What are the dietary taboos for gallbladder polyps?

There are no foods that must not be eaten for biliary polyps. For cholesterol polyps, which account for more than 90% of clinical cases, the core is to strictly limit the intake of high-cholesterol, high-oil, and high-sugar foods, and at the same time avoid risk factors such as alcohol and long-term irregular diet that can stimulate the growth of polyps. There are also certain differences in dietary requirements for different pathological types of polyps.

Last year, I met a young man who had just worked for two years. A 0.3cm gallbladder polyp was found during a physical examination. He didn't take it seriously. He still caught the subway in the morning and skipped breakfast. He only had crispy chicken rice with iced Coke at noon. He stayed up until midnight having skewers and drinking beer with friends on the weekends. Half a year later, the polyp had grown to 0.6cm during a follow-up examination. He was so frightened that he quickly signed up for a specialist.

Regarding the dietary taboos of gall polyps, the most controversial issue online is whether or not you can eat egg yolks and animal offal. Some people say you can’t touch them, while others say it’s fine if you eat them. In fact, it depends on the situation. If you have cholesterol polyps and your blood lipids are within the normal range, it is perfectly fine to eat whole eggs 1-2 times a week and take a few bites of braised pork liver occasionally, as long as you don't eat every meal. ； But if it is an adenomatous polyp, or the cholesterol itself exceeds the standard, then you should really try to avoid such high-cholesterol foods to reduce cholesterol deposition in the bile and avoid stimulating the polyps to grow larger.

In fact, instead of worrying about whether you can eat a certain food, what you need to pay more attention to is your long-term eating habits. Let’s just talk about skipping breakfast. Many office workers have this problem. The gallbladder has accumulated bile all night, and it is excreted to digest food when you should eat breakfast. As a result, if you don’t eat, the bile will be kept in the gallbladder, and the concentration will become higher and higher. Just like water in a kettle is repeatedly boiled, it will easily accumulate scale. These high-concentration bile repeatedly stimulates the gallbladder wall and polyps, which naturally makes the polyps grow larger.

Try to eat as little food as possible that is high in oil and sugar, such as full-sugar milk tea, deep-fried crispy pork, and fat lamb rolls. The more fat you eat, the harder your gallbladder will have to contract to expel bile for digestion. Each contraction is equivalent to rubbing against a polyp. Repeated stimulation is definitely not good. Also, it is really recommended not to touch alcohol if you can. No matter what type of polyps you have, alcohol will stimulate gallbladder contraction disorder, increase the metabolic burden on the liver, and indirectly make the composition of bile unhealthy, which is equivalent to providing "nutrients" for the growth of polyps.

The young man I just mentioned made adjustments for more than half a year. He got up 10 minutes early every day to eat a bun and drink a cup of soy milk. At noon, he tried to order stir-fried vegetables, lean pork, and steamed fish. Occasionally, he would eat a piece of fried chicken drumstick to relieve his cravings. He would not have it all at once like before. When he was reviewed last week, the polyps had shrunk to 0.4cm. The doctor said that if he kept it up, there would probably be no problems.