What Is The Appropriate Diet For Gallstone Disease?

Five basic rules can be deduced for the diet in gallstone disease:

1. Avoid fatty and fatty foods.
2. Cooked food is recommended, not dry.
3. The meat should be eaten baked in the oven or grilled or boiled.
4. Frying is not at all a suitable way of cooking for these people.
5. The diet should be rich in vitamin C.

From each food group there are products that can be consumed in gallstone disease, but there are also those that should be avoided altogether. We offer you a list in three points, which will present the foods that are acceptable for the disease, the "contraindications" and those that can be allowed, but in a very limited amount.

1. Foods that are harmful in gallstone disease:

In summary, these are all kinds of fatty and high-fat products, some types of leafy vegetables, pasta and confectionery, cold and carbonated drinks and spices. Some fruits and nuts are also not recommended.

Here is a detailed list of foods that are dangerous to these people:

• Fats : butter, margarine, bacon, natural butter;
• Meat : trifles, canned meat, fried meat, sausages, patchouli, smoked breasts, venison, meat broths and too fatty meats.
• Fish : fatty species such as catfish, cod, bonito, etc., caviar, fish paste, smoked, fried or salted fish.
• Eggs : yolk, goose and duck eggs;
• Milk and dairy products: smoked and processed cheese, sheep cheese, high-fat yellow cheese, sheep and buffalo milk.
• Pasta and cereals : fried pasta, pie, corn, boiled wheat, porridge, saltines, pickles, warm bread.
• Confectionery: baklava, kadaif, roaring, tolumbichki, ice cream, cocoa and chocolate products, cakes with cocoa or butter creams.
• Vegetables : spinach, sorrel, dock, nettle, eggplant, pickles,
• Fruits : dates, figs, prunes.
• Nuts and seeds: walnuts, almonds, peanuts, seeds.
• Spices: black pepper, allspice, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, hot pepper, mustard, vinegar, garlic, lemon juice.
• Sauces: mayonnaise, lutenitsa, etc.
• Drinks : cold drinks and beverages, carbonated beverages, alcohol, including beer and wine, coffee, boza.
   

2. Foods you can afford, but less:

• Fat : up to 20 g of fresh butter per day.
• Meat : lean pork, grilled, lean ham, fillet, beef liver.
• Fish : lean marine and oceanic species.
• Eggs : whole hen eggs up to 2-3 per week, up to 1 egg per day.
• Milk and dairy products : whole cow's milk, yellow cheese.
• Pasta and cereals: typical bread, muffins, usually biscuits, pretzels.
• Vegetables : sauerkraut, boiled cabbage, leeks, onions, beans, lentils.
• Fruit : small berries of the forest type - blackberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, raisins, as well as citrus and dried fruits (excluding dried apples and pears).
   

3. Products that are appropriate to be on the table:

• Fats : sunflower oil, olive oil.
• Meat : tender meats, cooked or roasted - beef, lamb, rabbit, chicken.
• Fish : lean river species - trout, roach, redfin, cockroach, maple, barbel, etc.
• Eggs : egg white.
• Milk and dairy products: skimmed milk, yoghurt, cottage cheese, unsalted cheese, kefir, tarator without garlic and walnuts. Cow's milk products are preferred.
• Pasta and cereals: rice, oatmeal, semolina, pasta, noodles, Dobrudzha bread, rusks.
• Confectionery: Turkish delight, halva, jam, jams, marmalade, honey, jelly.
• Vegetables : leafy salad vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, potatoes, peppers, cauliflower, unsalted olives, vegetable juices, frozen vegetables, white raw cabbage.
• Fruits : almost all well-ripened fruits, apples, pears, bananas; nectars, compotes, juices.
• Spices : mazdan, dill, savory, mint, vanilla.
• Drinks : tea, but not strong black, (chamomile, linden blossom, mint, St. John's wort, bouquet); coffee substitutes such as chickpeas, rye; juices and syrups; mineral water - especially suitable is Hissar, Gornobanska, Velingrad.