Poor dietary habits are strongly associated with the occurrence of gallstones. People who have long been addicted to fatty foods, dairy and other high-fat foods will have a significant increase in blood lipids, leading to an increase in bile secretion and high saturation of cholesterol in the bile, which can easily form stones. For example, cream, butter, animal liver, fish eggs, fatty meat, etc. contain a lot of fat and should be eaten sparingly. In addition, people who have irregular meal times have irregular bile secretion and are more likely to form stones. Therefore, breakfast, lunch and dinner should be eaten at a fixed time, and eat more food fiber, which has the function of reducing cholesterol in the blood. It can prevent the occurrence of cholesterol stones. Shanghai Oriental Hospital Gallstone Specialist Cai Jingli Not eating breakfast can also cause gallbladder stones When people fast in the morning, the saturation of cholesterol in the bile in the gallbladder is higher. In the case of normal breakfast, due to the contraction of the gallbladder, cholesterol is excreted with bile, while food stimulates bile secretion, resulting in a lower saturation of cholesterol in the remaining bile in the gallbladder, which makes it less likely to form stones. If you don’t eat breakfast, due to the long fasting time, the storage time of bile in the gallbladder is too long, resulting in the supersaturation of cholesterol in the bile, which in turn causes cholesterol deposition and gradually forms stones. Therefore, we should understand the importance of eating breakfast on time. Eating more soy products generally does not cause gallbladder stones? Soy products contain essential amino acids similar to animal protein, and also contain calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals needed by the body, as well as vitamins Bl, B2 and fiber. However, soy products do not contain cholesterol (excluding fried soy products). Therefore, the consumption of soy products is not directly related to the occurrence of gallbladder stones, but rather the rich protein and unsaturated fatty acids in soy products have a cholesterol-lowering effect.