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Eat your bitters first!: In France, as my grandmother taught me as a child (she was 100% French,) you are always served your bitter foods first (like endive in salad which I hated as a child.) That is because bitter tastes stimulate the gall bladder to release bile, which is necessary to digest the fat within the main course foods. I’ve noticed that this is beneficial to all blood types, but most especially Blood Type A and people over the age of 40. As we age, we produce less digestive juice of all kinds so foods are just harder to process.

What happens when the gallbladder is sick? We experience signs such as:

Anorexia or bulimia
Belching
Bloating
Chest pain
Constipation
Dizziness
Enlarged abdomen
Gas and indigestion
Hiccoughs
Intestinal pain
Loose bowels
Nausea even at the thought of eating high fat foods
Nightmares
Pain on the right side of the lower rib cage
Pain under the right scapula (shoulder blade)
Skipping heart beat

In veterinary school, they taught us that the gallbladder is known as the “great masquerader” as when something is wrong with it, there is such a wide variety of symptoms. Here's a picture of the gallbladder location (Right side a bit off the center of the body and just under the bottom ribs.)

Supplements you can take to stimulate the release of bile include Angostura Bitters (you can get this at the liquor store because it is an ingredient of bar drinks) and Choline.

I like Choline because it makes the bile more liquefied so that it passes easier through the bile duct (which is really small and can get irritated and blocked thus causing gall bladder “attacks.”) It also helps with brain function and helps prevent “brain fog.”

One supplement I use to dissolve gallstones is Hydrangea Root. When the pain is great and you are having a gall bladder attack though, you should go to the emergency room and get painkillers! Most people can dissolve the stones with the Hydrangea root, but occasionally a stone will get lodged in the bile duct (the duct that empties the gall bladder liquid into the small intestine where it can bind with dietary fats and absorb them). Here's a picture of a gall bladder filled with stones. Many doctors believe that if you are over the age of 40, you have gall stones. Hmmmm.

Another fascinating tidbit of information is that the gallbladder energy meridian runs down the back of the knee. The gallbladder is the first organ to show signs of trouble on this meridian. If you don’t it fixed, many people end up having their gall bladder removed, but that doesn’t fix the energy disruption at all. Then, twenty years later, the knees get so bad that often a knee replacement is in order. My theory is that if you can keep your gallbladder healthy, you will never need a knee replacement.

Bon Appétit!

Helpful Links:

Pictures of a Gall Bladder removal surgery: http://www.arachnis.com/drsastry/pictour.htm
Picture of gall bladder with stones (above): http://www.curezone.com/image_gallery/gallbladder_removed/
Good gall bladder attack link showing location of gallbladder: http://www.gallbladderattack.com/gallbladder.shtml
Liver/Gall Bladder Flush Technique: http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/HealingTechniques/LiverGallBladderFlush.htm

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