Gallstones Diet Sheet

Among the many organs of the human body, the gallbladder is a very important organ that aids the process of digestion, especially in the smaller intestine. Though the gallbladder is always said to be an important organ, it is also a non-vital organ. You may have heard of many cases where the gallbladder has been removed for some or the other reason like gallstones or infection.

Functions of the Gallbladder
The basic function of this organ is to store the bile that is produced by the liver. The gallbladder is located between the gallbladder fossa, that lies near the concavity of the liver. An average gallbladder measures about 8 cm in length and has a diameter of about 4 cm. The neck of the gallbladder is a part of the binary tree and is connected to the cystic duct. The cystic duct is connected to the common hepatic duct. The whole connection is known as the common bile duct.

The functioning of the gallbladder is very simple. The gallbladder is capable of storing about 50 ml of bile that has been produced by the liver. When the food containing fat travels down into the digestive system, the bile then emulsifies the fats. As it is stored in the gallbladder, over a period of time, the potential and concentration of the bile considerably increases. The enzymes and bile digest the food in the smaller intestine.

The function of gallbladder may look totally simple, however, gallstones are formed when this gallbladder stops functioning properly.

Medical experts have the notion that gallstones are basically caused as a result of variable factors such as body chemistry, moment of the gallbladder, influence of body and most important of all, cholesterol. The gallstones are basically classified into two types, namely, the ones occurring from erythropoietic protoporphyria and the ones occurring as a result of concentration of cholesterol in the bile, which reduces the quantity of bile fats that causes the formation of the gallstones. Medical science has not established any concrete connections between the formation of gallstones and intake of low fiber and high cholesterol diets. However, the following gallstones diet sheet that helps in guiding one in reducing cholesterol intake, has certainly helped gallstone patients by relieving their pain to a great extent.

To know more about gallbladder related diseases, you may refer to gallbladder diseases.

Gallstones Diet Sheet
The following gallstones diet sheet would help you to reduce down the consumption of cholesterol and would also help you to make the best diet for gallstones. The gallstones diet list, if followed regularly and with very good discipline, would help you to prevent your gallstone from growing bigger and would also help you to get your gallstone dissolved or removed quickly.

Type of Food	Foods to be Avoided	Foods to Be Included
Fats and Oils/All types of Fats and Cholesterols	Butter, margarine, cheese, vegetable oil, all types of cooking oils, lard, suet, grease & fat form meat	Low fat cooking oils, all types of healthy cooking oils
Meat and Fish	Fatty Meat, oily fish, corned beef or tinned meat	Red meat, fat free meat and white fish
Milk and Dairy Products	Full cream milk, fat filled cheese, yogurt and cheese	Semi-skimmed and fully skimmed milk and milk products, low fat cheese and yogurt
Bakery Products	Creamed biscuits, cakes and pastries	Rice cakes, low-fat biscuits, scones, tea cakes & crumpets
Desserts	Fruit pies, high fat ice-creams and puddings	low fat yogurts, jelly, sugar and fat free ice creams, fruits and rice puddings

You may also use this table to make your own gallstone diet plan and have a less painful ordeal. The key to make the gallstones diet sheet is to maintain discipline and be regular. To know more about the gallstone related diets read more on Post Gallbladder Removal Diet and Gallbladder Surgery Diet. Have a speedy recovery!