What are the dietary taboos for gallstones?

The core dietary taboo for gallstone patients is to consume a large amount of high-fat and high-cholesterol foods in a short period of time. In addition, they should avoid highly irritating, cold or hot foods. Some metabolically sensitive people should also pay attention to reducing the intake of high oxalic acid and gas-producing foods. I just met a 28-year-old female patient a while ago. She had gallstones that had been asymptomatic for more than two years after a physical examination. Last week, she ate three pieces of fried pork chops, half a portion of cheese-baked sweet potatoes, and drank two cups of iced milk tea. She suffered from biliary colic in the middle of the night and was sent to the emergency room. The stone was directly stuck in the cystic duct. In the end, she had to have her gallbladder removed in the emergency room.

In fact, it does not mean that you should not touch oily things at all. The pitfall that many people easily fall into is that they should avoid eating anything and even boiled vegetables without oil. This will cause the bile to be unable to be emptied regularly, and the stones will grow bigger. You usually stir-fry clean vegetables with a small amount of olive oil and tea seed oil. As long as you don’t feel tightness in the right abdomen or back pain after eating, it is completely fine.

There is also a lot of controversy about whether eggs can be eaten. Many old opinions say that gallstones must not touch eggs. Now clinically, this is no longer so absolute: if you don’t feel uncomfortable at all after eating boiled eggs or steamed egg custard, eating a complete egg a day can help evacuate bile regularly and reduce the risk of acute attacks of stones.； Only those who have poor cholesterol metabolism and feel bloating in their right abdomen immediately after eating fried eggs or tea eggs need to temporarily avoid egg yolks or processed egg products.

There are also some small details that you should pay attention to in daily life. For example, when gathering during festivals and festivals, don’t stare at the fat lamb rolls, braised pork, and braised pork intestines. You should also avoid spicy and cold food such as spicy hot pot and ice beer. When the biliary tract is stimulated and contracts, the stones that have been staying in the gallbladder can easily get stuck in narrow places. The pain will make you sweat. As for foods with high oxalate, such as spinach and asparagus, and foods that are easy to produce gas, such as beans and sweet potatoes, whether you should avoid these foods depends entirely on your body's reaction. If you feel bloated and uncomfortable in the right abdomen every time you eat, eat less. If there is no reaction, just eat normally. There is no need to block out the taboo lists on the Internet, which may lead to malnutrition.