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Life Without Gallbladder Tag: food for no gallbladder – compose of posts pertaining to food for persons without gallbladder, what to eat and what not to eat.

Ginabot anyone?

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ginabot sa pungko-pungko

No gallbladder and street food – Ginabot

Ginabot is the Visayan term for Chicharon Bulaklak. It is made from pig’s intestines, salted, and deep fried to a crisp that resembles a flowery appearance – a crispy flower-shaped finger food. A finger food. A street food. My food.

This becomes part of my low-budget meal. The pungko-pungko stall, literally means eating while squatting, however has wooden bench, is found in the basketball court near IT-Park along Salinas Drive. But the one I usually go to is situated in front of the Waterfront Hotel – Cebu, I mean right beside the main road going to the hotel. There is one stall in the corner of Salinas Drive and the entrance road of Waterfront Hotel.

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Dinuguan – a favorite food

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Eating Dinuguan without Gallbladder

Yesterday, I ate another favorite food – dinuguan. Its been a while after my Lap Chole (Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy) operation last October 1, 2009. For more than 6 months, I wasn’t able to eat and taste the dinuguan.

Dinuguan (blood stew) is a Filipino dish that is composed of pig’s inner parts like stomach, intestines, liver, ears, and snout – mixed with its main ingredient – the pig’s blood. It is usually cooked with vinegar, fish sauce or soy sauce, garlic, and chili to make it spicy.

It so happened that when I went to my mother’s hometown – San Remigio, Cebu, my uncle-in-law’s family celebrated the death anniversary of his sister, Susan Green.
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Yakult – Probiotic drink

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No gallbladder and Yakult

Persons without gallbladder may get benefits from drinking probiotic drinks.

Yakult is a probiotic drink, a fermented dairy drink that contains Lactobaciillus casei Shirota bacteria. These live microorganisms when taken in adequate amounts provides health benefit, it helps correct the imbalances of the digestive system.

According to Yakult Japan:

The aim of probiotics is the use of beneficial that migrate to the intestine for the maintenance and promotion of good health.

Yakult provides friendly bacteria (Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain) in the gut that destroy the harmful bacteria living in the intestines.
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