So this video is about post gallbladder surgery. Now, whether you had your gallbladder

already removed or you're contemplating getting gallbladder surgery, this video is very,

very important for you because anytime you're going to get rid of a very important organ,

it's essential that you understand the purpose of that organ and what's inside that organ.

What is the gallbladder and what is its function? Well, the gallbladder is mainly a sac that

holds bile salts, which I'm going to get to in a second. It stores bile until the next time

you eat. And very importantly, it concentrates bile to a factor of 5x. So the significance of that

is that when you eat the gallbladder contracts and releases a very concentrated form of bile salts.

And once you have your gallbladder removed, you don't have that concentration of bile salts. You

have a trickling of bile salts down from these little bile ducts into the small intestine.

And so gallbladder surgery is all about removing the symptoms of a gallbladder, whether it's a

stone or other reason. But is this all about symptoms? What about the function of bile itself

and what it does? I'm going to explain that. So bile is created from your liver. And it trickles

down to these little tubes into the gallbladder and then it also goes down into the small intestine.

So bile is a detergent that breaks up fat. Okay. So in this little jar, I have fat. Okay.

And then with this, I have detergent, just washing liquid. So bile is detergent. So let's see,

it happens. Mix it with a fat. So I'm going to just take some purified bile salts and put it

in this oil here. Okay. Now we're going to mix it up.

Now notice what happens. It emulsifies or breaks up the fat into smaller particles. Okay,

that's what bile does. It's a detergent that breaks down fat into smaller particles.

So the enzyme called lipase in your pancreas can easily break it down into even smaller particles

for the small intestine to absorb the things in fat, like fat-cibel vitamins. So bile is essential

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