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Originally Posted by Rtsmme4life
I would love to know what suppliments you are taking. I cant seem to find anything to help me since I had mine out and would love any advice!
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Sure, I'd be happy to tell you what I take --
500 mg of Magnesium and 2 Potassium Gluconate caplets that are 99 mg each -- I take these because it's common for people with no gallbladder to be deficient in Magnesium, and the Potassium helps with Magnesium absorption. I call them my "mental health pills", because before I went to the naturopathic doctor in February, I was having all kinds of weird spaciness in my head, and just a couple of days after I started on the Magnesium/Potassium combo (the first change I made), the weird spacey floating feeling was gone.
I also take Digestive Enzymes -- the ones I take now are 100% vegan/plant based -- however, I used to take these ones that were made with ox bile -- they are supposed to be more effective, but the thought of ox bile just grossed me out so I switched
-- this is for bile production and overall digestion
Probiotics / Acidophilus -- also for bile production and overall digestion
Turmeric -- increases the bile flow in the liver
EFA's -- Essential Fatty Acids -- also increases bile flow in the liver
I also take a bunch of other things -- C, E, D3, St. John's Wort, Ginkgo, Ginseng, Cranberry Fruit, B Complex, Ultra Minerals, Spirulina, Olive Leaf, Horse Chestnut, for other reasons.....
Another thing I do is that I try to avoid processed food as much as possible -- I read food labels, and if it's full of things that I can't pronounce and have no idea what they are, I avoid it. I used to eat a lot of Hamburger Helper, made with ground turkey, but no more. I found out that without a gallbladder, your body has trouble digesting processed foods. So I eat mostly whole "real" food ...
After I saw the naturopathic doctor, I did my own research -- I spent several days just digging around at various websites, learning as much as I could about gallbladders and the lack thereof, and then started eliminating things from my diet -- it was definitely trial and error, and I am still learning. For instance, I have finally just figured out that pasta makes me "pass gas" -- I eat it anyway in limited quantities because I am Italian and I can't imagine living without it, but I can expect the resulting flatulence after eating it.
Another thing I learned from that research is that many doctors really don't know what they are talking about regarding living without a gallbladder -- some may tell you to eat a low fat diet, but some say that you can eat normally -- and then when you start having all the digestive problems and head spaciness like I did, they prescribe pharmaceutical drugs to treat the symptoms. In my opinion there is absolutely no reason to take any drugs for this -- it can all be controlled by diet and supplements -- it just may take some trial and error to find what works for you.