Gallstones and the Gallbladder
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I had a friend who put four kids through college by doing gallbladder surgeries. Today he does less than half a dozen a year, and those are for severe emergencies-gallbladders that are gangrenous, infected, or spreading problems to the pancreas. For all other problems he uses one or two supplements, diet, Liver Flushes, and sometimes Liver Detoxification. In the easiest cases it is simply a matter of switching to a Mediterranean diet.
This surgeon's entire life took a change when he discovered how to clean up the gallbladder. He was able to stop performing hundreds of gallbladder surgeries per year. If you take 90% of the number of gallbladder removals performed in this country annually (about half a million) times the cost of surgery, you have the potential annual savings from this one procedure alone. When you multiply the cost of caring for those folks who have serious or deadly after-effects from this surgery(discussed later in this article) you discover a reprehensible bloat of dollars and lives wasted. |
SIGNS OF GALLBLADDER TROUBLE
The earliest signs of gallbladder problems are nausea and “earping."
is what I call a cross between a hiccup and a burp. From here symptoms can include pain, diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and more. When you consider the anatomy and physiology of the gallbladder, you can see that gallbladder removal for these symptoms (except in the emergency cases listed) is band-aid therapy.
Bile is produced in the liver and passed along through ducts that go into the intestines to help digest fats. Without adequate bile, you have difficulty digesting fats and getting sufficient fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K. A portion of the bile from the liver that does not go Immediately into the intestines is held in a sac called the gallbladder. When a fatty meal is eaten or when bile is needed, the gallbladder sends it from storage along a duct lo the intestines for aiding digestion.
A diet or processed foods and unhealthy fats (too many vegetable oils, artificial fats like margarine and the like, excessive fatty foods, and deficiencies in certain types of phytonutrients from plants) can lead to problems in this system. The flow of bile is slowed; the bile becomes thick: and sludge, crystals, and eventual stones will build up from the liver, down the ducts to the gallbladder. The storage of this debris eventually forms small or even large deposits which are called gallstones.
The earliest signs of gallbladder problems are nausea and “earping."
is what I call a cross between a hiccup and a burp. From here symptoms can include pain, diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and more. When you consider the anatomy and physiology of the gallbladder, you can see that gallbladder removal for these symptoms (except in the emergency cases listed) is band-aid therapy.
Bile is produced in the liver and passed along through ducts that go into the intestines to help digest fats. Without adequate bile, you have difficulty digesting fats and getting sufficient fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K. A portion of the bile from the liver that does not go Immediately into the intestines is held in a sac called the gallbladder. When a fatty meal is eaten or when bile is needed, the gallbladder sends it from storage along a duct lo the intestines for aiding digestion.
A diet or processed foods and unhealthy fats (too many vegetable oils, artificial fats like margarine and the like, excessive fatty foods, and deficiencies in certain types of phytonutrients from plants) can lead to problems in this system. The flow of bile is slowed; the bile becomes thick: and sludge, crystals, and eventual stones will build up from the liver, down the ducts to the gallbladder. The storage of this debris eventually forms small or even large deposits which are called gallstones.
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Band-aid Therapy In these cases it is obvious that the removal of the sac or debris will do nothing about the cause of the problem. Instead stale, thick bile, sludge, crystals, and debris will continue to build up in the ducts, and even up into the liver. Without a gallbladder, fat digestion will be impaired for the rest of your life. Unless and until you address the problem, you will continue to suffer from indigestion, nausea, cramps, earps and more. |
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If you catch the condition before gangrene or infection, you can easily clean the system and even flush most of the stale bile, crystals, and even small gallstones. If. you have already had your gallbladder removed, the same procedure must still be performed. all physicians miss. Whether you have already had surgery or not, this cleanup is a must. And it must be followed with proper diet and phytonutrients in my opinion, if you have already had surgery, these procedures are just as critical as if you were trying to save your gallbladder.. But if you still have your gallbladder, cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) makes no sense unless you have infection, gangrene, or spreading problems to the pancreas. Gallbladder removal without addressing the underlying causes of the problem often initiates the beginning of serious health problems.
Downward Health Spiral
Although you will never be told this by your doctor, gallbladder removal for older folks can often start a serious downward health spiral. I have pondered the reasons for this over the years after seeing the same pattern play out again and again. . . An individual has his or her gallbladder removed, and before you know it their memory goes, they get more and more sick, they are headed for a nursing home, and often to their grave.
Too strong a statement? Not really. Indeed lots of folks undergo this procedure and have no apparent repercussions. But after 30 years, I have seen the same thing happen so many hundreds of times, it can be no coincidence. As for the cause, I am still at a loss to pinpoint it. Perhaps it is nothing more than the after-effects of anesthesia. Maybe it is the impaired fat digestion of vitamins A, D, E, and K that automatically follows gallbladder removal. Perhaps it is the constant .24-hour-per-day flow of bile into the intestines that is abnormal and leads to health problems. Maybe the lack of bile in its proper amounts in the body causes an immune weakening–-after all bile is one of the most potent antioxidants known.
