cycle (energy production in cells).

Proteoglycans are sugars that collect and hold water. One type of proteoglycan is HA which is a major component of synovial fluid (carries nutrients to the cartilage and prevents tear and wear). HA cushions and lubricates all movable parts of the body. It is also present in all skin tissue where it provides continuous moisture. HA is mainly made up of protein sugars called GAGs. One of them is glucosamine which is known to decrease inflammation and helps to repair cartilage. It also helps repair the GAG layer in the gut (which is often defect in autoimmune disorders) and the bladder.

Another helpful sugar found in GAGs is galactosamine which supports the immune system.

Another proteoglycan that protects cartilage is chondroitin sulfate.

Broth can assist the utilization and digestibility of protein and furthermore diminishes the amount of protein needed by the body.

However, broth is not a complete protein and therefore should be consumed in addition to other protein rich foods.

According to Sally Fallon and Kaayla Daniel, the authors of ‘Nourishing Broth‘, bone broth can help cure and prevent many of our modern day diseases. It aids in:

Recovery from illness and surgery, the healing from pain and inflammation, emotional balance, better digestion, lessening of allergies, and the treatment of many autoimmune disorders.

If you want to learn more about how broth can help you and how to make and use broth I can really recommend this book.

I love broth because not only is it very comforting but also it makes use of the whole animal (and I’m a fan of no-waste), it is very cheap to make (my local butcher gives away bones for free) and it adds a lot of flavor (no more MSG laden stock cubes!).

There’s different ways you can make broth and the preparation varies depending on the type of bones used. Below are some options so you can start making tasty broth yourself!

What is your experience with bone broth? Are you interested in trying it? Let me know in the comments!

Recipe

Ingredients

  • About 3 pounds of bones (fresh or from a roast)
  • Chicken feet, heads, pig’s foot or calf foot (optional but this produces more gelatin)
  • 4 Tbsp vinegar
  • Coarsely chopped vegetables such as peeled carrots, onion, celery, leek and parsley (optional)
  • About 6 pints cold filtered water

Instructions

  1. Place the bones in a stock pot or slow cooker and pour the vinegar over them
  2. Place the optional vegetables on top and add enough water to cover everything
  3. Let sit for 30 mins or longer
  4. Cover, bring just to a boil and then cook on low for 12–24 hours. Maintain a simmer but prevent boiling (leave the lid slightly ajar)
  5. Skim off any foam that rises to the top and occasionally check to make sure the ingredients stay covered
  6. Remove the bones and vegetables and fill the broth into containers. Once cooled, the fat will rise to the top and can be skimmed off. You can store the broth in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for many months. The bones can be reused up to two more times.

Sources

  • Daniel, Kaayla T. and Fallon, Sally, Nourishing Broth (New York, Grand Central Life & Style, 2014)
  • Fallon, Sally, Nourishing Traditions (Washington, NewTrends Publishing, Inc., 2001)

43 Comments

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    chelsea w

    February 1, 2017

    I’m a sufferer of IC but I’ve honestly never heard of this! It sounds really interesting and something I’m definitely going to look more into. I’m up for trying (usually) anything!

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    Layla

    February 1, 2017

    I can definitely recommend trying bone broth – it has several other benefits apart from the potential IC support 🙂

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    Despina

    June 1, 2017

    Hi Layla, I have two questions: 1) You said that you use vinegar in broth. Doesn’t vinegar trigger IC? 2) Now that you recovered, can you eat/drink everything (citrus fruits, tomatoes, coffee) that used to trigger IC without any problems? Thank you

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      Layla

      June 1, 2017

      Hi Despina, yes, vinegar can trigger IC – in the broth a little bit is used to extract minerals from the bones but after the lengthy cooking process the acidity goes away so the broth won’t taste of vinegar and won’t be acidic. The vinegar is also not crucial to the recipe, you’d still get good broth without it. Yes, I can eat citrus/tomato without triggering bladder issues (I have never been a coffee drinker, so I couldn’t tell you about that). The goal would be to calm down inflammation in the bladder, which is the reason these foods are a problem, not the foods themselves. Hope that helps

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    Rosie

    June 27, 2017

    Hi Layla,

    I love your page, I am really suffering with IC and am desperately trying to find the right diet to take. However I am a vegetarian and was wondering if there is an alternative to bone broth? Or can I take supplements that would have similar properties? Thank you!

