What can’t you eat if you have gallstones? Four dietary taboos for gallstones

Cholelithiasis is a digestive tract disease with a high incidence rate, especially in middle-aged people. Gallstones are closely related to our daily eating habits, so there are many dietary taboos in the treatment of gallstones. So what foods are not allowed to be eaten by people with gallstones?

What should you not eat if you have gallstones?

1. People with gallstones should not eat or eat as little hormone-containing foods and medicines as possible, especially female patients with gallstones. Stones are more common in women during menopause. Since high estrogen levels can reduce the contraction function of the gallbladder and hinder the excretion of bile, you should eat less hormone foods and drugs, and do not use estrogen products blindly.

2. Foods that people with gallstones should avoid are mainly foods with high cholesterol, such as animal hearts, livers, brains, intestines, egg yolks, preserved eggs, fish roe, and chocolate. Patients with gallstones should not eat high-fat foods, such as fatty meat, lard, fried foods, and oily pastries, because too much fat causes the gallbladder to contract and lead to pain.

3. Patients with gallstones should avoid overeating and drinking, because overeating will promote the secretion of large amounts of bile, and the strong contraction of the gallbladder will cause gallbladder inflammation, local colic, etc. Patients with gallstones should not eat spicy condiments such as chili pepper and pepper.

4. Patients with gallstones should avoid smoking, drinking alcohol, coffee, etc. These irritating foods will cause excessive stomach acid, violent contraction of the gallbladder, resulting in spasm of the sphincter of the bile duct opening, difficulty in bile excretion, and easily induce biliary colic.