Bile is a fluid made in the liver and concentrated in the gallbladder. It helps extract nutrients from food like fat-soluble vitamins and essential fatty acids.
Gallstones are majorly 2 types.
- Cholesterol gallstones. The most common type of gallstone, called a cholesterol gallstone, often appears yellow in color.
- Pigment gallstones. These dark brown or black stones form when your bile contains too much bilirubin.
This situation isn’t really caused be consuming too much cholesterol. The high-fat diet causing gall stones is not true either.
The real cause may be that the liver might not be producing enough bile to prevent gall stones (cholesterol stones) from forming. The way you form stones is by having super concentrated amounts of cholesterol, as well as having a bile deficiency. Optimum bile keeps cholesterol from forming a stone, and it disposes of excess cholesterol.
Bile is made in the liver and is stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps you dissolve fats in your diet. A low bile situation is actually a symptom of something else.
To help dissolve the stones, you can try to improve liver functioning and increase your bile by pinpointing what’s causing the low bile situation and correcting your diet.
Indirect causes of a bile deficiency:
- High levels of estrogen – pregnancy, birth control pills, hormone replacement therapy
- High levels of cortisol (stress hormone) – stress, medication type cortisol
- High levels of insulin – pre-diabetes, diabetes, consuming too much sugar, carbs, frequent eating
- Low-fat diets – saturated fats trigger the release of bile
- Fatty liver – comes from high levels of insulin
- Antacids – decrease the acid and the triggering effect of bile
Foods for gallstones:
- Bitter gourd
- Lady Finger
- Beetroot
- Cruciferous vegetables – Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower
- Lemons and limes
A few potentially helpful supplements for gallstones:
- Choline
- Bile salts
- Omega-3 fatty acids (must be high in DHA and EPA)
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Apple cider vinegar
- Milk thistle
References:
7 Natural Remedies to Relieve Gallbladder Pain – Healthline
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321026
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