What dietary factors are important in Gallstones?
For prevention and treatment of gallstones, increase intake of vegetables, fruits, and dietary fiber, especially the gel-forming or mucilaginous fibers as found in flaxseed, oat bran, guar gum, and pectin; reduce consumption of saturated fats, cholesterol, sugar, and animal proteins; avoid all fried foods; and drink at least 6 eight-ounce glasses of water each day to maintain the proper water content of the bile. Radishes increase the flow of bile helping to maintain a healthy gallbladder, however individuals with gallbladder disease should not consume large amounts of this vegetable. Food allergies have long been known to trigger gallbladder attacks. A 1968 study revealed that 100 percent of a group of patients with gallstones were free from symptoms while they were on a basic elimination diet (consisting of beef, rye, soybean, rice, cherry, peach, apricot, beet, and spinach). Foods that induced symptoms of gallstones, in decreasing order of their occurrence, were egg, pork, onion, fo
