Never Get Your Gallbladder Removed

Do not get gallbladder removal surgery unless you have to! Learn more about gallbladder stones, gallbladder function, and the side effects of gallbladder removal. Find out why gallbladder removal isn’t the only solution!

In this video, we’re going to talk about why you should never get your gallbladder removed unless you absolutely positively need to. Today, I’m going to talk about six lies that the surgeons will tell you that you need to know the truth about. I’m also going to get into the best foods to consume if you have a gallbladder problem. Gallbladder removal is one of the most common surgeries done, especially in the US. And I think if I’m not mistaken, there’s over 3,000 gallbladder removal surgeries every single day in the United States.

What is the gallbladder and what does it do? Is it just this little sack that sits underneath your liver that stores bile? And the answer is no. It has a lot of important functions. First of all, the bile is made by the liver and then it trickles down a little tube and it gets stored in this little sack called the gallbladder.

Okay, so number one, the gallbladder is a storage of bile. Okay, and it’s a place where bile gets concentrated. Why do you need it to be concentrated? Well, because when you eat food, the gallbladder is supposed to contract and release all this bile to help you break down fats. Then the pancreas right here can release its enzymes to take it to the next level.

And I’m not just talking about fat. I’m talking about the fats soluble vitamins, vitamin A, D, E, K1, K2. I’m also talking about omega-3 fatty acids. To be able to extract any of that from your food, you’re going to need bile. And that’s one of the purposes of the gallbladder to concentrate it.

If you don’t have a gallbladder, your liver still makes it, but there’s no storage. it just trickles down this little tube into the small intestine. So, number one, that’s going to be an issue with your digestion and your ability to get these important fats. The second purpose of the gallbladder is it helps you regulate the bile release. So, that way you’re getting bile when you need it and not getting bile when you don’t need it.

The third thing that the gallbladder does is help you regulate excess cholesterol. Do you realize that the gallbladder and its bile are the primary uh regulators of excess cholesterol? And a lot of people have an issue with cholesterol, but they never check the gallbladder. Instead, they’re put on a medication. Next thing is an antimicrobial function in that gallbladder.

This concentrated bile helps break down certain bacteria and certain viruses. Also, the gallbladder in its bile helps control hunger. or it helps your blood sugar uh get regulated. Next one is detoxification. Uh the toxins that come from the liver uh get help from the bile to help get rid of these toxins.

Also, bile helps trigger one of the most powerful antioxidants that you have from your liver called glutathione. So, you can see the gallbladder is more than just a sack. The bile can also influence your thyroid because it can trigger your thyroid hormones to make them work better. This is why people with a hypothyroid problem that they end up taking more bile salts or or improving the bile salts, which I’m going to explain how to do, will then improve the function of the thyroid. And so, if you’re low on thyroid hormones, that could be the reason why you have gallbladder issues or even gall stones.

Gallstones are one of the big reasons why people remove the gallbladder. Well, what is a stone? A gall stone is a super concentrated cholesterol stone usually. Okay. So, it’s made from too much cholesterol.

So, should we just lower our cholesterol? Now, there’s another piece of the puzzle that you really need to know. It’s a high level of super concentrated cholesterol with a very low amount of bile salts and then that equals a formation of a gall stone. So in reality, stones come from a lack of bile. Let’s now get into certain lies surgeons will tell people that are absolutely not true.

But let’s start with number one. Uh there are no other options when you have a gallbladder issue. Right? Your gallbladder is killing you. You need to remove it.

There are no other options. That is a lie. There are other options. You have oral bile salts. That’s right.

Just taking bile salts. In one study I read 50% of the people had the gallstones dissolved within two years. In another study it was just under 80% within six to 12 months. There’s other forms of therapy too. Here’s one EDTA.

This is a chilator. A chelator means claw. And you could take it and it connects to calcium and other minerals and it locks it up and it pulls it out of the body. And I do want to emphasize this. The oral bile salts have very little side effects, especially compared to the removal of the gallbladder.

There’s also another alternative, mechanical extraction of the gall stone without taking the gallbladder out. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t do surgery under certain circumstances because it could be life-threatening. You need a complete informed consent where you know all of the options and all of the risks and all the side effects. And the last one is lithotripsy. This is using sound waves to break down the gallstone.

Number two, a gallbladder that makes gallstones is diseased. Is it really a disease or is it a symptom of something else? Does a doctor ever tell you what causes gallstones? Unfortunately, they don’t get a lot of information about food therapy, especially in relationship to how that affects the gallbladder and the bile release. And so, that’s why I’m doing this video.

Number three, you cannot prevent gallstones by the diet. So, let’s say for example, you’re getting some consultation with the doctor and you’re asking about diet and they tell you that u diet really doesn’t have a lot to do with it. Well, then I would ask them, what does cause gallstones, right? How can you be so convinced that the root cause of a gall stone can’t be related to the diet when the gallbladder in its bile is part of your digestive system? What else would cause that?

It’s kind of like common sense. Number four, removal of the gallbladder does not result in complications. Wow, that’s interesting because there are a lot of people that I’ve known in even in practice that had massive complications when they had their gallbladder removed. Even in one study, it was up to 40% of people who had their gallbladder out had at least one or more symptoms even up to 25 years after that extraction of the gallbladder. What are some of the common symptoms?

diarrhea, gastritis, depression, anxiety, increased risk of cancer. If you have your gallbladder removed, your risk of colon cancer goes up by 11%. The risk of liver cancer goes up by 60%. The risk of pancreatic cancer goes up by 22%. And the risk of bile duct cancer goes up by 45%.

And the question is why? Well, when you have the gallbladder removed, now we no longer have a regulation of that concentrated bile. But one of the big ones is bile acid malabsorption. That usually occurs because we have now a situation where we have excess bile draining from the liver into the small intestine. So now you’re put on a medication that tends to slow down the bile release.

And that’s not without side effects because now the side effects from that are constipation, a whole series of other issues. Number five, postc colisectomy syndrome is controversial. No, it’s not controversial. Look it up in Wikipedia. Uh there’s a lot of problems when they remove that gallbladder.

Number six, even if the gallstone results from pregnancy, you still need the surgery. Now, if someone tells you that, I would definitely get a second opinion because estrogen has a huge influence on the gallstone. And as soon as you get through your pregnancy and estrogen normalizes, is the gallstone going to stay there or is it going to go