Improve Gallbladder Function with More Beets and Less Fiber

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Hello,

In the June 2006 issue of Dr. Alternatives Newsletter

(www.drdavidwilliams.com), he writes about how some gallbladder

problems (and problems digesting fat) are due to a body's insufficient

level of bile salts. To increase bile salts, he recommends eating

beets and reducing fiber. He says fiber binds to bile salts and washes

them out of the body.

A few days ago, I felt a gallbladder attack coming on and took his

advice. I ate a small can of beets (8 oz.) each day and stopped eating

Fiber One cereal, which contains 14 grams of fiber per serving (over

half the adult minimum daily requirement). This evening, after a fatty

lunch of salmon and a fatty dinner of hamburger, I experienced the

slightly painful but satisfying movement of whatever was stuck in my

gallbladder.

Has anyone heard of this advice on eating beets and reducing fiber to

increase the body's level of bile salts, which improves gallbladder

function? Does anyone follow it?

Thanks. Dave