WHAT CAUSES GALL BLADDER PAIN AND HOW TO AVOID SURGERY By Dr.
James Conventional medical wisdom in the United States is
convinced that gall bladder attacks are caused by the presence
of stones in the gall bladder and that when fatty foods are
eaten the gall bladder contracts producing the typical right
upper abdominal pain. This concept is completely refuted by
research performed by Dr. James C. Breneman in the 1960s and
70s. Dr. Breneman was chairman of the Food Allergy Committee of
the American College of Allergists now called the American
College of Allergy and Immunology. What Dr. Breneman learned was
that painful gall bladder attacks are actually caused by
allergies to foods and medicines. In 1968 Dr. Breneman placed 69
patients havng typical painful gall bladder attacks on an
elimination diet to determine what foods the patient was
allergic to. Six of the 69 were still having attacks of gall
bladder pain despite surgical removal of the gall bladder (post
cholectectomy syndrome). Dr. Breneman discovered