The gallbladder, a pear-shaped pouch structure located in the right upper abdomen under the ribs and below the liver, has the function of concentrating bile, storing bile, regulating the pressure in the bile ducts, and excreting (contracting) bile. The gallbladder is divided into four parts: base, body, neck and duct, and the neck is connected to the cystic duct.
The bile mainly contains bile salts or bile acids and water. Bile salts or bile acids can be used as emulsifying agents to emulsify fat into microdroplets and disperse in aqueous solutions; bile acids can also combine with fatty acids to form water-soluble complexes and promote the absorption of fatty acids. Eggs and meat need bile and pancreatic juice to break down and help digestion, which can cause gallbladder contraction. During an attack of cholecystitis, eggs and meat can stimulate gallbladder contraction leading to pain, which in turn can cause stones to get stuck in the gallbladder duct and produce colic, or drain into the common bile duct causing obstruction, leading to pain, high fever, jaundice and shock, which can be life-threatening in severe cases. Therefore, patients with gallbladder stones should not eat meat, eggs and other high-fat foods during an acute attack of cholecystitis.
So, how to eat healthier for gallbladder stone patients without symptoms
1.Which vegetables and fruits should be eaten
Patients with gallbladder stones should eat more food containing vitamin A, such as green vegetables, carrots, tomatoes, cabbage, etc. Vitamin A has a nourishing and nutritious effect on epithelial cells, which can reduce the formation of cholesterol stones. At the same time, gallbladder stone patients should eat a variety of fresh fruits rich in vitamin C, such as fresh oranges, vitamin C can promote the transformation of excess cholesterol in the body into bile acids, reduce the cholesterol saturation in the bile, reducing the chances of forming gallstones.
2, not hungry not to eat breakfast can be
No! For patients with good gallbladder function, the cholesterol saturation in the bile in the gallbladder is high in the morning when fasting. In the case of normal breakfast, due to the contraction of the gallbladder, cholesterol is discharged with bile, while food stimulates bile secretion, resulting in a lower saturation of cholesterol in the bile remaining in the gallbladder, while making it less likely for stones to form. If you do not eat breakfast, due to the long fasting time, the bile in the gallbladder is stored for too long, resulting in over-saturation of cholesterol in the bile, which in turn causes cholesterol deposition and gradually forms stones. Therefore, regardless of the presence of gallbladder stones, you should eat breakfast on time.
3.Can drinking more water prevent the formation of gallbladder stones?
Drinking water can dilute the blood and reduce the concentration of bile secreted by the liver, which can help prevent the formation of stones. However, it should be noted that it is best to drink plain water and less sugary drinks. Sugary drinks can increase blood lipids, which can easily produce cholesterol stones. Patients with gallstones who do not have special contraindications, such as serious heart, lung and kidney disease (especially heart failure, kidney failure, etc.), it is recommended to drink about 2,500 ml (about the same as the amount of 4-5 bottles of mineral water) of water every day. Drinking more plain water on a daily basis is an effective measure to prevent stones in one fell swoop.
4, got gallbladder stones can eat nuts
The outer layer is wrapped with a hard shell of nuts collectively known as nuts, such as pecans, almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, ginkgo, pine nuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, botanicals, pumpkin seeds, watermelon seeds, pistachios, cashew nuts, etc., each nut is called a small nutrition library, more fat. For patients with gallbladder stones, high-fat diet will cause the gallbladder contraction, making gallbladder stones easier to embed, so usually should eat less, if you want to eat should be divided into a small number of times in each meal, do not focus on a meal.
5.Can you eat meat if you have gallbladder stones?
In order to supplement the body’s daily needs of nutrients and vitamins, food nutrition should be reasonable, gallbladder stones patients, when the stones do not attack, you can eat some lean meat, fish, freshwater shrimp, chicken, rabbit meat and other low-fat, high protein meat, try to avoid high cholesterol, high-fat food, such as egg yolk, animal offal, fatty meat, etc., especially animal liver to avoid eating.
In short, the following points should be noted in the diet.
① Eat less food with high fat content, such as fatty meat and fried food, and try to use vegetable oil instead of animal oil.
② Limit foods with high cholesterol content, such as fish roe, eggs, egg yolk, liver, kidney, heart and brain of carnivorous animals, etc.
③Eating a light diet such as steaming, stewing and braising is preferred, avoid frying, deep-frying, burning, baking, smoking and pickling foods.
④Increase the intake of fish, lean meat, soy products, fresh vegetables, fruits and other foods rich in high-quality protein and carbohydrates.
⑤ It is advisable to eat more tomatoes, corn, carrots and other foods rich in vitamin A.
⑥Increase the number and quantity of drinking and eating to increase the secretion and excretion of bile and reduce the inflammatory reaction and bile stasis.
(7) Eat less fiber-rich foods such as daikon, celery, etc. to avoid increasing gastrointestinal motility due to difficulty in digestion, which can trigger biliary colic.
⑧ Avoid smoking and alcohol, and spicy and stimulating cold food. Such as chili, mustard.