Re: How much fat can you eat without a gallbladder?

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At 02:06 AM 4/2/2009, you wrote:

I figure increasing fat is my

best bet at gaining weight. However, I don't have a gallbladder. Pre-SCD,

I'd sometimes have problems with fatty things like french fries, but

maybe it was the potatoes and not the fat.

For you fellow gallbladderless people, how much fat can you tolerate in a

day?

Holly,

It's not uncommon to lose weight when you are shifting from rumen to

human digestion.

How much fat you can tolerate without a gallbladder is Yet Another of

Those Variables.

I had my gallbladder out the week I started SCD... I'd been ill for 2.5

months, and the idiot GP who was covered by our insurance precribed meds

for my back, creams for the skin lesions and the insane itching... and

never once LOOKED AT ME. He did finally send me to a skin specialist, who

took one look at my yellow skin, bright gold eyeballs, and ordered a

liver panel. When it came back, he said, " Gallbladder. Go directly

to a surgeon. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200... " This was a

Tuesday. On Friday, I had the gallbladder out, they gave me too much

anesthesia, and what was supposed to be same-day surgery turned into a

four-day stay.

If I tried to eat low-fat like Kim M. MUST, because of her GI issues, I'd

soon be doubled over in pain.

If Kim M. tried to eat my diet, which is 50-60% fat, SHE'D soon be

doubled over in pain.

If you intend to add fats to your diet, I would recommend that you do so

gradually, and have those fats be part of a whole food if you can, like

ripe avocados. Or whole-milk yogurt, building up to half-and-half

yogurt.

Are you keeping a food diary, of what you eat, when, and how much? If

not, start. If you have, trot out to FitDay.Com and get a free account

and start adding up how much you are actually eating in a day. Remember

that a woman needs 11 calories a day per pound of ideal weight just to

maintain the body... that's without including any exercise, or shopping

for food, or food prep, or whatever. (Guys, men require at least 15

calories per pound of ideal weight.)

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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