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      Layla

      June 27, 2017

      There is no real alternative to bone broth. You could use gelatin or collagen hydrolysate but these are still made from bone. L-glutamine supplementation would be one option, but it doesn’t provide a lot of the benefits of bone broth. Are you a vegetarian for ethical or health reasons? I personally only really started healing once I re-introduced animal foods (after 25 years of vegetarianism and a year on raw vegan). A lot of the nutrients that are beneficial for epithelial tissue are found in and are more bio-available from animal sources. The diet I outline on my blog is what I found over time to make the most sense biologically. Don’t forget that we’re all individual, so one size never fits all!

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    Ari

    August 31, 2017

    I am very interested in trying this and was excited to see a bone broth recipe specifically for IC patients but I see vinegar is in the recipe and I know that isn’t IC friendly?

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      Layla

      August 31, 2017

      Hi Ari, the acidity of the vinegar disappears from the cooking, it was never a problem for me. You can leave it out however, it’s just to draw more minerals out of the bone but it’s not absolutely necessary.

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      Tomika

      November 24, 2017

      I made homemade bone broth from grass fed beef bones and the broth has AMAZING results as well as it is tasty! Drinking nice and warm from scratch taste better that already made in the store. Besides, when you make it, it lasts for 1 week in the frig and 3 months on the freezer. I had it for 1 day and the next morning I could see a difference in my skin and body. It truly feeds the cells and no pain whatsoever with IC. Between the bone broth and herbs and a certain way of eating, IC can be healed. I also have done a ketogenic diet and NEVER had pain! My main issue now is weak pelvic floor muscles in which I have vaginally weights for that to strengthen those muscles. If anyone has any interest in doing a ketogenic way of eating, I was coached by Stephanie Persons. You can find her on YouTube. http://www.StephaniePersons.com

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    Tomika

    November 24, 2017

    By the way, adding lots of tumeric to the bone broth is also very tasty and beneficial as it is an anti-inflammatory spice.

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    Diana

    January 21, 2018

    Some IC theories implicated increased histamine and recommend anti-histamines as forms of treatment. Bone broth is high in histamine. I wonder what you think about this, could it make people whose IC is histamine related (maybe histamine intolerant) worse? And would meat broth have similar benefits? Thanks! Great blog btw!

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      Layla

      January 21, 2018

      Good point! Yes, I believe in those people bone broth could be problematic, at least initially. So short cooked meat broth would be better – it will have a different composition (less minerals, more amino acids) but should still be beneficial as long as it’s meat on the bone and contains some gelatin. It’s also important to cool and freeze the broth asap, as histamine increases with storage time.

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    Chelsea

    February 6, 2018

    How much bone broth do you recommend drinking per day?

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      Layla

      February 6, 2018

      Maybe a mug, or have soups and stews. But if your digestion is really compromised I wouldn’t have too much liquid with foods as it can dilute digestive juices. Just try and incorporate a bit each day if you tolerate it well, there’s no need to go crazy.

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        Chelsea

        February 6, 2018

        Thanks! I’ve never had digestive issues. Just IC. I’m hoping bone broth will help, though.

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    Lorraine

    February 22, 2018

    Hi, I have now made two batches of bone broth,left simmering in slow cooker for 24+ hours both batches never went to jelly just watery, what am I doing wrong and is it still any good? My son has IC.

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      Layla

      February 22, 2018

      Hi Lorraine, this normally means too much water in relation to bones/meat. I also find it hard to get my chicken broth to gel! It still should have all the good stuff in it though, just more diluted so I wouldn’t worry about it. The gel from just chicken is gelatin, which is also good.

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    Lorraine

    February 22, 2018

    P.s if I cook whole chicken in the slow cooker without water this turns to a lovely rich jelly is this as beneficial?

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    Michelle

    July 12, 2018

    Layla,

    Thank you for all your great information and kind, thoughtful responses.

    I used to live in England where I had access to an organic farm/ good beef bones to make bone broth; at the time I was treating Leaky Gut.

    Now I’m in the US and dealing with IC and having difficulty finding organic bones/marrow; is it possible the Bone Broth powders, (Dr. Axe’s Ancient Nutrition brand) is as beneficial?

    Also, is there a particular brand of gelatin you recommend? Do you recommend putting the gelatin into the broth or taking it separately?

