in good health who has been completely vegetarian for 13 months, and has not eaten cows or pigs for five years. For the last year I have eaten NO food animals - not even fish or seafood. I eat lots of grains, legumes, vegetables and multigrain breads. I also eat nuts - mostly almonds and sunflower seed kernels. I do still eat a little dairy - mostly cheese. I seldom eat anything fried. I've been bothered occasionally by indigestion
type pain high in my right chest. After a bad session of that, I developed burning pain about six inches above my navel. Ultrasound this morning revealed a 10m gallstone
. If I have my gallbladder removed, what is the likely effect on my digestion of the diet I described? My concern is whether I can continue to enjoy all the high fiber foods and the nuts and seeds I like. Thank you for whatever light you can shed,particularly from any research in this area.
produced by the pancreas. In some following GB surgery, the problem is typically disgestion of fats. The diet you're following should hopefully not cause a problem following GB surgery.