STOP Doing Gallbladder Flushes with Olive Oil
Summary
TLDRThis script narrates a personal experience with a gallbladder flush using olive oil, lemon juice, and beet tablets, which mistakenly led to the consumption of bile salts instead of gallstones. It explains the importance of bile in preventing gallstone formation and the role of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas in digestion. The speaker debunks myths about high-fat diets causing gallstones and highlights factors that decrease bile production, such as estrogen, low-fat diets, stress, insulin resistance, and cholesterol-lowering medications, thus increasing the risk of gallstones.
Takeaways
- 🍋 Lemon juice and apple cider vinegar are beneficial for breaking down stones and promoting bile production.
- 💊 The person in the transcript mistakenly thought that consuming olive oil, lemon juice, and beet pills would flush out gallstones, but this was a misconception.
- 🚫 Gallstones do not float; they are solid and typically sink, contrary to what was observed in the transcript.
- 🌿 The green balls seen in the toilet were actually bile salts, not gallstones, indicating that the 'cleanse' flushed out bile instead.
- ⚠️ Losing bile increases the risk of gallstone formation because bile is needed to emulsify cholesterol and prevent stone crystallization.
- 🚰 The liver produces bile, which is stored and concentrated in the gallbladder before being released into the small intestine to aid in fat digestion.
- 🔁 A gallbladder flush or cleanse can actually increase the risk of gallstones by depleting bile salts.
- 🍗 High-fat diets do not necessarily cause gallstones; it's the balance between cholesterol and bile that matters.
- 🤰 Estrogen can inhibit bile production and release, putting women at higher risk for gallstones, especially during pregnancy or when using birth control pills.
- 🥗 A low-fat diet can also increase the risk of gallstones because fatty acids are needed to stimulate bile production.
- 💊 Medications like prednisone and conditions that cause high cortisol or insulin levels can affect bile production and increase gallstone risk.
- 🍽️ Fatty acids, protein, and hydrochloric acid from the stomach trigger the release of bile, whereas carbohydrates do not.
Q & A
What is the purpose of the gallbladder and how does it function?
-The gallbladder is a sac that stores bile produced by the liver. It concentrates the bile which is then released into the small intestine to help break down fats with the aid of pancreatic enzymes like lipase.
What is the role of bile in the body and why is it important?
-Bile is crucial for emulsifying cholesterol to prevent it from crystallizing and forming stones. It also aids in the digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins.
Why did the person in the script almost choke on beet pills?
-The beet pills solidified in the person's throat, causing a blockage that made it difficult to breathe, which is a dangerous situation known as choking.
What misconception did the person in the script initially have about gallstones?
-The person believed that drinking a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice, and taking beet tablets would flush out gallstones. However, they later realized that what they saw were not stones but bile salts.
What is the actual composition of gallstones and why do they form?
-Gallstones are typically composed of a super concentrated amount of cholesterol with a low amount of bile salts. They form when bile salts are insufficient to emulsify the cholesterol, leading to crystallization.
How does a gallbladder flush or cleanse potentially increase the risk of forming gallstones?
-A cleanse that depletes bile can increase the risk of gallstone formation because bile is necessary to emulsify cholesterol and prevent stone formation.
What are some factors that can decrease bile production and increase the risk of gallstones?
-Factors include high estrogen levels, low-fat diets, stress-induced cortisol, insulin resistance, fatty liver, chronic diarrhea, and the use of cholesterol-lowering medications like statins.
Why does a high-fat diet not necessarily cause gallstones?
-A high-fat diet can actually trigger the release of bile, which helps in digestion and prevents stone formation. The key is having enough bile to emulsify the cholesterol.
What is the role of carbohydrates in the context of bile release and gallstone formation?
-Carbohydrates do not trigger the release of bile or the contraction of the gallbladder. It is the intake of fats, proteins, and hydrochloric acid from the stomach that stimulate bile release.
What are bile salts and why are they important in preventing gallstones?
-Bile salts are components of bile that help emulsify fats and cholesterol, preventing their crystallization into stones. They are considered a top remedy for gallstones.
What advice does the script give regarding the consumption of olive oil, lemon juice, and apple cider vinegar?
-While olive oil is healthy, it should not be consumed in large quantities like 12 ounces at once. Lemon juice and apple cider vinegar are beneficial for promoting bile production and breaking down stones.
