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Intermittent Fasting and Gallbladder Health: What You Need to Know

Intermittent Fasting and Gallbladder Health: What You Need to Know
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Jingduan Yang
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Intermittent fasting has gained popularity as a weight loss and health improvement strategy. However, this practice may increase the risk of gallstones in some people, potentially leading to cholecystitis and even gallbladder removal surgery in severe cases.

Jingduan Yang
Jingduan Yang
M.D.
Dr. Jingduan Yang is a board-certified psychiatrist and fifth-generation classical Chinese medicine physician whose work bridges Western psychiatry, functional medicine, and ancient healing traditions. He is the creator of the ACES Model of Health and Medicine—a four-dimensional framework spanning anatomy, chemistry, energy, and spirit—and the author of “Facing East” and “Clinical Acupuncture and Ancient Chinese Medicine.” As a principal founder of the Northern School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he advances whole-person care grounded in science, ethics, and humanity.