Why do women always suffer from gallstones?

Women are more likely to suffer from gallstones than men because women are less likely to exercise and have problems with their diet, which can lead to obesity. Some women don’t like to eat breakfast and often skip meals in order to lose weight. These are the causes of gallstones in women, and the most important thing is that snacks after meals are the most important cause of gallstones. It is crucial to improve one's eating habits and living habits.

Women are more likely to have gallstones for the following reasons:

1. Prefer quietness and less movement. Many women, especially middle-aged women, tend to stay at home more often and have very little time for exercise. Over the years, the contraction force of their gallbladder muscles will inevitably decrease, making it more difficult to empty bile, which can easily lead to bile stasis and cholesterol crystallization, creating the conditions for the formation of gallstones.

2. Obesity. Many women usually like to drink high-fat, high-sugar, and high-cholesterol beverages. The direct result of this habit is weight gain, and obesity is an important factor in gallstones. According to surveys, the incidence of gallstones in people who are more than 15% overweight has a 5 times higher incidence than that of normal people. Obese women over 40 years old are the most susceptible group to gallstones.

4. After-meal snacks. This phenomenon can be seen in many families: after dinner, the family sits quietly on the sofa, eating snacks, chatting and watching TV. This habit of sitting and eating snacks after meals is probably one of the reasons for the increasing incidence of gallstones in my country. When a person is in a curled up position, the intra-abdominal pressure increases and gastrointestinal motility is restricted, which is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of food and the excretion of bile. Sitting for a long time after a meal hinders the reabsorption of bile acid, resulting in an imbalance in the ratio of cholesterol to bile acid in the bile, and cholesterol is easily deposited.