Guest guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 In a message dated 3/19/2008 1:46:50 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, weaverrd@... writes: Help with a patient. I know that she must have this polyp removed but I never heard of sludge? She has been an exercise queen and has always been thin. A neighbor had gall stones and she also was the queen of exercise and thin. What are these girls doing that they have gall bladder problems? I think both eat out alot and I do think that most people do not know what is in the food when dining out... usually high in the the wrong kinds of fat. I think they may not be getting enough fiber. Maybe not enough of the omega 3, 6, and 9s. Both are in their late forties. Seems that more thin people are having gall bladder problems. I know many people are doing the gall bladder flush. Does anyone know why? Please advise...... www.mdrdtherapy. www.mdrdtherapy.<WVictori I saved some old posts by an RD/CCN that I respect highly! Here's her input about gallbladder. Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT Subj: Re: [LEAP_RDs] Gallbladder Surgery and Attacks of Pain are Preventable Date: 1/29/2006 11:55:04 PM Mountain Standard Time From Reply-to: _LEAP_RDs _ (mailto:LEAP_RDs ) To: _LEAP_RDs _ (mailto:LEAP_RDs ) Sent from the Internet (Details) , Could you provide the exact link to this article? I looked in the 2004 archives on his website and couldn't locate it. I wanted to see what he specifically stated about " offending foods " . and check the numbered references. I presume when he talks about food allergies he doesn't mean IgE but rather the broad spectrum of sensitivities seen with MRT? Thanks, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: C. Bright To: LEAP_RDs Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [LEAP_RDs] Gallbladder Surgery and Attacks of Pain are Preventable I believe that gallbladder surgeries are needless and in 99.9% of the cases they are preventable. The universal prescription is to 'get it out' if one is subject to attacks of pain. I'm taking the time to type up this information because I am absolutely passionate and sure that most gallbladder surgeries are avoidable. I personally helped a lady avoid gallbladder surgery. After persuasion by her mother and myself, she cancelled the surgery at the last minute to seek another safe, natural approach. She was glad she did. Subsequently Dr. , MD, wrote an article in October 2004 supporting my belief that gallbladder attacks can be eliminated forever without surgery. The following information I'm sharing with you is from his article with my thoughts added. I'm also leaving in citation numbers which are available upon request on his Nutrition & Healing Website: _www.wrightnewsletter.com_ (http://www.wrightnewsletter.com) . The article is from Vol. 11, Issue 9, Oct ober 2004 - Dr. W. 's Nutrition & Healing newsletter. The gallbladder is not a useless organ. It is well worth keeping, It's most important function is to regulate bile flow to optimize fat, oil, and fat-soluble nutrient absorption. Without your gallbladder, this just can't happen properly. Doctor's never tell their patients they should be on bile salts for the rest of their lives to assure absorption of their fat soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K and essential fatty acids. Standard Process (available only through practitioners) has a bile salt product called Cholecol that I recommend to my clients who have had their gallbladder removed. Just came across information that Jarrow Laboratories also carries Bile Salt Factors which should be available in most healthfood stores. There are things that can be done as a first line of defense to keep the gallbladder and prevent those 'attacks' to disappear for good. Dr. says 999 out 1,000 gallbladder surgeries are entirely preventable, without patent medications, vitamins, minerals, or herbs. This has worked out so well for Dr. that he hasn't referred anyone for gallbladder surgery for over 30 years. So, what is this first line of defense? Do I have your attention? Dr. is not making an unsupportable claim. Research about 'how to prevent gallbladder attacks' was actually published back in the 1950s and '70s by Dr. C. Breneman, who, at the time, was chairman of the American College of Allergists, or ACA (now called the American College of Allergy and Immunology, or ACAI). Dr. Breneman's secret for preventing attacks of gallbladder was not to eat or consume anything you're allergic to. (1) This is exactly what doctors do when you're hospitalized with a severe gallbladder attack--they take away all your food, given IV fluids, and allowed not to eat anything until the pain subsides. It's a 'perfect' food allergy avoidance strategy and works nearly every time. Unfortunately most doctors don't know why this strategy works. says that back in 1968, Dr. Breneman asked 69 individuals suffering from recurrent attacks of gallbladder pain to go onto an elimination diet to determine their food allergies.(2) Six of these individuals had already had their gallbladders out, but were still have attacks of gallbladder pain, a situation termed " post-cholecystectomy syndrome,' " or, as Dr. 