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Eating Vegetable Protein May Spare Gallbladder

 

 

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Eating Vegetable Protein May Spare Gallbladder

By Reuters Health

Jul 25, 2004, 22:42

 

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who get a lot of their dietary protein from

vegetables are at reduced risk for having their gallbladder removed, which is

usually performed for gallstones and related problems, new research suggests.

 

" In animals, vegetable protein can inhibit gallstone formation, " Dr. Chung-Jyi

Tsai, from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues note.

However, few studies have looked at this association in humans.

 

As reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the researchers studied

data from some 121,000 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study. Over 20

years of follow-up, 7831 women underwent gallbladder removal, also called

cholecystectomy.

 

Total protein intake and animal protein intake had no effect on the risk of

cholecystectomy. For vegetable protein, however, the risk of cholecystectomy

dropped as intake increased.

 

" These results suggest that increased consumption of vegetable protein in the

context of an energy-balanced diet can reduce the risk of cholecystectomy in

women, " the authors conclude.

 

 

 

 

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