Approximately 750,000 Americans will have their gallbladders removed this year. Symptoms usually come in the form of severe pain the upper right abdomen, nausea, and indigestion. When you have an attack from gallstones, you will probably experience intense pain from 15 minutes up to a few hours. Most people who experience this pain find it debilitating and have difficulty leading normal lives. Since there is such a high proportion of the population that is at risk for gallstones (about 1 in 12), it is very important to protect yourself from this harmful, painful and even deadly condition. Complications from gall stones can be serious, and even fatal, if left untreated.

We have to start with the liver, because it works hand in hand with the gallbladder. Your liver produces bile, a greenish-brown fluid charged with the duty of digesting fats. The bile is sent to the gallbladder where it is concentrated and stored. When you eat, your gallbladder contracts and releases stored bile where it begins to help break down the fat in your food. But if bile within your gallbladder becomes chemically unbalanced, it can form into hardened particles that eventually grow into gallstones. This chemical imbalance, very simply, is an overload of cholesterol which hardens with the bile to form gallstones. Cholesterol does NOT exist in the vegetable kingdom. Therefore, a diet high in cholesterol is a diet high in animal foods such as meat, chicken, fish, and all dairy foods.

Gallstones can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball and may be smooth and round or irregular with a number of edges. You can have just one stone or hundreds of them. Gallstones, often yellow in color, are composed mainly of undissolved cholesterol, although they can also have other components, such as calcium and bilirubin, the residue from the breakdown of red blood cells. About 80 percent of gallstones are cholesterol stones.

The root of the problem is your diet. You have to begin by cutting cholesterol out of your diet. It isn't just harmful to your gallbladder... it is the main culprit in heart disease, the number one killer of Americans. Cutting cholesterol out of your diet is the first and most important way to achieve significant health benefits and protection from disease. Instead of eating animals, you should try eating foods high in nutrients and fiber and low in saturated fat. You will be surprised to learn there are so many delicious recipes and options out there that won't make you suffer from a new diet. In addition, you can expect to lose a lot of weight as well as experience new found energy throughout the day. There are so many other options of food for you to eat, but if you need more specifics, please see the gallstones detox diet below for ideas...

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Many people also ask about herbal supplements. Yes, they can be very helpful, but only if used in conjunction with the diet above. You can take all the supplements and medications in the world, but if you continue to eat cholesterol, how can you honestly expect them to work? It would be like trying to lower your AST and ALT liver enzyme counts while continuing to drink alcohol every day. Used in combination with the proper diet, however, herbal supplements can produce phenomenal results. I recommend using only 100% organic, whole herbs synergistically combined for maximum effect.

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