's like to call it, " my gallbladder's gone, but I'm still hurting anyway. " Dr. Breneman reported that all 69 people (100 percent!) were completely free of gallbladder attacks when they avoided their individual food (and other) allergies. And all 69 had their symptoms return when they ate the foods they were allergic to once more. The primary offending foods were eggs (92.8 percent), pork (63.8 percent), onions (52.2 percent), chicken and turkey (34.8 percent), milk (24.6 percent), coffee (21.7 percent), and oranges (18.8 percent). Corn, beans, nuts, apples, tomatoes, peas, cabbage, spices, peanuts, fish and rye accounted for between 14.5 percent and 1 percent of gallbladder attacks. In addition to foods, 14 of the 69 study participants--just over 20%--had gallbladder attacks caused by medications. Dr. refers to data published in the New England Journal of Medicine refuting gallbladder surgery as protecting people from gallstones that may block the bile ducts forcing much more dangerous emergency surgery. The authors felt that gallbladder surgery is actually more dangerous by comparing mortality rate from " routine " emergency surgery to emergency surgery for obstructing gallstones. Their advice was the " silent " gallstones should not be subject to surgery but left alone. So, I think LEAP has much to offer to avoid gallbladder surgery. I suspect Phase I will be a rough ride for some who have gallbladder problems as mediators are being released while cleansing the body of antigens. This too shall pass. I also have a very safe gallbladder and liver cleanse that removes stones. C. Bright, MS, RD, CCN _dcbright@..._ (mailto:dcbright@...) Subj: [Ncc] Elimination of Gallbladder Attacks Date: 10/22/2004 2:50:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time From: _dcbright@..._ (mailto:dcbright@...) To: _rdccn _ (mailto:rdccn ) , _ncc@..._ (mailto:ncc@...) Sent from the Internet (Details) Dear Colleagues: I just read an article by , MD, on " The 99.9-percent effective technique for eliminating gallbladder attacks forever " (Nutrition & Healing, Vol 11, Issue 9, October 2004). Dr. believes 999 of 1,000 gallbladder surgeries are entirely preventable, and without patent medications, vitamins, minerals, or herbs. He hasn't referred anyone for gallbladder surgery for over 30 years by using Dr. C. Brenneman's procedure which is to not eat or consume anything you're allergic to. Interestingly that is what is what is done when a person is hospitalized with a severe gallbladder attack--they take away all their food, put on IV fluids, and not allowed to eat anything until the pain subsides. An elimination diet will help determine food allergies. This is a simple, cheap way of identifying food allergies and a very cheap way to avoid gallbladder surgery. By eliminating food allergies, the gallbladder will not be triggered even with 'silent' gallbladder stones present. There are risks associated with removal of the gallbladder, such as colon cancer and impaired absorption of vitamins A, D, E, K, and essential fatty acids. It takes years to develop these deficiencies, but problems can arise in some people if their gallbladder has been removed and if they don't take care to eat more fiber and bile salts. Dr. strongly believes people who have their gallbladder removed should always be on bile salts. Two sources of bile salts are suggested. Cholacol by Standard Process Laboratories and Bile Salt Factors by Jarrow Laboratories. Dr. 's Tahoma Clinic Dispensary also carries it (425 264-0059). C. Bright, MS, RD, CCN _dcbright@..._ (mailto:dcbright@...) There are a two articles and an editorial in the most recent issue of the AJCN on gallstones. One links them to abdominal obesity,high TG, low HDL,possibly metablic syndrome. They both state the a likely mechanism for gallstone formation is the overload of tissues with fatty acids that are precursors for chol formation. One the articles shows that frequent nut consumption is linked with decreased risk of cholecystectomy, probably due to their beneficial effects on blood lipids ascribed to their high unsaturated fatty acids and low saturated and trans fatty acids: _http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/1/76_ (http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/1/76) _http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/1/38_ (http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/1/38) _http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/80/1/1_ (http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/80/1/1) _http://health.webmd.com/cgi-bin21/DM?y=aJaU0BqVwH0b60FoS0AF_ (http://health.webmd.com/cgi-bin21/DM?y=aJaU0BqVwH0b60FoS0AF) Interesting discussion about post-GB surgery Here are several compiled responses to my question, " What, if any, dietary restrictions are there s/p gall bladder removal? " 1. yes, you do need to watch your dietary fat intake or you'll have steatorrhea due to fat malabsorption. 