Gallstones: Avoid Crash Diets, and the Liver Flush Is Soap Not Stones

Summary

Gallstone prevention is real but unglamorous: the single biggest avoidable trigger is rapid or crash weight loss (aggressive dieting and bariatric loss form stones in roughly 10 to 25% of people), so keep your weight steady, eat regular meals so the gallbladder actually empties, keep enough dietary fat during any weight loss, and lean on the modest protective levers of fibre and coffee; meanwhile the "liver / gallbladder flush" is theatrical chemistry, the green "stones" it produces are saponified soap globules formed in the gut and contain no cholesterol, bilirubin or calcium, and most real g