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      Layla

      July 14, 2018

      No problem 🙂
      As far as I know bone broth powder is just dried bone broth, so yes, it’s probably the same (but more expensive) as bone broth. You could do Gelatin instead of bone broth, I don’t see the need to take both necessarily. You could mix them or take them separately, it doesn’t really matter. Quality is important here, decent brands that I know of are Great Lakes and Vital Proteins. You might find this resource useful, some links on where to source stuff in the US: https://www.thepaleomom.com/recommended/paleo-aip-kitchen-pantry/

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    Christy Hollister

    August 20, 2018

    Hi Layla,

    I have been completely Symtom free from IC for 20 years. and it left one day as mysteriously as it came, I was not as educated about nutrition as I am now, been researching and studying health and nutrition for many years now. Over these past 20 years I have been able to eat and drink anything without a care and be intimate with my fiance frequently. I really thought it was completely healed since I already eat a clean diet, work out 5x a week with weight training, spinning, road biking and powerwalking 6 miles 3x a week. One day out of the blue the bladder spams started about a month ago (thank God no burning or frequency) and I thought oh they will be gone in a day or two, how wrong I was, it is here with a vengeance to the point I had to stop exercising because it made it worse. I have started Dr. Kellyann’s bone broth plan and I am totally committed for a very very long time, I am determined to get this healed once for all and whatever it takes…I tried doing Marshmellow root tea and Benonite clay and it made it alot worse…do you have any other suggestions to go along with the bone broth regime Layla?

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      Layla

      August 20, 2018

      I’m sorry you’re going through this, Christy! I know I’ve said that bone broth helped me and that it could be great but with where I’m at atm with my research, personal experience and clients I would say it doesn’t work for everyone and I’m not even sure it could fix anyone’s issues by itself. The research and my experience is pointing more and more towards issues stemming from infection/bacterial imbalances that haven’t been addressed so that’s mostly what I’m addressing with my clients. In some people with yeast and oxalate issues bone broth can actually exacerbate oxalate issues so I don’t recommend it in those cases. I see stress as a huge issue with many people and it might be wort considering if there were any stressful events leading up to this episode? Or could it be that you pushed yourself too hard with the exercise?

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    Christy Hollister

    August 21, 2018

    I think what you said at the end is probably what did it…I was exercising like a mad woman! I never ever had bacteria the few years I had IC back in the early 90’s and I never have taken antibiotics, tried 1 time and in 2 days I was so sick and had serious diarreha so my immune system is definitely free from being ruined by heavy antibiotic use by the majority of IC suffers. I have always taken, Primrose Oil, Good Calcium, Flaxseed/Fish Oil Complex, 1000 C, multi, turmeric all natural ones from Vitacost, I was truly convienced I had built up and healed my bladder after 2 decades. I am reading “Nourishing Broth” and feeling very encouraged and full of faith that this is the answer for me because I have always believed “Let they food be thy medicene” especially after reading so many miraculous testimonies of how Bone Broth healed the most serious diseases and accidents. I will let you know how things are going in about 2 months, thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly…take care Layla!

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      Layla

      August 25, 2018

      Good luck Christy, let me know how you get on!

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        Christy Hollister

        January 16, 2019

        Hi Layla

        Was wondering if you are still real well with bone broth helping to heal your IC. I started getting it straight from local farm as well as colostrum and grass fed organic milk 2 month ago.. I believe it is doing a lot og good but from time to time I get a flare up wwhich is discouraging because I eat a healthy clean diet about 90% of the time and try and avoid obvious triggers. I was doing fine yesterday and at lunch I put celery salt on my salad, within 2 hrs. my bladder was aching and throbbing, funny thing is I eat celery every day in my salad. I looked up what is in the celery salt and there are 2 chemicals they add so I guess that was the problem…I am still dealing some with the pain today. IC is so mysterious trying to figure it out, last weekend we went on our 5th anniversary and in the 2 days I had wine quite often and a few good imported beers along with foods I do not normally eat, I never got a bad flare and even ate a loaded pizza including onions. It seems many times when I am being very careful with my diet it flares out of the blue.

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    Christy Hollister

    January 16, 2019

    Hi Layal,

    Was wondering if you are still real well with bone broth helping to heal your IC. I started getting it straight from local farm as well as colostrum and grass fed organic milk 2 month ago.. I believe it is doing a lot og good but from time to time I get a flare up wwhich is discouraging because I eat a healthy clean diet about 90% of the time and try and avoid obvious triggers. I was doing fine yesterday and at lunch I put celery salt on my salad, within 2 hrs. my bladder was aching and throbbing, funny thing is I eat celery every day in my salad. I looked up what is in the celery salt and there are 2 chemicals they add so I guess that was the problem…I am still dealing some with the pain today. IC is so mysterious trying to figure it out, last weekend we went on our 5th anniversary and in the 2 days I had wine quite often and a few good imported beers along with foods I do not normally eat, I never got a bad flare and even ate a loaded pizza including onions. It seems many times when I am being very careful with my diet it flares out of the blue.

