Bile Flow

[Guest guest]

Greg, for a list of bile flow inducers, Gooogle cholegogues; these

include traditional bitters such as Jagermeister, bitter foods such as

some of the wild greens like plantain, probably a few agricultural

foods too, most fats, etc.

Of these, I choose the bitters

Duncan

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> Besides the support the liver recieves from the glutathione and the

> relief that may be had after multiple liver flushes are there any

good

> suggestions for supporting adequate bile flow? Has anyone ever tried

> A-F betafood for example or had much luck with milk thistle?

>

> greg

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[Guest guest]

I'm wondering if anyone has any info on the flow of bile directly from

the liver. From this site and a few others, that I can't seem to

locate now, it appears to me that some of the bile does in fact flow

directly from the liver to the duodenum/intestine. I'm interested to

know because of the comments like " after gallbladder surgery there is

a constant flow of bile into the duct " (read as a bad thing), but it

seems to me that this may be the case in any instance and that just

some of the bile gets stored for those times it needed in large

concentration. This also make me wonder about the people who have

very low functioing gallbladders. I would think the body would be

keen enough to figure out that if your gallbladder is not functioning

well (stones or not) that it would empty all bile directly into the

duct rather then sending it to the gallbladder.

What does my gallbladder do?

Your gallbladder stores bile. Bile is a yellow fluid, produced by the

liver, which helps digest fat. Bile travels from the liver to the

small intestine to mix with fats you've eaten. Part of the bile

travels to the gallbladder, where it is stored and concentrated. When

you eat fatty foods, your gallbladder contracts, forcing extra bile

into your small intestine. Your liver makes about one pint of bile

each day. Your gallbladder absorbs 90% of the water from the bile and

has room to store one day's concentrated bile.

http://surglinks.com/gallbladder.disease.htm