Can I Keto without a gallbladder?

(J) #21

Regular keto. Lots of above ground veggies, animal proteins/fats, butter, avo oil, coconut oil, eggs, cheese, cream. Occasional handful of berries. Macros live something like 70% fat 20 or more %Protein, 8%CHO. My carb intake is generally somewhere between 20-40b total. Usually <20g net, but not always. Random blood ketones show therapeutic range. I go off plan from time to time for special occasions and am able to easily get back into nutritional ketosis in a day or so. I have no personal history of diabetes.

(Omar) #22

thanks for the reply

(Tammy Tenison) #23

My gallbladder was removed in 1996. It depends on the person. Some people do fine, others may need some bile acid factors or ox bile supplement to help. I took some from Jarrow for a while called “Bile Acid Factors” you can find on Amazon or search Ox Bile. But then I realized I was able to do just fine on my own. Your body adapts. Here is a video from Dr. Ken Berry in Tennessee who is a keto doc, explaining : https://youtu.be/36SU_31rNxE

Bottom line, just figure out how to make it work for you!

#24

Thanks, Adriana. Very helpful.

#25

This is encouraging.

#26

Thanks again for all your replies. I’m on day three and so far, so good! I feel like I’ve reached ketosis, and haven’t had any episodes. I’m wondering if I was blaming fats for my “issues” when carbs were the real culprit. I’d go out to breakfast and have eggs, bacon & pancakes, and would always blame the bacon & butter. Maybe it was the pancakes!

(back and doublin' down) #27

Could totally see this turning out to be the case! I’m almost 6 months keto now and will occasionally eat something more carbish, and the reflex and bloat are almost immediate. Fresh veggies (like a salad) do the same thing. I do mostly protein these days, with plenty of butter and some HWC in my coffee, moderate cheese and randomly will have cooked vegetables.

(Omar) #28

I learned the hard way that I can not eat green Leefs the way I did pre keto.

I done lots of reading trying to make it make sense.

It looks like the microbiom changes with diet.

I am as close as one can be to carnivore with almost zero carbs.

So defiantly I do not have the same bugs that can digest the fibers.

(back and doublin' down) #29

Hadn’t thought of it that way! I’m sure my gut biome isn’t as it was pre-keto, but also thinking I didn’t digest those raw foods well then either. Good to know I’m not the only one!

(Deborah ) #30

Glad to hear you’re doing well! My own personal experience follows (everyone is different).

I’ve been without a gallbladder for somewhere between 20-30 years (can’t remember exactly). Not long after having it removed, I discovered that eating anything fatty/greasy gave me HORRIBLE reflux, so on my dr.'s recommendation, have been taking generic Zantac (ranitidine) for years, which alleviated the problem.

I’ve been on keto since 5/19/18 with no gastric issues whatsoever. I never took any of the ox bile supplements or anything. As a matter of fact, I stopped taking the Zantac a couple of months ago, just to see what would happen, and no reflux. Yay!

Continued good luck on your keto journey!

(Linda) #31

I am extremely heartened by this thread, as I parted company with my gallbladder last Thursday. Turns out that issues I was blaming on my stomach were not my issues at all, or at least not all of them. Apparently Mr. Gallbladder was the reason that antacids, and treating for H-pylori over the last three years did so little to help.

My gallbladder had to jump up and down screaming and sending up flares before I could get a proper diagnosis in the ER.

I’m thinking I’m gonna be feeling better than I have in a rather long time.

And I’m gonna keep on keto, gallbladder or not. I have no intention of returning to being a diabetic morbidly obese person. Great thread here.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #32

Prayers ascending for a swift recovery! KCKO. :+1:

(Laura) #33

I have had no gallbladder since 92. At the time, no one recommended any additional supplements and I thought I had IBS all these years. Doing Atkins did not make it worse.

When I increased the fat this past fall, it was horrible. The fat was just running through me. So I did some research and started taking bile salts. It did take a week or so to start working fully, but I am fine now and have zero IBS symptoms. I wish I knew decades ago that bile salts would have fixed me up.

(Angelia A Cameron) #34

I’m only on week 3 and I also do not have a gallbladder. The first week I had constipation and then diarrhea but after that first week I had a no other problems. It’s been wonderful just going to the bathroom one time without pain. I also feel like it had been the carbs that was giving me the problems and not the fat.