> 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.
That is very interesting, I never heard of that.
 > 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.
Sorry to hear about your mother.  I can go with the gallbladder having 
anticarinogen effects, but the jury is still out on coenzyme Q-10, just lot 
all other food supplements.  I am sure it wasn't the absence of coemzyme Q-10 
that didn't save your mom's life.  I did worked for a while on a cardiac 
unit, which did a lot of teaching before discharge on diet, supplemtents, 
activity, and medications.  None of the doctors prescribed coenzyme Q-10.
Best of luck to you.
Maryann
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