What should not be eaten for cholecystitis? Pay attention to your diet

Cholecystitis is a common liver and gallbladder disease. The most important thing for patients with cholecystitis is to pay attention to their daily diet. They must not eat foods that are too greasy, high in cholesterol, easy to produce gas, or spicy and irritating, otherwise it will easily cause an attack of the disease.

1. Do not eat high-fat foods

Attacks of biliary diseases often occur in the evening or early morning after a full meal (especially greasy food). This is because a large amount of bile is required to digest fat. Patients with cholecystitis will experience pain when the gallbladder contracts rapidly due to gallbladder inflammation and the presence of gallstones. If there is stone obstruction, the colic will be more severe and accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Patients with chronic cholecystitis will experience dull pain and symptoms of indigestion after eating too much fat, such as belching, bloating, and aversion to greasy food. Therefore, the daily fat intake of patients with this disease should be limited to 40-50 grams. Fatty meat, fried eggs, lard, butter, cream, etc. should be avoided. It is best to eat vegetable oil.

2. Do not eat high cholesterol foods

The metabolism of cholesterol requires a lot of work from the liver. If the metabolism is incomplete, it will become an important raw material for stones. The main component of gallstones is 90% to 99% cholesterol, so limiting/consuming foods with high cholesterol content can adjust cholesterol metabolism disorders and prevent stone formation. Foods high in cholesterol mainly include animal offal, such as pig brain, cow brain, pig kidney, pig liver, duck liver, cow liver, sheep liver, pig stomach, pig heart, chicken and duck offal, etc. Others include clams, crab roe, crab, crucian carp, salted duck eggs, egg yolks, duck egg yolks, egg powder, soaked squid, dried shrimps, etc.

3. Do not eat gas-producing foods

Patients with cholecystitis often have their condition worsened due to bloating, so they must avoid or be cautious about foods that are easy to produce gas. These foods include soybeans, soy products, fried broad beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, celery, leeks, bamboo shoots, garlic sprouts, etc. Some of these crude fiber foods can also promote the production of cholecystokinin, leading to strong contraction of the gallbladder and causing colic.

4. Do not eat food that is too cold or too hot

Overheated food or soup, overcold food such as ice cream, iced drinks, iced coffee, and food just taken out of the refrigerator can cause spasm of the bile duct sphincter after ingestion, causing dull pain or colic in the gallbladder area. Therefore, patients with gallbladder disease should avoid eating too cold or too hot food.

5. Spicy and irritating foods such as alcohol, tea, coffee, chili, mustard, pepper, and Sichuan pepper can cause increased secretions of the stomach and duodenum, increase cholecystokinin, lead to spasm of the bile duct and sphincter, and obstruction of bile excretion, inducing biliary colic, so the above foods should be avoided.

6. Avoid eating acidic foods such as vinegar, bayberry, hawthorn, lemon, etc. Acidic foods can stimulate the stomach and duodenum to secrete cholecystokinin, thereby causing gallbladder contraction and inducing biliary colic.