Let's start from a point of not knowing.

Question: Are these sterols common to all oils?

I would say yes in varying amounts.

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Then, you make an interesting point:

"they are making their gallbladder work by getting some oil in their system. This causes the gallbladder to contract keeping the bile from becoming stagnant, which does increase the risk of real stone formation."

You are describing the process, right there.
The gallbladder contracts. "keeping the bile from becoming stagnant". That clearly implies it is being forced out. If stagnant bile has created real stone formation. Then not only is the stagnant bile being forced out so is whatever solidified subtances have been created.

You have just contradicted your own argument.

Not at all. First of all the person would actually have to have gallstones to begin with, which is seldom the case. Secondly, just because some solids MAY be present, this does not mean they will pass in the liquid. It all depends on size. Most real gallstones are way too large to pass through the bile ducts even if they are dilated with the magnesium sulfate. This is simple common sense!!! If I drop a bowling ball in a water tank with a 4" outlet pipe and I try to flush the tank do you really think the bowling ball is going to pass through that 4" pipe?

 Hveragerthi

You state that:

"What are being passed are not real gallstones. They are formed by a reaction between the sterols in the olive oil and cholesterol, which form an insoluble complex that looks like gallstones."

I just wonder if you know this to be fact, or if you have merely read it some place. That you so confidently make your assertion suggests first-hand experience and not just heresay. Please elaborate on your own experiences with these flushes.

Regards

First of all real gallstones sink unlike these so-called stones that are floaters.

Secondly, someone posted that they actually had these tested by a lab and foudn that they WERE NOT gallstones. So do you have a lab report to the contrary?

Liver flushes specifically brought me back to health. Don't know why, don't care. It is what it is.

And they can also force a real stone in the bile ducts where they can lodge and require emergency surgery. Funny how the promoters of the "flushes" fail to mention this fact. 

There are simple ways to dissolve real stones and to support the gallbladder such as bitters, lecithin granules, avoiding estrogen and progesterone drugs and supplements, getting plenty of fiber in the diet, and making sure to get SMALL doses of good oils in the diet on a regular basis to prevent bile stagnation. All without risking a trip to the operating room.