No Stones

A potential new client I will meet soon has recently had her gallbladder removed due to issues with gallstones. I decided to do some research to educate myself about these issues, surgery, etc, and I found some pretty interesting stuff. Your gallbladder essentially helps your body process excess fats by housing and regulating bile, a "digestive juice" created by the liver. It excretes this via thin ducts into the small intestine to aid in the digestion of fats, especially when your body takes in foods high in fat content. Millions of people have gallstones, (solidified cholesterol build-ups), but usually they are so small that they pass through the bile ducts without pain or discomfort. However, some people can develop larger stones that cause extreme pain and discomfort, and this is when measures are taken to treat the stones. One of the treatments is having the gallbladder removed entirely. To learn more about this, please click here or on the title to this blog post.

I want to take an extra moment to explore the underlying issue. From other articles and forums, the typical person who has this issue in the past has been women in their forties, but this has not necessarily been the case in current times. The keyword here is "highly fatty foods". A reasonable assumption about the diet that will cause this issue is fatty, fried, fast-foods and other overall poor choices. This is a digestive issue and can be avoided by learning and practicing healthy food choices and an overall low-fat, high-fiber diet. If you have had your gall bladder removed, it is even more important to maintain a low-fat, high-fiber diet. From some forum posts I have read, this is the type of diet that people find themselves moving to in order to avoid discomfort and diarrhea and to maintain a level of health. I encourage you to do your own research, and start learning to eat better. This is one of the many "Western diseases" I'm sure you'd agree you would rather not go through. Have a great day, everyone, and thanks for reading!