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Penne perfecto Gooddigestion So if you no longer have a
gallbladder, she suggests
withoutagall the following:
Ingredients 1 Cook the pasta according to the
2 cups (125 g) gluten-free, whole- package instructions. bladder:what • Minimize consumption of
grain penne (or whole-grain pasta 2 Meanwhile, heat a frying pan on todoaftergall dairy products and grains,
of your choice) medium heat for 2 minutes, then bladderremoval particularly gluten
1 tsp dried oregano coat the base with the cooking • Check out any food
1 tsp dried thyme spray (or wine/water). According to Dr Sandra allergies or sensitivities,
particularly if you’re still
1 tsp chili flakes 3 Add the oregano, thyme, chili Cabot, MD, and Margaret having pain after the
2 garlic cloves, crushed and garlic and sizzle gently. Jasinska ND in their book, surgery. Besides gluten and
Coconut or olive oil cooking spray, 4 Cut the cherry tomatoes into Save Your Gallbladder dairy, you should also be
or water/wine for steam frying quarters, then add to the pan with Naturally and What to Do suspicious of eggs, pork,
12 cherry tomatoes the canned tomatoes and tomato if You’ve Already Lost It: onions, corn and soy.
purée; cook about 5 minutes, until “A significant number of
7 oz (200 g) can of chopped • Eat some good fats, while
tomatoes the cherry tomatoes are soft. patients who have had strictly avoiding the bad
5 Add lemon juice, salt and pepper. their gallbladder removed
1 Tbsp tomato purée fats. Although your doctor
6 Drain the cooked pasta, and then continue to suffer with pain
Juice of 1 lemon may recommend a low-fat
stir into the sauce. and digestive problems.
Salt and pepper According to a study diet after surgery, Dr Cabot
published in the British says that is potentially
Journal of General Practice, harmful because we
all need good fats. She
it was found that having recommends eating
the gallbladder surgically
removed does not always “moderate quantities”
relieve upper abdomen of extra virgin olive oil,
coconut milk, avocados,
pain. 1
“Without a gallbladder, nuts and seeds.
your liver continues to • Eat some bitter and sour
foods, such as lemons,
manufacture bile, but
there is no longer a place limes or salad vegetables
to store it or concentrate it. like radicchio lettuce,
chicory, endive and
Therefore bile continually
slowly trickles into the dandelion leaves. They help
intestines. If you eat a fatty you digest fats.
• Have digestive enzymes
meal, you will not be able with every meal as well
to secrete a large enough
amount of bile into your as an ox bile supplement
with each meal, to counter
intestines, therefore the fat indigestion, diarrhea or
will be poorly digested.
“This means many light stools.
people experience • Take a daily vitamin D3
supplement, since vitamin
diarrhea, bloating, nausea
or indigestion. Some D stores are often poor in
common symptoms of people with compromised
digestion.
poor fat digestion are dry, Suggesteddailydosage:5,000IU
brittle hair; dry skin and • Take taurine, an amino
premature aging of the acid needed for producing
skin; weak nails and bile, which will also aid
painful joints.” digestion and help prevent
If you don’t digest fat stones forming in your liver.
well, says Dr Cabot, you • Investigate a good quality
won’t be able to digest liver tonic, such as Livatone.
essential fatty acids or the It should contain St Mary’s
powerhouse fat-soluble thistle, dandelion root and
vitamins, like vitamins A, E globe artichoke leaves—
and D.
all of which increase bile
production and flow.
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