Gall Bladder Diet
June 26, 2008
The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped sac situated under the liver and most of us don’t even notice we have it until it starts making its presence felt. The gall bladder is the place where the bile produced by the liver is stored. Every time we eat, the gallbladder is stimulated and releases bile into the intestine. Bile is necessary for the proper digestion of food. If there was no bile or if it was present in less than the required amount, food digestion would be impaired and we would suffer from a host of troubles like nausea, vomiting, heart-burn, diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal pain. Long term problems with food digestion can lead to some very serious health issues.
When the gall bladder is diseased or has some other kind of malfunctioning problem, bile production is affected in an adverse way. Apart from disease, weight concerns are also responsible for gall bladder health problems.
People who are obese or who are attempting rather drastically designed fat-free diets to lose weights are especially vulnerable to gall bladder problems. The bile of over-weight people contains a very high percentage of cholesterol and cholesterol is one of the leading causes of gallstone formation. And gallstones, of course, pave the way to further gall bladder difficulties, including a risk of developing gall bladder cancer. On the other hand, if you go for a severely fat-free diet, enough bile is not utilized by the body, is stored for a long time, and the cholesterol in it can crystallize to form gallstones.
People with gall bladder disease should follow a special gallbladder diet that includes starchy foods like rice, cereals, bread, vegetables, and fruit. It is important that you cut down on red meats or, better yet, stop eating it entirely. You should also avoid refined, fatty and fried foods containing saturated fats, trans fats, hydrogenated fats and partially-hydrogenated fats.
Special gallbladder diet includes intake of fruits and vegetables like sweet potato, Apples, Apricots ,Lemons, Figs, Guavas, Pears, Grapes ,Currants ,Prunes, Papaya ,Melons Coconuts, Berries.
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