Re: Eating garlic & onion dissolves cholesterol stones in mice

Gallstones form for the following reasons
bile contains too much cholesterol
or too much bilirubin
or not enough bile salts (a fat-dissolving detergent)
or when the gallbladder does not empty as it should for some other reason.

Some cholesterol gallstones, generally those that consist of more than 70% cholesterol can be dissolved by supplementing meal with bile salts or increasing the expulsion of cholesterol.

Most fibre rich foods will increase the expulsion of cholesterol by a significant amount providing that they is adequate bacteria in the colon the deal with it. It the bacteria isn't in a 'healthy' state or is inadequate to deal with fibre then this can lead to over fermentation which makes the situation worse, leading to poor cycling of bile salts.

All other lifestyle factor must be put in the mix. For the birth control pill can indirectly cause Gallstones because it interferes with the hormone oestrogen. Tweet