BM>What's the purpose of having a gall bladder since I've been told (by my
BM>MD and other friends w/ medical knowledge) that I really don't need it
BM>and that my life without it will be as normal as before I had the gall
BM>bladder problems?  (talking about run-on sentences )
According to Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who shares his knowledge on a radio
talk show, the gall bladder stores bile so it can be released
at the proper time to mix with food.  This helps digestion, and
it also reduces the concentration of bile carcinogens in the
intestines.  Without one, bile drips continuously into the
intestine, usually undiluted by food, and increases the
probability of colon cancer.
I didn't learn this until several years after my mother's
gall bladder was removed.  She could have kept it; she didn't
feel any better without it.  Years later, she got colon cancer.
That was removed, but a few days later she died of congestive
heart failure.  Didn't know about coenzyme Q-10 in time, either.
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