BenBella's Best of Plant-Based Eating by BenBella Vegan

Author:BenBella Vegan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

PP: The gallbladder goes, or maybe the spleen or the appendix go. I happen to think we have these body parts for a reason and we should work hard to preserve them. Unless the disease has progressed to the place where it’s horrific, most people who change to the diet we’re promoting would experience relief from the pain associated with gallstones and gallbladder disease. As long as they’re compliant, they’re fine. I’ve had members who say, “I eat one high-fat meal and I’m miserable,” and I tell them, “Good, that’s a good way to keep you on the straight and narrow. We don’t have to worry so much about you because you have an instant adverse effect from straying.”

It’s not unusual, of course, for people to have their gallbladder removed. Then they continue their dietary habits and find out they’re still just as uncomfortable because all of the fat and animal protein that they’re eating is so detrimental to their health. They’re usually fairly distressed to find out that some of their discomfort is coming from bile acids dripping right into the colon, which is why they still feel nauseous and sick. And the presence of bile acids in the colon increases their risk of colon cancer substantially. They were promised instantaneous relief from their discomfort; however, they end up with long-term increased risk of colon cancer and no relief from their symptoms. 32 I would say that that probably happens 35 or 40 percent of the time following gallbladder removal.

GM: So having your gallbladder removed increases your risk of colon cancer?

PP: Yes. And we all acknowledge that there are situations where the gallbladder is just so diseased that you have to take it out, but doctors tend to be really cavalier about removing body parts. I think it’s always worthwhile to see if a change in diet, if somebody’s willing to do it, affects the situation. Sometimes it happens so quickly—I’m talking about a matter of days—that someone calls his doctor and says, “That surgery I had scheduled for next Friday? I don’t need to do it now because I’m feeling much better.”

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