Re: gall bladder diet

[Guest guest]

At 10:27 AM 5/17/2010, you wrote:

I started thinking

about all the " high " fat stuff I eat on SCD - like cheese and

1/2 and 1/2 yogurt, lots of hamburgers and started wondering if I'm doing

myself harm?? It's my understanding that the more fat you eat

the more bile it produces and then that irritates the lining of your

stomach to produce D. Wondering if I should be doing SCD

low-fat? Problem is, I lost a lot of weight and still need to

put on about 8 lbs!

Marla,

As with so much else, it all depends.

I had my gall bladder out when I was just starting SCD. I had always

tended toward a higher fat diet, any way, so my system was accustomed to

producing more fat-digestive enzymes.

My surgeon told me that he was actually more likely to see gall bladder

issues when someone who has been on a higher fat diet suddenly tries to

go low fat to lose weight.

With the removal of the gall bladder, the digestive juices are no longer

produced and stored in the gall bladder, to be squirted in when something

fatty is eaten. Instead, they're just dripping in all the time.

As a consequence, what you need to do is to keep your level of fat

consistent, and that way, the production of enzymes will remain

consistent, and is most likely to be balanced with the amount of fat you

eat.

The only time I've had trouble with fat was when I had to go fat free for

three days before the colonoscopy. I couldn't resume my normal diet -- I

had to build back up to that normal diet, to give my system a chance to

catch up. Completely eliminating fat made me quite ill, then trying to

re-add fat did the same.

It's a matter of finding what you need. If you need to add foods which

have fat, add them slowly, gradually increasing amounts so your system

can produce the right amount of digestive juices. Similarly, if you feel

you need to reduce the amount of fat, do so gradually, so your body can

adjust to the lower fat and reduce production of digestive juices so it

doesn't irritate your system.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Good point. My sister-in-law's stomach went crazy when she went completely low fat. I had forgotten about that.

Thanks!

marla

From: Wizop Marilyn L. Alm

Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 4:45 PM

To: BTVC-SCD

Subject: Re: gall bladder diet

At 10:27 AM 5/17/2010, you wrote:

I started thinking about all the "high" fat stuff I eat on SCD - like cheese and 1/2 and 1/2 yogurt, lots of hamburgers and started wondering if I'm doing myself harm?? It's my understanding that the more fat you eat the more bile it produces and then that irritates the lining of your stomach to produce D. Wondering if I should be doing SCD low-fat? Problem is, I lost a lot of weight and still need to put on about 8 lbs!Marla,As with so much else, it all depends.I had my gall bladder out when I was just starting SCD. I had always tended toward a higher fat diet, any way, so my system was accustomed to producing more fat-digestive enzymes.My surgeon told me that he was actually more likely to see gall bladder issues when someone who has been on a higher fat diet suddenly tries to go low fat to lose weight.With the removal of the gall bladder, the digestive juices are no longer produced and stored in the gall bladder, to be squirted in when something fatty is eaten. Instead, they're just dripping in all the time.As a consequence, what you need to do is to keep your level of fat consistent, and that way, the production of enzymes will remain consistent, and is most likely to be balanced with the amount of fat you eat.The only time I've had trouble with fat was when I had to go fat free for three days before the colonoscopy. I couldn't resume my normal diet -- I had to build back up to that normal diet, to give my system a chance to catch up. Completely eliminating fat made me quite ill, then trying to re-add fat did the same.It's a matter of finding what you need. If you need to add foods which have fat, add them slowly, gradually increasing amounts so your system can produce the right amount of digestive juices. Similarly, if you feel you need to reduce the amount of fat, do so gradually, so your body can adjust to the lower fat and reduce production of digestive juices so it doesn't irritate your system.

— Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle