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If you eat something that is hard to digest, will your gallbladder have to work harder to break it down. can this cause a gallbladder attack?
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Oily or greasy: foods that are high in fat content stimulate contraction of gallbladder to secrete digestive enzymes. So yes ingestion of these foodscan precipitate biliary colic or even acute cholecystitis.
Answered 2/22/2015
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