What is a good dinner idea for someone who just got his/her gallbladder removed?

Question

Or... in other words, what is a good dinner with no fat in it whatsoever?

I think we have fruit, veggies..oh I just need ideas

Answer 1

I can help!!! I too had my gallbladder removed and all my food went right through me. The reason this happens is that your liver produces bile (a green liquid substance that helps your body to digest fats). Once the liver produces the bile, it stores it in the gallbladder. When you eat a meal with fat in it, the gallbladder squirts out as much bile as your body needs to digest the fat from that meal.

Your liver still produces bile regardless that you have had your gallbladder removed, however now it has no where to store the bile that it is producing. So what happens is, once the liver produces the bile it goes straight to your lower intestine and sits there in a pool. Once you eat a meal, it hits the pool of bile (which is more bile than is necessary to digest that meal) and you have diarhea.

Being the research queen that I am, and doctors being as useless as they are (because no doctor was willing to acknowlege this problem or offer me advice, even though EVERYBODY I have ever talked to that has had their gallbladder out has had this problem), I have found the antidote.

You must take Calcium suppliments every day. I find that the calcium carbonate works better than calcium citrate (although I have heard the exact opposite, you have to find what works for you). Calcium once digested becomes like a powdery chalk which absorbs the excess bile sitting in your lower intestine. If you do this, you will never go through this again. I take two 600 mg tablets every morning and this works for me. You have to play with the dosage for yourself to see what works. If you take too much calcium you will become constipated, so once you find your dosage stick with it.

I was very happy to come upon this question and that I was able to help you. I promise you that this works. Good luck!

P.S. They sell a very large bottle of calcium carbonate at Walmart and it lasts me a long time :)

If you do this, you don't have to change your diet. You don't have to eat low fat anything.

Answer 2

Some pastas are fat free. You can steam the veggies and skip the olive oil. Use spices like garlic and basil for more flavor. Lemon juice is handy. Simple spaghetti sauces may also be fat free...but you'll have to check the label.
Remember, skim milk is fat free, too. So is Jello.. you can add fruit to it.
Fat free salad dressing can dress up a salad or veggies for snacks.
Fat free yogurt is great with fresh fruit. You can even make smoothies.
Fat free croutons exist.
Baked potatoes w/ fat free sour cream are good. Add salt, pepper, fat free cheese, and onion for more flavor. Baked or mashed sweet potatoes are also really good.
Rice is fat free if you don't add butter. Steamed veggies with rice and spices/soy sauce = healthy oriental.
So, for a full meal (if they feel like a full meal after surgery):
Salad, then spaghetti/pasta. Steamed veggies as a side or in the pasta. Smoothie for desert. Instead of a breath mint, he/she can have one of the percocets prescribed by the doc. :)
Good luck! Get well soon.

Answer 3

Great question... Hahahaahah But they they say there is no such thing as a stupid question... I would suggest a all fruit platter.. A bit of strawberries.. A few grapes, Orange juice, My favorite,, Some pineapple.. Although a fruit platter can be made out of anyone's favorites.. I never had my Gall Bladder took out yet.. But thats I would want..