What kind of food should you not eat if your gallbladder is acting up?

Answer 1

Hi Rusty

Here are some ideas to help with the issue.

Diet: Identify and avoid all foods to which you are allergic or sensitive, especially eggs, milk and dairy products, gluten, wheat and dairy products. Also reduce your saturated and overall fat intake, keeping it below 20 percent of the total foods you eat, and eliminate all processed and hydrogenated fats. But do not cut fat completely, as this can actually increase your chances of developing gallstones. Monounsaturated fats (olive oil, coconut oil) are the best fats to include in your diet.

Be sure to eat less, as well, since overeating places stress on the gallbladder. At the same time, be sure to eat breakfast, don`t skip meals, and eat a balanced and healthy diet full of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes and other vegetarian sources of protein. Increase your intake of dietary fiber to improve bowel movements, and avoid refined carbohydrates, which can cause gallstone formation. Overall, eat less animal foods, remove processed foods and move toward a whole foods vegetarian-oriented diet. If you are overweight, lose the weight, but slowly and sensibly.

Good foods to include in your diet are black cherries, pears, beets (raw and cooked), fresh steamed and water sautéed greens such as beet tops collards, kale, plenty of steamed broccoli and cauliflower, snack on seasonal fruits, eat plain organic yogurt, as well as more raw foods in general.

Gallbladder Flush: Flushing the gallbladder of stones is a common natural cure and practice of holistic physicians. It is quite easy.

Juice Therapy: The following juice combinations can help improve gallbladder health: carrot, beet, cucumber, radish, and fresh dandelion roots, with a clove of garlic; or grape, pear, grapefruit, and lemon.

Lifestyle: Choose non-toxic cleaning supplies and personal body care products.

Nutritional Supplementation: The following supplements can help relieve gallbladder symptoms: digestive enzymes with each meal, vitamin B-complex, vitamin C, choline, inositol, lipotrophic factors, alfalfa tablets, acidophilus, lecithin, and the amino acid, L-taurine. Peppermint oil sipped in water throughout the meal can also be helpful.

Topical Treatment: Castor oil packs placed over the gallbladder can speed relief of symptoms.

Alternative Professional Care
If your symptoms persist despite the above measures, seek the help of a qualified health professional. The following professional care therapies have all been shown to be useful for treating gallstones and gallbladder disorders: Acupuncture, Detoxification Therapy, Environmental Medicine, Magnetic Field Therapy, Naturopathic Medicine, Neural Therapy, and Osteopathy

Best of health to you

Answer 2

Fatty foods. When you eat fatty foods, the gallbladder is stiumlated to contract and release bile into the digestive system to digest the fats. If your gallbladder is acting up, leave the fatty and fattening foods out of your diet.

Answer 3

You love fruits so that's a great start to healthy eating. However, you want to make sure that you don't go overboard with fruits because even though they are healthy, natural and unprocessed, fruits still contain sugar/fructose. For breakfast, oatmeal is a good choice but I prefer eggs instead. I find that protein and fat keeps me full longer when compared to a high carb or carb only breakfast. Eggs are so versatile. You can make an omelet, a frittata or a quiche. It's a great way to add in some vegetables in there. You can also add meat in your eggs. If you do eat oatmeal, I suggest the plain old fashioned rolled oats or plain steel cut oats. Avoid the sweetened ones and add in some fruits, nuts, milk, yogurt, raw honey or stevia. For lunch if your on the go, it's quite easy to pack salads, soups and stews. All homemade of course. And for dinner, a balanced and healthy meal will consist of some sort of protein (think meat like beef, chicken or fish), vegetables and some carbs (think good carbs like sweet potatoes and winter squash). If you like pasta, have it but add in lots of vegetables to bulk it up and go easy with the noodles. Here are just a few ideas for snacks: plain yogurt mixed with fruits and honey, nuts, fresh and dried fruits, vegetables, homemade sweet potato or kale chips. I don't really have a recipe for smoothies but some combinations I like are banana strawberry, triple berry, or tropical (pineapple and mango). I do throw in some vegetables in there as well. You can't really taste it. Also, you can use milk or yogurt in your smoothies.

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Answer 5

Fats and greasy food, fried.