In any case no one is able to pinpoint just why so many seniors begin to go downhill quickly following gallbladder removal. It could be one or all of. the reasons I have just listed. Or perhaps, as is so often the case, the gallbladder serves more functions than we understand. Whatever the reason, no surgeon offers advice following surgery to help treat the underlying causes of gallbladder problems which are still present. And you won't get any advice about how to slay healthy, digest fats properly, maintain proper fat-soluble vitamin balance, regain immune strength, keep your memory, stay out of a nursing home, or even stay alive. Therefore, without articles like this. you are permanently impaired following gallbladder surgery.
This lack of information is critical to think about if you are facing gallbladder surgery. Except in a dire emergency, this is a time to think reasonably and to take proper action before submitting to this procedure. Your surgeon won't tell you about this downward health spiral following surgery. You have to think for yourself here. You could be one of the lucky ones and have no apparent problems following surgery. Or you could be one of a huge percentage of the unfortunate folks whose odds of premature nursing home or death skyrocket
Although you will never be told this by your doctor, gallbladder removal for older folks can often start a serious downward health spiral. I have pondered the reasons for this over the years after seeing the same pattern play out again and again. . . An individual has his or her gallbladder removed, and before you know it their memory goes, they get more and more sick, they are headed for a nursing home, and often to their grave.
Too strong a statement? Not really. Indeed lots of folks undergo this procedure and have no apparent repercussions. But after 30 years, I have seen the same thing happen so many hundreds of times, it can be no coincidence. As for the cause, I am still at a loss to pinpoint it. Perhaps it is nothing more than the after-effects of anesthesia. Maybe it is the impaired fat digestion of vitamins A, D, E, and K that automatically follows gallbladder removal. Perhaps it is the constant .24-hour-per-day flow of bile into the intestines that is abnormal and leads to health problems. Maybe the lack of bile in its proper amounts in the body causes an immune weakening–-after all bile is one of the most potent antioxidants known.
In any case no one is able to pinpoint just why so many seniors begin to go downhill quickly following gallbladder removal. It could be one or all of. the reasons I have just listed. Or perhaps, as is so often the case, the gallbladder serves more functions than we understand. Whatever the reason, no surgeon offers advice following surgery to help treat the underlying causes of gallbladder problems which are still present. And you won't get any advice about how to slay healthy, digest fats properly, maintain proper fat-soluble vitamin balance, regain immune strength, keep your memory, stay out of a nursing home, or even stay alive. Therefore, without articles like this. you are permanently impaired following gallbladder surgery.
This lack of information is critical to think about if you are facing gallbladder surgery. Except in a dire emergency, this is a time to think reasonably and to take proper action before submitting to this procedure. Your surgeon won't tell you about this downward health spiral following surgery. You have to think for yourself here. You could be one of the lucky ones and have no apparent problems following surgery. Or you could be one of a huge percentage of the unfortunate folks whose odds of premature nursing home or death skyrocket
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What to Do
If you constantly have the earps or any of the other gallbladder symptoms mentioned above, begin cleaning up your system now. You can start by eliminating fried foods, processed foods, vegetable oils and salad dressings (except homemade dressings with olive oil or flax oil), margarine, any synthetic foods deemed lo "save your heart," and almost everything recommended by the American Heart Association . Instead eat a Mediterranean diet with lots of vegetables. Use olive oil with salads. Eat beets if you can get good organic beets. The leaves, stems, and beets themselves are all wonderful. Beets can be baked, steamed, shredded and eaten raw, or prepared in all kinds of ways. Organic beet tops can be steamed or added to casseroles and foods. If you are diabetic, eat more beet tops than beets because the beet has a high sugar content. Beet plants contain the phytonutrient called betaine. Betaine is like a solvent for bile. It will help the body keep the bile thin, smooth, and flowing. This will prevent plaque, crystals, bile, and stone buildup. In the more severe cases, consider a liver flush. This is more of a Gallbladder Flush, but since the bile originates in the liver, this procedure will benefit both the liver and gallbladder. |
The flush consists of consuming a cup of olive oil with lemon juice and a purging laxative agent (we use disodium phosphate). The large amount of olive oil combined with the purge causes the gallbladder system to constrict over and over, flushing debris, plaque, stale bile, bile crystals, and even gallstones from your system into the intestines and eventually into the toilet.
The whole procedure takes two days. When proceeded and followed with diet, exercise, phytonutrient supplements, and pure water, it can save not only your gallbladder, but your life. Remember my old doctor friend who was wise enough to learn new medical procedures to save thousands of people from unnecessary band~aid surgeries. This is the way you should proceed also.
If you are under age 70, you can perform this flush. In fact, anyone can do it but after age 70, or if you have any serious health problems (especially gut problems ) you should only perform this flush with the knowledge of your doctor.
Health Alert Dr Bruce West MD Volume 21, Issue 7
The whole procedure takes two days. When proceeded and followed with diet, exercise, phytonutrient supplements, and pure water, it can save not only your gallbladder, but your life. Remember my old doctor friend who was wise enough to learn new medical procedures to save thousands of people from unnecessary band~aid surgeries. This is the way you should proceed also.
If you are under age 70, you can perform this flush. In fact, anyone can do it but after age 70, or if you have any serious health problems (especially gut problems ) you should only perform this flush with the knowledge of your doctor.
Health Alert Dr Bruce West MD Volume 21, Issue 7