The gall bladder is an important organ for digestion, especially of fatty foods. If you have had problems with your gall bladder and your doctor thinks it could burst, you may be faced with surgery to have it removed. Once you are without a gall bladder, you will need to adjust your eating habits in order to accommodate for this change.

To understand how to maintain the right diet after gall bladder surgery, it is important to take a moment to understand how this important organ works and what causes problems in the gall bladder.

How the Gall Bladder Works

Your gall bladder is a pear-shaped, dark green sack that stores bile (made in the liver) until it is needed by your digestive system. When you eat certain fatty foods, the gall bladder is signaled by a hormone called CKK to start injecting bile into the small intestine to aid in the digestion of these fatty foods.

Problems that can Arise

The gall bladder works hard to serve the body