my fascinating so-called diet

The purpose of the gall bladder is to store bile, a substance produced by the liver, which has two functions:
1) it neutralises acid produced by the stomach
2) it emulsifies fats, i.e. breaks them up into tiny droplets for digestive enzymes to work on

It is probably not surprising that with a fucked gall bladder, I have to eat a very low-fat diet. It may scare you just how boring my diet currently is: ( Read more... )

poll for my curiosity

Is it my imagination, or is gall bladder trouble about as common as appendicitis? In the past week, the number of people I know who've had their gall bladder removed has expanded from 3 up to about 10, or 15.

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I certainly won't be so paranoid about having it out if I find out that everyone and their dog has had the same op.