Outlines
🍋 Misadventure with Gallbladder Flushing
The narrator recounts a personal experience attempting a gallbladder flush using olive oil, lemon juice, and beet tablets to expel gallstones. They mistakenly believed that the green balls they observed in the toilet were stones, only to later realize these were bile salts. The narrator explains that gallstones are actually solid and do not float, and that the flush may have increased their risk of stone formation by depleting bile. They further detail the role of bile in the digestive process, the function of the liver and gallbladder, and the importance of bile in emulsifying cholesterol to prevent stone formation.
🚫 Risk Factors for Gallstone Formation
This paragraph delves into the risk factors for gallstone development, starting with the impact of estrogen, which can inhibit bile production, putting pregnant women, those on birth control, and hormone replacement therapy at risk. The narrator dispels the myth that a high-fat diet causes gallstones, instead explaining that a low-fat diet can actually increase the risk due to reduced bile release. Stress-induced cortisol, insulin resistance, and fatty liver disease are also identified as contributing factors. The narrator highlights the importance of bile for cholesterol management and mentions that chronic diarrhea, gastric bypass, and cholesterol-lowering drugs like statins can decrease bile production, thereby increasing the risk of gallstones. The paragraph concludes with a recommendation to watch a video on bile salts for further understanding.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Gallbladder
💡Gallstones
💡Olive Oil
💡Lemon Juice
💡Beet Pills
💡Bile
💡Bile Salts
💡Cholesterol
💡Estrogen
💡Insulin Resistance
💡Statins
Highlights
The individual attempted a gallbladder flush with olive oil, lemon juice, and beet tablets to remove gallstones.
Beet pills solidified in the throat, causing a near-fatal choking incident.
The person believed they had flushed out gallstones, but they were actually bile salts.
Gallstones do not float; they are dense and sink, contrary to the individual's initial belief.
The gallbladder flush may have increased the risk of stone formation by depleting bile salts.
Bile is essential for emulsifying cholesterol and preventing stone formation.
The liver produces bile, which is stored and concentrated in the gallbladder for later use.
Bile is released into the small intestine to aid in fat digestion with the help of pancreatic enzymes.
Fatty acids, protein, and hydrochloric acid from the stomach trigger the release of bile.
Carbohydrates do not trigger the gallbladder to release bile, unlike fats and proteins.
A high-fat diet does not necessarily cause gallstones if bile production is adequate.
Purified bile salts are a top remedy for gallstones, suggesting bile's importance in prevention.
Estrogen can inhibit bile production, increasing the risk of gallstones, especially in pregnant women and those on hormone therapy.
A low-fat diet may increase the risk of gallstones due to reduced bile production and release.
Stress, cortisol, and insulin resistance can negatively affect bile production and increase gallstone risk.
Diabetics and overweight individuals are at higher risk for gallstones due to insulin-related factors.
Loss of bile through chronic diarrhea or gastric bypass surgery can lead to gallstone formation.
Statins, which lower cholesterol, can also reduce bile production and increase the risk of gallstones.
Olive oil is healthy in moderation, but consuming large quantities may not be advisable.
Lemon juice and apple cider vinegar are beneficial for promoting bile production and breaking down stones.
Transcripts
never forget this is years ago
but i was doing this gallbladder
flush to flush out all my stones because
um i read something where you can drink
olive oil lemon juice
and take beet tablets
to flush out hundreds of gallstones
right and clean your body of these toxic
stones
so i poured this it might have been i
don't know 18 ounces but it could have
been 12 ounces but this huge glass of
olive oil okay
and i put about two ounces of lemon
juice in it
and then i had a handful of beet pills
okay
so i figured i'd just go ahead and do it
all together so i chugged down the beet
pills
slugged down the olive oil slash lemon
juice
and laid on my right side but before i
could lay on my right side these beet
pills solidified
in my throat
and i couldn't breathe so i almost
died i don't know if you've ever had
this sensation where you ate something
and it kind of got stuck in your throat
and you couldn't breathe
that's what happened so i panicked and i
finally relaxed and i got it through
and then i laid on my right side for
about a half hour and what was supposed
to happen was the gallbladder supposed
to flush all these stones out so to make
a long story short um
in the toilet
i noticed these round little green balls
and i'm like wow it worked i flushed out
all these stones so at the time i didn't
know much about health okay i just i was
just doing all sorts of cleanses to try
to help my body but here's the thing you
need to know
stones don't float okay i mean these
gallstones are rocks
they sink and
what i was really looking at
was these little
balls of
bile salts okay so what this so-called
cleanse did is flush out my bile okay so
i i got rid of all my bile and by the
way as i'm about to teach you when you
