Bile: Your Body's Dish Soap
Your liver makes a liter of bile every day. It breaks down fats, removes toxins, and keeps bacteria in check. When bile flow slows, everything downstream fails—and symptoms show up in places you'd never connect to digestion.
Built on Bile
Poor bile flow creates a domino effect of seemingly unrelated health problems—from digestive issues to brain fog to skin conditions. Bile is your body's dish soap, and when it stops flowing, everything backs up.
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Rebuilding Digestion
The four pillars of digestion depend on each other. When one fails, they all fail. Here's how to rebuild them in the right order.
Gallbladder Deficiency
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Digestion for Beginners
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Understanding the System
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Why Bile Matters
What bile does:
- -Breaks down fats so you can absorb them
- -Carries toxins and waste out of the body
- -Kills bacteria in the small intestine
- -Enables fat-soluble vitamin absorption (A, D, E, K)
Signs of poor bile flow:
- -Floating, greasy, or light-colored stools
- -Nausea after fatty meals
- -Pain under right rib cage
- -Dry, itchy skin
The Bigger Picture
Bile is just one piece of the digestive puzzle: