The importance of bile.
As already mentioned, one of the liver’s most important functions is to produce bile, about 1 to 1.5 quarts per day. Liver bile is viscous yellow, brown or green fluid that is alkaline and has a bitter taste. Without sufficient bile, most commonly eaten foods remain undigested or partially digested. For example, to enable the small inte3stines to digest and absorb fat and calcium from the food you eat, the food must first combine with bile. When fat is not absorbed properly, it indicates that bile secretion is insufficient. The undigested fat remains in the intestinal tract. When undigested fat reaches the colon along with the other waste products, bacteria break down some of the fat into fatty acids or excrete it with the stool. Since fat is lighter that water, having fat in the stool may cause it to float. When fat is not absorbed, calcium is not absorbed either, leaving blood in a deficit. The blood subsequently takes its extra calcium from the bones. Most bone dentistry problems (osteoporosis) actually arise from insufficient bile secretion and poor digestion of fats rather than from not consuming enough calcium. Few medical practitioners are aware of this fact and hence, merely prescribe calcium supplements to their patients.
Apart from breaking down the fats in our food, bile also removes toxins from the liver. One of the lesser known but extremely important functions of bile is to deacidify and cleanse the intestines.
When gallstones in the liver or gallbladder have critically impeded bile flow, the color of the stool may be tan or orange-yellow or pale as in clay, instead of the normal greenish-brown.
Gallstones are a direct product of an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. If gallstones are still present in the liver even after all other disease causing factors are eliminated, the pose a considerable health risk and may lead to illness and premature aging. For this reason the subject has been included her as a major risk factor or cause of disease. The following sections describe some of the main consequences of gallstones in the liver on the different organs and systems in the body. When these stones are removed the body as a whole can resume its normal, healthy activities.
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