lose your bile you increase your risk
for getting
stones
so a gallbladder stone is created when
you have a super concentrated amount of
cholesterol
with a low amount of bile
normally the bile is supposed to
emulsify the cholesterol and keep things
thinned so it doesn't form into a stone
it doesn't crystallize but when you
don't have enough bile salts because of
a cleanse like this or other reasons and
then you develop stones
so this gallbladder slash gallstone
flush
actually increased my risk of getting
stones so let me just explain something
you have the liver okay
which makes bile
the bile is then released through these
little tubes called ducts
okay and it starts to drain into this
thing called gallbladder and the
gallbladder is a sac that holds bile it
doesn't make bile it holds the bile and
so the bile can be concentrated so the
next time you eat it can be contracted
and that bile can be released into the
small intestine
so it can start to help to break down
fats and with the help of the pancreas
that then comes in with certain enzymes
like lipase
to break it down to a even smaller level
so it can be absorbed so you need
everything functioning in the liver and
gallbladder and the pancreas to make
everything work right and so there is
also a hormone that causes this
contraction of the gallbladder and so
what triggers the hormone that contracts
the gallbladder are
fats okay fatty acids
protein
and
hydrochloric acid
from your stomach because you just ate
so every time you eat you actually have
this release of this bile that's going
to help you start extracting
fat soluble vitamins omega-3 fatty acids
and other fatty acids now if you have
not noticed
carbohydrates
do not help you release bile they're not
a trigger for the contraction of the
gallbladder so what does that mean it
means basically if you're doing like a
lot of carbs you're not getting the help
of the gallbladder too much it's more
the fat the protein and also
hydrochloric acid now a really common
confusion about gallstones is that
people think that eating a high-fat diet
will cause gallstones well it all
depends on what's happening with your
bile if you're producing enough bile
with the fat you're fine but fat in
itself
causes a release of bile not the
formation of a stone and let me just
tell you again a stone is formed when
you have too much concentrated
cholesterol and not enough bile salts
one of the top remedies for gallstones
is taking purified bile salts so instead
of asking the question what causes a
gallstone a better question would be
what decreases our bile
production and release and so i'm going
to go down the list okay number one
estrogen
estrogen
can inhibit
bile from being produced and released
this is why women who are pregnant who
have a lot of estrogen are at risk for
getting gallstones this is why women who
take birth control pills or start taking
hormone replacement therapy specifically
estrogen replacement therapy
are at risk for gulf stones this is why
women who are estrogen dominant tend to
get more gallstones
than if they're not estrogen dominant
now the next thing that can cause a
decreased bioproduction is very
interesting it's a actually being on a
low-fat diet so if you're a vegan and
you don't consume much fat or you're
just on a low-fat diet your risk for
gallstones are going up because it's the
fatty acids that help you produce and
release
bile so the myth of eating too much fat
will cause gallstones is
just a myth all right the next thing
that will affect your bile production is
having too much cortisol from stress or
prednisone okay a lot of people with
inflammatory conditions are taking
prednisone
uh synthetic version of cortisol and
that can increase the risk of gallstones
all right number four and this is very
important too much insulin
or
insulin resistance
or
a fatty liver which usually comes from
that
and if you have a fatty liver you can't
produce as much bile because there's not
as much liver to produce the bile
but insulin in general and insulin
resistance which usually happen at the
same time
is a very common cause of
lowered bile production this is why a
diabetic has an increased risk of
getting gallstones this is why people
that are overweight are more at a risk
for a gallstone and this is why people
who eat too many carbs are at risk for
getting a gallstone all right next thing
on the list is a loss of bile let's say
you have chronic diarrhea
that is going to cause a loss of bile or
you had gastric bypass
which you're going to be at risk for
getting gallstones because you're doing
a bypass of your intestine
stomach and that's going to decrease
bile and this last one is actually
fascinating
bile is made from cholesterol so
anything that lowers cholesterol like
statins will put you at risk for having
lowered bile and increasing the risk of
gallstones so i hope this increased your
awareness
of gallstones in general and what you
should and should not do but i just want
to mention olive oil is extremely
healthy to consume but probably not in
large quantities like drinking like 12
ounces not the best idea now lemon juice
and apple cider vinegar are really good
for not only breaking down stones and
producing more bile
but gallstones as well as kidney stones
and i think the best video for you to
watch right now is
my video on bile salts it's actually
quite interesting check it out i put it
right here
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