I've been diagnosed with gallstones as of February 2013. I opted to treat my gallbladder holistically and have been doing monthly liver/gallbladder flushes since. I changed my diet, went vegan mostly, vegetarian 100%. I had not been in the hospital once since my diagnosis and having been told I MUST have my gallbladder surgically removed. Despite the success of the flushes, and no more acute attacks, I noticed my gallbladder was still lazy. I was still constipated and had putrid smelling gas. Everything I was eating was literally rotting and fermenting in my intestines because I was not producing enough bile for proper digestion. I was hesitant to try this supplement, because it is an animal bi-product and I'm off ingesting animals. But it was pretty much my only option other than surgery. I'm so glad I tried this, it is FANTASTIC. I have regular bowel movements, no more gas and bloating. My gallbladder no longer sits in my abdomen feeling bruised. I take one 500mg capsule with each meal, and for me, this dosage is perfect. I only get the runs when I take a 500mg with a small snack. So when eating smaller amounts of food, take a 125mg dose instead. Or, don't snack. Eat three square meals per day, period. Irregular eating schedules make gallbladder pissed off anyway. I finally feel like my digestion is "normal" again. As my gallbladder continues to heal, I should be able to wean myself off this suppliment, but for now, I strongly recommend this for ANYONE with gallbladder issues. Read more

Love this product recommended by my niece to help with my digestion of a heavy meal! Read more

So far so good! I had my gallbladder removed on January 29. After a bout of constipation, I began experiencing the lovely problem of food going. right. through. me. I spoke with my doctor, whose office stocks some of the best supplements I have ever used, although very expensive. She suggested one of their digestive enzymes containing ox bile extract, which I was very willing to buy based on my then current situation. Of course they were out when I asked to purchase at checkout. On my drive home, I called the local Whole Foods and they informed me they used to carry a supplement containing ox bile but no longer do. I jumped on Amazon as soon as I got home and was very pleased to find this product and the high ratings so I bought two bottles. Of course, shipped very quickly and arrived within two days. I am so happy I found this!! I can eat whatever I want and as long as I pop one of these babies before I begin my meal I am fine!! No upset stomach, no constipation, no diarrhea! Highly recommended! Read more

Most folks have diarrhea after gallbladder removal, because the excess bile produced that would usually store there is just constantly dumped into the intestines. For some, like me, however, we have the opposite issue: constipation. This has something to do with the liver producing less and less bile, and the gallbladder performing less and less. Usually the gallbladder dumps when fat is detected in the meal. However, if you got suckered into the high-carb fad of the 90's then you probably ate very little fat. Without much fat in your diet the gallbladder doesn't exercise and dump as much. This leaves it full of bile that stagnates into stones. I switched from a high-carb diet to an Atkins protein diet... and that's when I got gallstone attacks. My gallbladder had stagnated for so long it was just full of stones. My liver had also stagnated, and stopped producing much bile. I had my gallbladder removed in 2001, and since then it was a downward spiral of health issues. I slowly gained weight (200lbs to 300lbs). Joint issues, allergies, fatigue, constipation (which eventually turned foul as bacteria overgrew my system)... the issues mounted. Doctors told me it was because I didn't exercise and was gaining weight. All of the research I did pointed to fatty acid deficiency. I craved fatty foods, so I ate them a lot. I didn't digest very well, so I was bloated for hours after a meal and burping it up and not wanting to do anything. I was gaining weight, so obviously I was digesting fat in a way to store it, but I always felt like I wasn't getting something from my food. I'd eat lean meats and felt like they were cardboardish, like they were missing something. (The fat I was craving). So, one day I decided to get some bile supplement. Turns out it's a pain in the rear to find it (no health stores want to carry it for some strange reason). But, it was what I needed. First, bile is digestive aid that helps your body process fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins in a way that it can use them instead of just store them. Likewise, bile is part of the digestive system's flushing process. Without it, the normal bacteria in your system starts to get out of control. (Exacerbated if you're taking probiotics). The main problem with this product (as some have stated) is that the dose is very high. 500mg is a lot for some of us, as we end up with the runs. 250mg would be great, but they don't make that dose. I've tried other bile supplements (cholacol, etc) and they just don't work like Nutricology's. I take one 500mg capsule once a day, trying to dose it with my fattiest meal. I also take all of my vitamins at that meal (since it helps utilize the fat soluble vitamins). One pill is enough. When I eat lean meat now I no longer feel like something is missing, and I no longer crave fat and tank up on it (which was an overcompensation method of the body to get something it was missing). My body flushes itself out, so bacteria is kept in check and i no longer suffer when eating fermented foods. Food digests in a timely manner, so I'm no longer bloated and burpy and immobile for hours on end waiting for it to digest. Energy level is up. Mental clarity is up. Fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins are critical to health, and you don't realize that until you've been suffering with deficiency for years. I sometimes run out of the supplement, and forget to order more. I don't notice an immediate issue. Instead it's a matter of a month or two that I end up on this downward spiral ... I gain weight, don't digest well, start craving fat, overeat fatty foods ... and I'm wondering why I feel so miserable. Then I remember I stopped taking the supplement because I ran out. I order more, it shows up, and within days I'm feeling better. It's ridiculous that my liver has decided to shut down production so much that I need to take a supplement, but at least I'm one of the few that knows what's going on and has found a fix. Read more

