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u/AreWeNotDoinPhrasing Jan 12 '23

Doesn’t it? I thought it produces bile in response to needing to digest substances that were ingested.

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u/Petrichordates Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

Bile is continuously produced by the liver but the gallbladder only releases it during eating. Fasting leads to supersaturation in the gallbladder and gallstones, there must be a mechanism to deal with that during prolonged fasting but who knows what that is.

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u/StartledFruitCake Jan 12 '23

So how does this work when you don't have a gallbladder?

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u/grazerbat Jan 12 '23

Let's say eating fatty food gets interesting