Gallstones. food and weight loss dos and donts!?

When you input your food for the day make a note of whether or not you had an attack, after a few days to a week you will have a good idea of what sets you off. Mine were nuts, fats especially deep fried foods and spicy foods.

Hi, I had gallstone problems for years which led to having my gallbladder removed a few years ago. I never had any problems with exercise, what caused pain was "wrong" food. Attacks were caused by too heavy foods, greasy foods, fatty foods, fried foods, heavy starchy foods. I still have to take care and avoid heavily fatty foods etc, even after the removal. I hope this helps.

If you have two large gallstones they wont pass through the bile duct so you will have to have the gall bladder out. In terms of food the best thing to do is try to limit fats as they stimulate bile production. Exercise is fine but i would recommend it to be quite low impact. I think i got pancreatitis as i went for a run with bilal colic and it must have caused the stone to block my pancreatic duct instead. The main priority is to get rid of the gall bladder, best thing i ever did.

Some people can have digestive issues if they eat fatty foods after removal. Ive not experienced any bad effects at all and honestly I'm a changed person for having it done!

Avoid high fat foods. I've also had my gallbladder removed as was told to go on a low fat no fat diet until I had my surgery. The gallbladder pushes in extra acid (or whatever it is) when you eat a lot of fat to help break it down better. Since you have stones in it, they will try to pass causing that awful pain in your gut.

I did the diet for about a month a lost ten pounds. I missed cheese to much to stick with it though.

I've heard you can continue to have the attacks after they remove the gallbladder, is that true?

Also, how many grams of fat would you limit yourself too? (as its virtually impossible to avoid it completely)

Just depends on the person and how your body re-acts after surgery

I don't have an answer for that per se, though fatty foods and caffeine will activate your gallbladder and may induce an attach. I had mine removed a few years back, best move ever!

One thing I wanted to mention is that losing weight can CAUSE gallstones, as your gallbladder contracts less because of less food and less fat, and so it just sits there and can form stones.

I've heard you should avoid the likes of eggs and onions??

yup no eggs or onions or peas or corn or spicy foods or fried foods or butter no oranges no grapefruit etc..i google everything before i eat it

I am not a medical expert, but I did have to get my gall bladder removed. Actually, it was right after losing 50 pounds. The doctor said that my clean eating sent my gall bladder into what he called shock mode. Basically, it rejected my new healthy lifestyle and was more accustomed to fatty foods. So, I got rid of it

The attacks are severely painful. Stay away from fried food, spicy food, and basically anything that has been known to upset you in the past. Everyone is different. I continue to have the same problems with it out, but it is not as bad. I didn't have gall-stones though. My gall bladder just wasn't functioning. It only functioned at less than 15% of the time. Do your research, and know what questions to ask your doctor. It does also help to get information from people who have been there. While it is not medical advice, it is some reassurance that you are not alone.