2.This is antedoctal, but several people that I know who have had their's removed, experience diarrhea after eating a high fat meal 3. My mom had hers out and she was one of those that had to watch her fat intake. i understand that the liver has to function for what the GB was doing ie releasing bile to emulsify fats and this can take some time for some reason. i think everyone is different in the time of recovery and have to sort through the problem foods until the body stablizes 4. I think it varies from person to person. Some people were so sick before the surgery they can eat a bigger variety of foods and more fat after. Others may have to continue to watch fat intake to avoid diarrhea. I had mine out 4 years ago and don't have any noticeable problems no matter what I eat 5. It has been 6 months since I had my gall bladder removed. The surgeon told me at the time there were 2 types of people (1)after surgery, some can eat anything they want(2)some people have to still watch what they eat. I am the type I still have to watch what I eat. I find if my portions are too big and too high fat, that after about 6 hours, I feel like I am having attacks all over again. I also had lots of GI upset when I had all the trouble at the beginning, which has nearly all abated. However, I find chocolate still nauseats me (in liquid, like hot chocolate), but I can eat small pieces of it Some people require a bile acid sequestrant such as Cholestyramine. People who eat a high fat meal may find that they have diarrhea after eating. _http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/31166.html_ (http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/31166.html) " Most people have no side effects from living without a gallbladder. Bile still can pass directly from the liver to the intestines, so the gallbladder usually is not missed. Occasionally, people notice diarrhea after cholecystectomy. A medication called cholestyramine can help to bind the additional bile passing into the intestine that can lead to diarrhea. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- _http://www.gihealth.com/html/education/drugs/cholestyramine.html_ (http://www.gihealth.com/html/education/drugs/cholestyramine.html) " Cholestyramine is an usual medication exchange resin is taken by mouth as a power mixed in water. It is not absorbed into the body, but stays within the intestinal tract. As it passes down through the intestines, it traps excessive liver bile and carries it out in the stool. In this way, it removes excesive bile acids from the body. Cholestyramine is available only with your doctor's prescription. Common brand names are Questran, Questran Light, LoCholest, Colestid, Prevalite. .... " very helpful in controlling diarrhea that sometime occurs after an operation to remove the gallbladder.... " ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/diarrhea/diarrhea.htm_ (http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/diarrhea/diarrhea.htm) .... " Some people develop diarrhea .. removal of the gallbladder. The reason may be a change in how quickly food moves through the digestive system after stomach surgery or an increase in bile in the colon that can occur after gallbladder surgery. " --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _http://www.ivillagehealth.com/print/0,11301,154724,00.html_ (http://www.ivillagehealth.com/print/0,11301,154724,00.html) " Questran (cholestyramine) is a medication used in certain types of diarrhea in which bile acids are thought to play a role. Bile acids are normally made in the liver and delivered to the small intestine during meals to aid in the digestion of fats. Between meals, bile acids are stored and concentrated in the gallbladder. In patients who have had their gallbladders removed, there is no storage space for bile between meals, and it is constantly being delivered to the intestine. Similarly, in patients with disease of the small intestine (such as Crohn's), the bile acids cannot be reabsorbed and enter the large intestine (colon) in large amounts. It is thought that bile acids injure the lining of the colon, causing diarrhea as a result.... " Help!! Been having some abdominal pain for quite some time now and went for an ultra sound. Showed a polyp on the wall of the gall bladder and sludge in the gall bladder. They are referring me to a surgeon. What can I eat to avoid problems? I don't eat a high fat diet but I do eat low fat yogurt everyday with fruit and nuts and flax for breakfast. I drink lactaid instead of milk ~ one coffee a day and green tea during the day ~ decaf! Any suggestions? The doc told me not to do a liver/gall bladder flush. What do you think?? Let me know when you can. Should I avoid all dairy? ---------------------------------------------------------- Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT Consultant, Writer, Speaker Director of Medical Nutrition Signet Diagnostic Corporation (Mountain Time) (toll free) Fax: DineRight4@... Mediator Release Testing and LEAP Diet Protocol for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Migraine, Fibromyalgia and more, caused by food sensitivity IMPORTANT - This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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