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The incredible power of reversing inflammation

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The initial survey results are in–and they’re horrifying

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What you need to know about the DANGERS of weight loss and gallstones

The evidence is clear: The WAY you lose weight can determine whether or not you develop gallstones. Surprisingly, cutting calories and/or fat, as advised by many doctors, dietitians, and commercial weight loss programs, leaves you at high-risk for develop gallstones and gallbladder surgery.

The remedies to this dangerous situation are simple.

If you followed a low-fat and/or low-calorie diet, please take this brief survey from the Wheat Belly Blog.

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Clarity on omega-6 fatty acids

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A Survey: Diet and Gallstones

 

The evidence is clear: Reduce calories and/or reduce dietary fat to lose weight and you are at high-risk for developing gallstones, even within a few weeks of starting such a diet. Serial gallbladder ultrasound studies have repeatedly demonstrated this phenomenon. Among the studies documenting this effect:

The greater the reduction in calories, the greater the likelihood of gallstones and need for cholecystectomy
It doesn’t take much in the way of fat intake to avoid gallstone formation during weight loss
Summary of the studies documenting that higher fat intake prevents gallstones during weight loss

This happens for at least two reasons:

A reduction in calories and/or dietary fat causes bile stasis, i.e., accumulation of bile in the gallbladder since bile is not ejected to digest fats. Instead, bile stagnates, becomes supersaturated, and crystallizes, the process that leads to stone formation.
The lectin, wheat germ agglutinin, remains a part of the diet. Wheat germ agglutinin blocks the release of bile, once again leading to bile stasis.

I’d like to know if you developed gallstones during such low-calorie and/or low-fat diets, diet such as Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, etc. I am therefore posting a very brief 3-question survey to get a sense for how many people this happened to. Please respond if you have had gallstones or if you have not had gallstones on such diets.

Take the survey here. I shall be reporting back on the results of this survey near-future.

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Life, love, and health on the Wheat Belly grain-free lifestyle

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The Essential Microbiome: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

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Have butter every day

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The world’s best coffee creamer just got even better

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Celiac disease: Go beyond gluten-free for full restoration of health

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