Very Low Fat Gall Bladder Diet

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My guess, having had a gall bladder infection, you have no appetite because of

the gall bladder problem. I experienced that when I had the problem several

years ago. My whole system was not responding normally and I had no appetite

for several months. I will tell you what worked for me:

 

Eat lots of fruit--it digests easily and will give you fat free healthy

calories. You can count tomatoes as a fruit. Organic grapefruit is especially

good for you.

Avoid raw vegetables until your appetite returns--they are very hard to

digest. If you eat a salad you will discover that it will take a long time for

your appetite to return. Use fat-free salad dressing if you must eat a salad.

You can eat lots of lightly steamed vegetables. [no avocadoes]

Make bean stews without any fat, including olive oil, with lots of your

favorite veggies--like minestrone with pasta & navy beans

If you are milk tolerent, nonfat yoghurt worked very well for me [or soy

yoghurt, but it is higher in fat].

As treats there are some nonfat frozen yoghurts that taste great--read labels

for fat content.

Grapefruit juice is wonderful--helps restore your electrolyte balance. I

drank two cups per day of pure grapefruit juice when I was sickest for the first

several months. I believe I purchased Knudsen brand in a recyclable glass

bottle [no affiliation, just a happy customer].

You can eat low fat breads with fruit-flavored jams and wonderful spiced

honeys. Angel food cake is fat free.

Stay away from cheese. Eventually, as you begin to feel better, you will be

able to tolerate poached eggs, if you eat eggs. Tofu may initially be too high

in fat, but you will be able to eat it as you feel better in things like miso

soup, etc. No ice cream, cookies, cakes--they are very high in fat. Seriously

avoid any trans fats [hydrogenated fats]. No fried foods like french fries,

deep fat fried foods, etc. I still do and I have been symptom free for about

one year.

If your gall bladder disease is active, your tongue may be yellow--my

acupuncturist taught me that.

There were herbs that I took that really helped. Contact a competent

herbalist for recommendations. Marshmallow root helped me a lot, but, again,

contact a competent herbalist.

If you become nauseated, contact your physician immediately. You can end up

with serious complications with gall bladder disease including an inflamed liver

and/or pancreas resulting in type II diabetes.

I successfully kept my fat to under 20 grams of fat per day by those

guidelines. It will take time to get well, but you will get well. I can be

reached at kmpelley if you have further questions.

 

Get well

Kathleen

Eureka CA

 

 

 

 

Last week, I was put on a fat-free diet due to

gallbladder problems. I haven't " cheated, " but I'm

only managing to eat about 900 to 1000 calories a day.

I'm not starving myself, but that is all it takes to

make me feel full.

The problem is, I've actually GAINED weight since

starting this. My s.o. thinks this is because i am

eating too few calories. If I ate anymore, I'd feel as

if I were overeating. I am hoping that some of you

might have suggestions to assist me with this. Am I

doing something wrong?

 

 

Kathleen M. Pelley

Knitters are Real Purls