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    Christy Hollister

    January 16, 2019

    Sorry about the typo with your name Layla…I meant to ask you if it took a whole 6 months before the pain let up consistently? I have been having longer periods of feeling better which I am so thankful for!

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      Layla

      January 18, 2019

      Yes, it was 6 months until the pain started going away. For a while, I still had occasional flares but I would say my bladder has been completely fine for at least a couple of years now…. I’m not doing bone broth regularly at the moment tbh but my health is pretty much back to how it was before I had gotten so ill, so I’m a bit less strict with diet these days (still don’t eat processed foods though).
      I wonder if it’s foods high in oxalates that give you flares? I’d look for what these foods have in common. Just because a food is generally deemed to be healthy, it doesn’t mean it’s healthy for everybody…

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        Christy Hollister

        May 6, 2019

        Layla,

        Here is a brief update…6 weeks ago I started on “Best of the Bone” from Australia and it is probably about the purest you can consume! After 1 week I could already felt a slight better and then by the 3rd week I was having some really good days and getting back into exercise slowly but surely. Just last week I said to myself, WOWWWW I truly believe this wonderful bone broth is definitely helping alot and THEN for the first time in about a month out of the blue I got a pretty bad flare…I went from 1-2 pain level to about a 6 and going into the second day now with no let up. I have been drinking about 5-6 bottles of water a day and I am a very healthy eater…very low carbs, alot of green veggies and lean protein (mostly fish). This IC syndrom is so very frustrating, just when you start having some good days in a row this happens, with this being said I read you did not feel relief till 6 months, I have made up my mind I am ALWAYS going to consume this broth for a very, very long time!

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          Layla

          May 6, 2019

          Hi Christy, Thanks for sharing and glad to hear you’ve been generally seen improvements. May be worth doing an urine test to see if there’s an active infection maybe?

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    Vicki

    May 6, 2019

    Should I omit onions and vinegar because I have ic?

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      Layla

      May 6, 2019

      They will both lose their sharpness during the long cooking process.

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    Christy Hollister

    May 7, 2019

    I was just tested in Jan. I have NEVER had a UTI so it has always been IC but I am grateful I have never had the frequentcy or urgency…I just slept 7 hours and only got up 2x which it has always been like that because I drink so much water all day. I hope you are still doing well..any flares at all for you these days?

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      Layla

      May 8, 2019

      I’m still well, thanks – haven’t had a flare in years, I think it’s gone for good…

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    Samantha

    May 12, 2019

    Isn’t vinegar a food that can flare up IC? Can this be made without the vinegar?

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      Layla

      May 13, 2019

      The vinegar loses its acidity during the cooking process but it can also be made without it

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    Christy Hollister

    May 28, 2019

    Good Morning Layla,

    I realize evveryone that has IC are vastly different in symtoms and what works for one may not work for another. As I stated in previous posts is that I am taking this really great bone broth from Australia/New Zealand from grass fed cows, it is a very thick liquid and 1 heaping tsp. makes a 12 oz cup. I have been d rinking this every single day for the past 10 weeks. The month of April and 2 weeks into May was the best period for me with my pain level staying at 1-2 and rarely at a 3, needless to say I have been so happy and hopeful that this was really healing and working for me. Unfortunately since May 13 to preasent I have been in a very bad flare and last night was the worst with very painful spasms.. I eat a very healthy bland diet full of veggies, lean meat and fish every day, sometimes I do not even put any Hymalaian salt on my food trying to see if it will calm down. My question for you is…You mentioned when starting bone broth regularly you did not feel the easing up with the pain for 6 months…leading up to that point did you still have bad flares with spasms? Alot of the other things you took with it I have tried and even the Harvest Aloe Vera caps made it worse…I would just like a little feed back, I am not going to stop the bone broth no matter how bad it gets because deep down I know this has to be healing because of all the wonderful properties it contains…thank you so much for your time and feed back.

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    Derek McDoogle

    February 3, 2020

    My sister told me that she has pain in her pubic area and she does not know why but it has been very often. I appreciate how you suggest eating a bone broth to calm the pain caused by interstitial cystitis. I will recommend her to look for a specialist so that she can get the proper treatment.

