| When you have symptoms of gallstone problems, | | | | (excellent for your gallbladder), and the Red King, |
| it's difficult to focus on anything but solutions. One | | | | to name a few. Like the artichoke, radishes |
| of the keys to eliminating the pain is changing | | | | stimulate bile production and help break down fats |
| your diet. Five foods can start bringing gallbladder | | | | -- both of which are helpful if you have gallstone |
| relief quickly: | | | | pain. |
| - Apples: As the saying goes, "An apple a day, | | | | - Turmeric: This spice is often used in curry |
| keeps the doctor away." This certainly applies to | | | | dishes, giving it a vibrant orangish-yellow color. |
| your gallbladder health. Apples contain malic and | | | | Curcumin is turmeric's beneficial component that |
| tartaric acids which break down cholesterol. As | | | | decreases inflammation, destroys liver cancer |
| 80% of gallstones are made primarily of | | | | cells, and most importantly for the gallbladder, |
| cholesterol, apples can soften or help to dissolve | | | | dissolves gallstones. Note that the body can best |
| gallstones. This is why most liver and gallstone | | | | utilize turmeric when it is consumed along with |
| flushes advise eating apples or drinking organic, | | | | black pepper. |
| unfiltered apple juice for days before your flush. | | | | - Leafy Greens: Mothers around the world hound |
| - Artichokes: The artichoke is wonderful for your | | | | their children to eat their spinach, and for good |
| gallbladder. It encourages more bile production. | | | | reason. The health benefits of leafy greens like |
| This, in turn, can thin down the proportion of | | | | spinach go way beyond benefiting just your liver |
| cholesterol in your gallbladder which can help | | | | and gallbladder. Other greens such as mustard |
| dissolve gallstones. Artichokes simultaneously | | | | greens, collard greens, and kale are equally as |
| reduce cholesterol production by your liver. While | | | | effective. Greens contain chlorophyll, which helps |
| fun to eat the artichoke "meat" from the leaves, | | | | make the body more alkaline. Foods that are |
| it's often very slow. Artichoke hearts, of course, | | | | acidic in nature (meat, dairy products, sugar, |
| are much easier to eat. The easiest of all, though, | | | | grains, alcohol), leave an acidic ash in your body |
| is taking artichoke extract or supplements. | | | | that the liver must dispose. Eating greens reduces |
| - Radishes: There are several kinds of radishes in | | | | this residue, lessening the burden on the liver and, |
| the world. In North America, we often think of | | | | consequently, the gallbladder. |
| the Cherry Belle variety that is red on the outside | | | | If you or someone you know has gallstone pain, |
| and white in the inside and is about an inch in | | | | symptoms of gallbladder problems, or wants to |
| diameter; but, there are many other kinds: the | | | | learn about a healthy diet for gallstones, visit our |
| Daikon (originally from Japan), the Black Radish | | | | site for optimum, natural gall bladder health. |