Digest Aid-Bile Salts - 90 Tabs

Trophic Digest-Aid is an excellent formula that combines bile salts and digestive enzymes for maximum absorption of fat and fat soluble vitamins.

The addition of Chamomile, Goldenseal and Charcoal aid in soothing irritations of the digestive tract.

Cautions and Warnings: Do not use if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or allergic to milk products ot plants of the asteraceae/compositae/daisy family. Consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use if you have kidney or auto-immune disorder, blood pressure problems or gastrointestinal lesion, are having surgery, or taking an anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, immunosppressant or antibiotic. Consult a healthcare practitioner if symptoms persist or worsen. Hypersensitivity has been known to occur; in which case discontinue use. Nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea have been known to occur; in which use discontinue use and consult a healthcare practitioner. Consumption of Goldenseal with alcohol, other medication or natural health products with sedative properties is not recommended.

What Does The Gallbladder Do?

In short, the gallbladder acts as a reservoir for the digestive juice, called bile, which the liver produces. It holds the bile until it is needed for the digestion of fats. At this time the gallbladder contracts and pushes bile out into the intestine. Gallbladder attacks occur when stone-like precipitates, which build up in the gallbladder over time, are forced through the outlet ducts into the intestine.

Most of these precipitates are made of cholesterol and form as a result of a lack of fibre, excess cholesterol, decreased liver function, lack of bile and lack of bile movement.

Help Prevent Gallbladder Problems By Maintaining A Healthy Diet

Maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding yo-yo dieting are extremely important in respect to gallbladder health. Dietary changes for gallbladder disorders include increasing fibre intake and lowering the fat and cholesterol content of your foods. Drink lots of clear fluids and eat raw fruits and vegetables and whole grains.

Include green leafy vegetables, nuts, seeds, vegetable protein like soybeans and unrefined oils like olive, flax and sunflower in your daily diet.

Eat bitter foods like artichoke, rhubarb and salad greens in order to stimulate bile flow. Drink apple, beet and pear juice to soften gallstones.

Avoid all junk foods, fried foods, processed foods, fast foods, white flour products, white sugar products, red meat, egg yolks, ice cream, salt, coffee, colas and other caffeine sources. Eliminate alcohol, tobacco and highly spiced foods. Dairy products should be avoided because they contain casein, which promotes stone formation. Food allergies can cause a gallbladder attack by inflaming the ducts and decreasing their size. The most common gallbladder-affecting allergens are eggs, pork, onion, chicken, turkey, duck, milk, coffee and citrus fruits.

Are You Digesting Fat Effectively?

The main digestive site of fats occurs in the small intestine. When lipids move into the small intestine bile is secreted from the gallbladder. (Bile is made by the liver and concentrated in the gallbladder). Bile emulsifies the fats, breaking them down into fat globules so that other enzymes can work on individual triglycerides to release the fatty acids. Pancreatic lipase is the main enzyme that splits the triglycerides into diglycerides and monoglycerides, which are ultimately hydrolyzed into fatty acids and glycerol.

Improper Fat Digestion may contribute to:

• High cholesterol & high triglycerides
• Difficulty losing weight
• Diabetes
• Decreased cell permeability (nutrients cannot get in and the waste cannot get out)
• Spastic colon
• Muscle spasms
• Deficiency of fat soluble vitamins A, D, E & K
• Deficiency of essential fatty acids