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    Brenda

    August 8, 2020

    When making the bone broth, can you use apple cider vinegar instead of white vinegar?

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      Layla

      August 8, 2020

      Yes, for sure

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    Jim

    July 18, 2021

    Hey Layla, I absolutely love this resource that you have created for everyone. I’m currently battling with IC and I felt obligated to share my strategy in dealing with it. It’s not a guarantee but I feel it works well. I really feel that bone broth is THE most important thing to consume when it comes to IC (for me), by how I consume it is vital.
    If I get a major ‘burn’, what I feel happens is that there is some kind of membrane in the bladder which gets degraded and you start to feel that ‘sting’ when you eat food. So when that happens I try and dry fast or water fast for 1 or 2 days, just to give the bladder a good break from doing any work, and let it build some small layer of membrane again (which is still incredibly weak though). Then after 2 days of dry/water fasting I start sipping EXTREMELY small amounts of collagen, l-glutamine & bone broth in water, spaced out throughout the day. I have three separate glasses, I mix collagen powder and water in one glass, l-glutamine powder and water in another glass, and then plain water in the last glass. And then I have bone broth normally simmering away during this time. At this time, I need bone broth but if I drink too much bone broth it gives me a crazy flare, so what I do is I dip a table spoon into the bone broth and only consume the layer of bone broth that is coating the spoon, like once every 2 hours spread throughout the day. By gradually taking in such tiny amounts of bone broth/collagen/l glutamine I feel like I am giving my body the building blocks needed to repair the bladder membrane while avoiding another painful flare up, I try and consume such small amounts so that they can be completely consumed by the stomach lining without any excess travelling to the bladder to risk a flare. I might be wrong on this, but it’s just the way I conceptualize it. So I do this for like 3/4/5 days, but very slowly increasing the amount of collagen/l glutamine/bone broth I consume each time, and what I find is that I can pretty quickly start drinking larger amounts of collagen/l glutamine/bone broth after 1 or 2 days. It’s all about giving your body the building blocks while avoiding any flare up. But the MISTAKE (from horrifying personal experience) is that you cannot assume that the membrane is back to normal, it is still very weak, even if you feel good. The mistake I made too soon is that I started eating 1 bowl of boiled rice mixed with coconut oil a day + the collagen/l glutamine/bone broth water mixtures regime. At one bowl of rice a day I was ok but pretty soon I felt too confident and after 2 days I ate 2 large bowls of rice + sweet peppers + a small amount of ghee + almond powder. I was trying to slowly introduce ghee and almond powder for extra nutrition. But the flare up I got from this took me all the way back to zero, I had a terrible flare and had to start from scratch again. I was worried about losing so much weight so I ate 2 bowls of rice, but I feel like the stomach acid needed to digest those 2 bowls of rice went to the bladder and destroyed the weak membrane that had been built up. Rice is the only thing I can eat now to put on weight and not get super skinny with IC. So now, from scratch again, I have to dry fast/water fast for 1 or 2 days, then slowly consume tiny amounts of collagen/l glutamine (mixed in water) + bone broth after that for a few days, and then I’ll introduce rice/coconut oil again, but the really tricky part is knowing the limits you can push up against. 1 bowl of rice a day seemed within the limits of tolerance, but 2 bowls seemed to be above the tolerance/limit which creates a flare up. So to anyone trying to get over IC, I hope this strategy can give you some ideas, it’s not a 100% solid strategy, but it’s working for me. The REAL KEY is staying with your limits, and not getting too confident which means you consume too much food which destroys the tiny membrane/GAG layer that you have been building. I feel like, to be on the safe side, I need to consume small amounts of collagen/l glutamine/bone broth for many many days before I start eating rice (solid food) again, and then spend days eating really small portions of solid food before increasing the amount. I just want to give people some ideas about how bone can be consumed in tiny amounts first and spread out throughout the day, before drinking bowls of bone broth. Again, awesome blog Layla! It has helped me a huge amount 🙂

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      Layla

      September 9, 2021

      Hi Jim, thanks for sharing your strategy and sorry for my late response! I’m glad the blog is of help to you. I would suggest you look more into embedded chronic infections, as they can be the reason why the bladder wall is in poor condition.

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    Jo

    October 14, 2021

    Hi Layla,

    Thank you for your wonderful website and for all the help you’re giving to fellow IC sufferers.

    Can Giuseppe possibly advise what tests are required to identify possible embedded chronic infections? I don’t really know where to begin?

    Many thanks ?

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