Notes

NO GALLBLADDER

Helpful Tips:

-Stay Hydrated – Dehydration causes bile to thicken and move more slowly.
-Use Lemon – Squeeze fresh lemon into water and onto salads and meats. It will improve stomach acid and bile activity.
-Eat Bile-Healthy Foods – These include beets, radishes, artichokes, asparagus, celery, lemon, lime, grapefruit, cucumbers, and carrots.
-Use Bitter Herbs – They stimulate digestive juices and boost bile flow: ginger, arugula, endive, cilantro, turmeric, dandelion, cumin, fennel, mint, milk thistle, yarrow, leeks, and parsley.
-Eat Fermented Veggies – They’re rich in enzymes and help restore bacterial balance in the gut: sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, pickled ginger, etc.
-Eat Small Meals – Big meals will cause major digestive stress.
-Eat Dark-Green Veggies – They purify the blood and improve bile flow.
-Eat Fiber – Soluble fiber like chia, flax, hemp, and pumpkin seeds escorts old bile out of the body. Insoluble fiber is found in fruits and vegetables and sweeps waste and toxins out through the colon.
-Minimize Stress – Stress depresses the digestive system and makes proper breakdown of food more difficult.
Take Magnesium – Magnesium is a natural relaxant and can reduce contractile activity in the bile ducts.

Cholesterol Still Needed for Bile After Gallbladder Surgery:

It is very important thing to realize after gallbladder surgery that you still need cholesterol to produce bile which assists with the digestion of regular long chain fats and oils. Note that short or medium chain triglycerides like coconut or palm oil do not require bile for digestion.
One of the benefits of cholesterol is the easy production of bile. The very foods that have sufficient and healthy quantities of cholesterol are those that are, you guessed it, quite fatty, like liver, egg yolks, cream, and butter (1).
Avoiding fat after gallbladder surgery is potentially going to compound problems with digesting fat in the long run as you won’t be getting the healthy, unprocessed cholesterol you need to produce bile!