Gallbladder disease, what foods should be limited?

People with gallbladder disease should eat a diet containing carbohydrates such as sugar water, fruit juice, vegetable juice, cereal powder, mashed potatoes and should not drink tea.

Gallbladder diseases include acute cholecystitis, chronic cholecystitis, biliary tract stones and gallbladder stones. Following a proper diet will help the treatment process more effectively.

The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ on the right side of the abdomen, just below the liver. The gallbladder stores bile when food enters the digestive tract, and bile is expelled in batches through the common bile duct into the intestine to digest food. Bile leaves the gallbladder through a small tube called the cystic duct, into another tube called the bile duct, and then into the small intestine. Although it is a small organ, gallbladder disease has a significant impact on health.

Biliary diseases include acute cholecystitis, chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis and cholecystolithiasis.

People with gallbladder disease should not drink tea (because it contains a lot of tannin) to avoid bile stasis and bile duct infections.

When suffering from acute cholecystitis, it is necessary to let the gallbladder rest by eliminating or reducing fats in the diet and also protein because they cause the gallbladder to contract more.

The diet should only contain carbohydrates such as: sugar water, fruit juice, vegetable juice, plus cereal powder, mashed potatoes. Should eat bland, high fiber foods to prevent constipation, can feed skimmed milk.

In case of chronic cholecystitis or biliary tract inflammation, patients often have symptoms of digestive disorders, it is necessary to apply a mild biliary function diet, similar to a mild liver function diet, specifically limiting fat.

Fats affect not only the liver and gallbladder functions but also the stomach. They slow down the opening of the pylorus and cause bloating because they accumulate in the stomach. Fats prevent the secretion of HCl (needed for protein digestion) and cause bile to flow unevenly into the intestines, increasing toxins in the blood, affecting the liver.

People with chronic cholecystitis and biliary tract inflammation should only eat one meat meal per day, using white, lean meat, without fat. Use fresh meat, cooked simply such as steaming or boiling. Vegetable protein (beans, peas) should be eaten in crushed, stewed form.

People with gallbladder disease should not drink tea (because it contains a lot of tannin) to avoid bile stasis and bile duct infections.

With foods rich in carbohydrates, you should use a lot of sugar because it is easy to digest and does not negatively affect bile. Do not use chocolate, cocoa, or foods mixed with eggs and flour (like cakes) because they cause indigestion.

Gallstones are divided into two main groups depending on their location: gallbladder stones and bile duct stones. In tropical and poor countries, bile duct stones are the most common because they are related to bile duct infections, mainly caused by worms and worm eggs. The nature of the stones is also divided into two types: pigment stones and cholesterol stones. Cholesterol stones are often associated with obesity, a high-fat diet and high blood cholesterol.

To avoid bile stasis and biliary tract infections, it is necessary to limit foods that cause constipation (foods and drinks high in tannin), because constipation creates an opportunity for intestinal bacteria to grow, leading to duodenitis, cholecystitis and bile duct inflammation, making bile easily precipitate into stones.

To avoid cholesterol stones, it is necessary to limit foods high in fat and cholesterol such as animal organs, egg yolks.../.

According to Pharmaceutical Journal