Gall bladder low fat diet

I do my homemade chips/sweet potato chips in an air fryer with a bit of Frylight instead of oil. They are fine. My husband does his lean bacon and chicken sausages in the same way. I tend to use lean pork mince with a grated courgette combined with an egg, stock cube and dried onion mince for my sausages.
There are so many things you can do in the air fryer which are low fat.

I knew exactly what my gall bladder objected to - any baked goods with fat and sugar - and avoided that.

I could eat everything else in moderation.

You can now buy sausages made of chicken or lamb, which will be much lower in fat content that pork or beef ones. You should be able to find them in any supermarket, but failing that the nearest Hallal butcher will propably make his own.

Grilled with no or very little cooking oil instead of fried will also lower the fat content of the meal.

Not to be eaten every day, but once in a while they probably will do no harm.

Frozen chips can be done in the oven rather than deep fried.

No one who has had a painful attack of gall stones will willingly risk another one, so your husband if he realises that a new attack will be the consequence of not adopting the new diet may well be more amenable to more vegetables and less meat - the price of fish these days rather rules it out as an alternative, and of course you ought to avoid fatter fish like herrings and salmon.

Thisismyname1953

When I was diagnosed Rosemary Connelly diet books were all the rage . She made the diet for heart problems I think but it’s very low fat so is good for gall bladder disease.
I still had most foods but if I had chips they were oven chips as they are usually low fat . I also cooked with five per cent fat mince . Milk is fine , even full fat milk cos that is 4 per cent fat . I read the details on everything I bought and stuck to it . The side effect is that I lost a lot of weight and felt a lot better .

I found that it made my skin and nails were very dry. And I remember having to use salad cream instead of butter or mayonnaise. And there was a low fat curry I used to cook. I must dig the book out.

When I was diagnosed Rosemary Connelly diet books were all the rage . She made the diet for heart problems I think but it’s very low fat so is good for gall bladder disease.
I still had most foods but if I had chips they were oven chips as they are usually low fat . I also cooked with five per cent fat mince . Milk is fine , even full fat milk cos that is 4 per cent fat . I read the details on everything I bought and stuck to it . The side effect is that I lost a lot of weight and felt a lot better .

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Buttonjugs/FranA

What incredibly selfish comments.

If the OP is like me she does the main cooking and her husband/partner maintains the car and does the heavy garden work.

It's quite a typical scenario and regime amongst my friends and family who are in stable long-term loving relationships.
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Jeannied, I have managed without animal fat in my diet for forty plus years and my brain seems just fine.
Olive oil is my choice .

List all the good foods that he can eat and discuss this together. Most meals are adaptable to a healthier option

Jeannied

The body needs animal fat to function, especially the brain. There is researching out there now showing g that highly processed seed oils are to blame.e for poor health.

Bile is released when we eat any type of fat or oil. It's part of the digestive process. The gall bladder contracts to squeeze out the bile and if there are gallstones in the gallbladder it will cause intense pain so what type of fat or oil you have eaten, animal, seed, nut, plant, eggs, will make no difference to the digestive process that is triggered when these foods are eaten. So eating " good fat or oil" won't cause you any less pain than the bad stuff.

He can still have most things, just low fat versions.
My husband had an infected gall bladder, was in hospital for 2 weeks and then they wouldn't remove it for 3 months as they wanted to be sure the inflammation had gone. He loves chips, crisps, cheese and fry ups, burgers etc.
Heck make tasty, very low fat sausages. Bacon with all the fat removed, or you can buy bacon medallions, poached or scrambled egg for breakfasts.
I made burgers using very low fat beef or chicken mince. 'Fried' onions in a non stick pan with a couple of sprays of One Cal.
Roast dinners made with skinless chicken breast, lots of plain vegetables and low fat roast potatoes. Boil the potatoes in stock and then put in the oven on a hot baking tray. They come out like roasties. Make gravy with Bistro.
Soft ice cream ,the sort you get from a van, is very low fat.
I tried to find a way of making low fat pastry but no success. Then I discovered I could use pizza dough to make apple turnovers.
He also used laughing cow extra light as a spread in sandwiches, toast etc instead of butter or Flora.
There are alternatives for most things if you look.
He was eating baked crisps and was OK with those.
I did

Instead of frying .try oven baked..or have the gall bladder out .I had mine taken out 5 years ago.i do watch what I eat but I can still eat chips but oven cooked...