Candida' s mortal enemy. It brings the PH of your digestive track to a level not hospitable for candida to live, but a normal PH level for you. If you take one before each meal, in about 3 weeks you'll notice the white paste/plaque on the back of your tongue disappearing (assuming you brush or scrape the white stuff off nightly, you'll notice it eventually won't grow back). That's a sign that your candida is slowly going away . Yes, your tongue will be pink all the way to the back of your throat. But if you start loading up on sugars, you'll have to start all over again taking pills and eating super clean (nothing but veggies). So, no more sugar for you once you get candida unless you do the Ox Bile daily and everyday have quality pro-biotics like Kefir and stay away from sugar and anything that turns into sugar for a minimum of six to nine months straight, hardcore.. Once you start seeing your toungue go pink again, that's when you start loading up on probiotics, daily!! Here is one that seeks out Candida from your intestines and removes it from your organs: Saccharomyces Boulardii (you can buy it on Amazon: Saccharomyces Boulardii + MOS, Value Size, 180 Count) This should be in your daily regiment as well as cooking with coconut oil. Once you are done with the 6-9 month regiment above, start an IMMEDIATE Pau D'arco Tea (strong antifungal tea) drinking regiment of 4 teas a day for 6-8 weeks, never missing a day (don't do it at the same time as taking the Saccharomyces Boulardii because the tea will kill it since it is a yeast, but it's a good yeast so no worries). Make the tea in large batches and use Stevia to sweeten it and refrigerate it and drink it cold. Its delicious super cold. This stuff is the next hammer to kill whats left of the candida. It will even make your pee flow the same as when you were a kid, if you are a middle-aged guy who's pee flow is slowing down that is. You'll pee with force after the 6-8 weeks of drinking Pau D'arco tea. It will work on your prostate gland. You'll pee like a champ and the effect will last, too. Read more

Let me first state that I have no criticism of the product itself; however, I would recommend to anyone trying ox bile for the first time to try the 125mg capsule first (also sold by Nutricology on Amazon). I started taking the 500mg after reading that it helped with bloating post gall bladder removal. It did do that, but was just too potent for me, even with merely one capsule a day with dinner. I was concerned there was some sort of reaction with the digestive enzymes and probiotic I also take daily, which I have had great success with and never any problems, but everything I read said each person much figure out the right combination of these products in order to receive the benefits of them. I had also read so much about the benefits of ox bile post gall bladder removal that I ordered the 125mg capsules. I now take one capsule twice a day, with meals, sometimes a third with my morning meal if I have more than my usual oatmeal or hard boiled egg, and my body is tolerating it just fine. After only a few weeks I have already seen some of the positive results I had hoped to see. UPDATE - 8/23/12 I wanted to provide an update as to my experience with ox bile 125mg and 500mg. I previously indicated my most problematic issue post-gallbladder removal has been severe and constant bloating. Now, I have it almost completely under control, in large part due to the ox bile. I think for those of us without a gallbladder the most important things to consider when using an ox bile supplement it to take it whenever you eat ANYTHING [along with digestive enzymes], and DOSAGE, and everyone is different. Now that I seem to have it under control I have lost @ 4-5 pounds [most of which was water weight], which being 5'1" is a lot, and even if I do get some bloating [as I still do miscalculate the dose I need] it is minimal and I am able to get rid of it without having to take a water pill, as I used to have to do. After experimenting with dosages I have found the following works for me: 2 - 125mg tabs [250 mg total] with most meals at the beginning or shortly into the meal 1 - 125mg tab with a light meal or snack. 1 - 500 mg tab with high fat meals [almost exclusively at dinner] or if I am drinking anything with alcohol. If I have a few glasses of wine or a couple beers, I will take an additional 250 mgs with any additional beverage [along with digestive enzymes] As a side note, my mom, who is 82, takes 1 500 mg a day [still has her gallbladder] and has lost 12 pounds, doing nothing different. So, get both doses and experiment with the dosing based upon what you eat. The results are worth it! I still have occasional stomach discomfort if I take too much, but its a small price to pay to get rid of the bloating. Read more

This 500mg dosage is what you want! Our gallbladder can hold and release when needed about 50,000mg of bile to emulsify the food we eat. Without all 50,000mg dumping into the small bowel we inevitably gain weight, become sick and ill, and be nutritionally deficient. This product contains 500mg of bile. If you don't have a gallbladder then your liver can only dump say 1,500mg of bile to emulsify our diet. 1,500mg is far from sufficient. That's why the dosage should be adjusted to get the full of effect. I'm a 25 year old male and I have a healthy gallbladder with no stones in my liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and kidney's. This was confirmed via a ultrasound of all my organs. I have done over 30 liver and kidney flushes though and take Livatone plus which has helped me in ways words cannot describe. Weight loss comes automatically and a healthier happier you will result. The only con for this is the dosage. They should offer a higher dosage version with 5,000mg of bile so we can really get the full benefit that bile does for us. I notice HUGE improvements in digestion from taking 4 capsules at a time no matter when on an empty stomach or after a meal. Bile eliminates bloating 100%. If you feel bloated and fat and your tummy sticks out. You need this product! Again our gallbladders are supposed to release 50,000mg of bile into our small intestines to emulsify our diet, break down our diet and carry our diet at a cellular level to all of our cells in our entire body. Everything you eat, breathe, touch, smell, and see is absorbed into our bodies and are pumped in the bloodstream to our liver. From there the liver and gallbladder work together to carry emulsify the contents and shuttled throughout our bodies to rejuvenate tissues. Bile works closely with lymph fluid in waste removal and that's what bile is for! It's there to enable our bodies to absorb and benefit from what we eat, drink, smell, breathe, see, and feel. Without sufficient amounts of bile in our digestive system everthing we absorb is not used to benefit our bodies instead without bile's help. These contents are pumped throughout our bodies with no potential to benefit us but to only be stored as waste. As these contents stagnate our bodies become sickly and unhealthy. The contents rots, stagnates, and continuously pollutes our bodies instead of being broken down and used to feed our cells and rejuvenate our cells. If you have any questions please contact me I'd love to help you! cbxox2@hotmail.com Read more