Mon, Mar-25-02, 15:40
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145
BF:
Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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I gained a LOT of weight after my gallbladder removal (70+ pounds), but I attribute it to 3 pregnancies in 2 years and a serious case of post partum depression during which I self medicated with the "great white psychologist" aka the refrigerator. I was also not low carbing at the time, but following the standard ADA diet (high carb, low fat, moderate protein) as I'm also a diabetic. Surprisingly, there are few foods that I can't tolerate after my surgery, popcorn being the only one that I can think of, and I never develped the chronic diarrhea that my surgeon said was inevitable. The lack of a gall bladder has not seemed to affect my weight loss so far, and I can pretty much tolerate any level of fat consumption without any adverse affects. Is weight gain inevitable after a gall bladder removal? Only if you go low-fat/high carb (as they recommend that you do following gall bladder removal) and have a problem with insulin resistance and given that the standard gall bladder patient is "fair, fat and fortyish" as I learned in nursing school, I'd say that most gall bladder patients have insulin resistance. Many people DO have a problem with fat intake following a gall bladder removal, so perhaps they should follow a lower fat version of low carb (or as high as their bodies will tolerate).
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