Avoiding Colon Cancer Is Easier Than You Think [Episode #11]

Not Just Extra Parts

“You don’t need it.”  

“It doesn’t really do anything.”  

“We can just take that out.”

Let’s talk about your gall bladder—what it does and why it’s not just an “extra part” that can be done away with at the first hint of something gone awry.  

While it’s true gall bladder attacks can be excruciating experiences and that there are times when the gall bladder is so diseased that immediate removal is not only necessary, but a blessing, these situations are the exception, not the rule.  With 600,000 cholecystectomies performed every year, it behooves us to know when true crisis care is unavoidable and when we can rely on that “forbidden doctor” inside us to bring about healing and wholeness to the body.   

The gall bladder is to bile what the urinary bladder is to urine—it’s a holding tank.  Your liver produces approximately a quart of bile per day, and the gall bladder holds it until it’s called upon to spit out the exact amount needed when the fat you eat reaches the small intestine.  It is an integral part of the disassembly process to break down food into its usable components.  

So what happens when you have your gall bladder removed?  

First of all, just like without a urinary bladder you would experience some… ahem… embarrassing dripping of fluids, without a gall bladder to act as a holding tank for bile, it will constantly drip into the small intestine, unchecked.  Because more bile is produced at some times than others, you will at times digest fats with ease but may encounter discomfort at times of low production.  This inhibits your body’s ability to emulsify fats and to utilize fat-soluble vitamins necessary for the health of every system.  In addition, that constant flow of bile into the small intestine creates an alkaline environment, which puts you at significant risk of colorectal issues, including but not limited to cancer.  

So what can we do to keep the gall bladder in good health, and if we’ve already had it removed, how can we protect the body from serious repercussions?  

Plant and animal foods have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years.  Many, such as beets, milk thistle, dandelion, and gentian, are ideal for decongesting the liver, which goes a long way to establishing healthy gall bladder function.  Eating what you crave—fats, salts, protein—also gives the gall bladder ample opportunity to practice spitting out healthful doses of bile, exactly what it was created to do.  Now if you don’t have a gall bladder, it is imperative that you supplement with bile salts, lactic acid yeast wafers for an acidified colon, and those fat-soluble vitamins we talked about, which are crucial to the health of all body systems.  

So educate yourself!  Do your research, consult that forbidden doctor within, and provide your body with the necessary and beneficial nourishment it craves in order to heal.  After all, the body is set to restore and rebuild—not to degenerate.  That gall bladder is there for a reason.  It’s not just an “extra part!”  Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. 

What you will learn in this episode:

 

What part of you that you need to keep to avoid colon cancer. How we helped a patient turn her gangrene gall bladder into a healthy gall bladder in 11 months. Why we are asking doctors the wrong questions, and what are the right ones to ask. What does the gall bladder do and why it is best friends with your liver. Why the pancreas is so important. FAT IS GOOD FOR YOU. Cleanses? Paleo diets? Broth before meals? Acidic versus Alkaline? How you have the biggest disassembly line in the world inside of you. Why it’s so important to simply eat what you crave. What happens to your body when a gall bladder is removed. Why it is so critical to emulsify fats so you can break down all the fat-soluble vitamins (which, by the way, are all the vitamins except for two). We go there: talking stool, light colored stools, hard stools, impacted stools... The good news: the cells in the stomach or anything in the digestive tract turn over almost every day. Why those that get their gall bladders out have much more incidence of colon cancers and heart problems. How every cell in the body requires fat.

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