I had gallstones and the pain when they move is the worst I've ever experienced (2 natural childbirth!!). I've had my gallbladder removed and have found that I dont like very fatty foods and no longer crave chocolate/sweet stuff etc. We eat salmon, tuna steaks, chicken (in lots of different forms) lots of veg etc. I use the "pinch of nom" recipe books to add variety to pur meals. Im lucky that my DH loves his food and enjoys whatever is put in front of him. As someone suggested spray oil for cooking rather that frying in lots of fat. I dont use the low cal ones but use olive oil in a spray bottle I find it better and dont need much. If he wants to stop the pain that gallstones bring then he will have to adapt. Believe me if those buggers start to move he could be in mega pain for anything from 20 mins to 7 hours (my longest spell and an ambulance to hospital with morphine). Good luck

Let him worry about his own diet.

Any veg or fruit. Potatoes are low fat, so jacket, boiled and mashed without milk/butter are fine, as are any root veg mash. Chicken and fish are lower fat than other meats.

Beware that "low fat" on packaging simply means that it is lower than the equivalent, so not necessarily low, just lower, but there is quite a difference between cheeses.
I use quark to make cauliflower cheese. And what used to be called bacon bits, but are now called salad sprinkles to give me the bacon flavour.

Low fat "fry-up" baked beans, poached eggs, vegan sausages grilled, turkey bacon rashers and lots of tomatoes (these break up the fat) I find that bacon is a killer pain wise.

Alli works well to reduce fat.

I am waiting (6 -8 month list) but it does seem there are meds to remove/reduce stones.

It’s having the right type of fat!
Seeded oils, hydronated fats as in shop bought biscuits, cake, etc, are no good
Faddy, fat free diets can add to getting gall stones in the first place. You Need some fat to produce bile which breaks down the sludge. Olive oil is good choice.

Rosemary Conleys low fat diet from way back was devised after she had to go onto a low fat diet because of gallstones. Whilst doing so she realised that she lost weight off her hips and thighs [somewhere that she'd never lost weight from before]. I've still got her hips and thighs diet cook book!

Why are you responsible for your husband’s health? Surely he can sort out what he needs to eat? He’s not a child!

The body needs animal fat to function, especially the brain. There is researching out there now showing g that highly processed seed oils are to blame.e for poor health.

Im on a low fat diet following a heart attack. Thd BHF and Heart UK websites have been invaluable for excellent recipes and help. Low fat is easy but takes some adjustment mostly with cutting out dairy and meat. Good luck!
www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/support/healthy-living/healthy-eating/recipe-finder

My ex husband was very ill with large gallstone before finally having the gallbladder removed, his triggers were identified as cakes and pastry.

There a helpful group on Facebook and they recommend TUDCA as a good supplement to take after eating a meal. I get the capsules online. You can research it before deciding whether to try.

make cheese sauces with quark or soft low fat cream cheeses and then stir in some grated parmesan before serving to give it a strong cheese flavour.

I suffered with my gallbladder for a couple of years before I finally had it removed. Most of my diet was fine I just found by trial and error which things would set it off. I could eat most things with no problem including cakes chocolate ect it was just very high fat thinks like milk fried food ect that would set it off.

There are a million and one “low fat” recipe books if you look on eBay, Amazon, in bookshops or charity shops. And similarly countless low fat or fat free recipes online. BBC food might be a start.

A couple of my favourite books are:
Ainsley Harriott’s “Low Fat Meals in Minutes”
Good Food Magazine’s “Low Fat Feasts”

I have IBS as well as gallstones so I’m very cautious about possible triggers. I diaried around 15 months of gallstone attacks and they were usually following a meal with red meat (roast beef or lamb, steak pie, mince in shepherd’s pie or lasagne, burgers, chops), also double cream on my strawberries, and overdoing cheddar cheese, or chocolate. I have no problem eating eggs, but must have only the thinnest spread of butter on my toast. I have plain greek yogurt instead of cream. I don’t use low-fat spreads or buy a specific “low fat” or “fat free” version of anything except milk, as I prefer my tea with skimmed or semi skimmed rather than whole milk.

And no chocolate!

Cut back on the cakes and biscuits no more than 2 plain biscuit daily.