A small amount of wine is perfectly acceptable to drink if you have no trouble with the gall bladder. Trouble, in this case would mean if you have not had any kind of surgery, or if you do not have any stones in your gall bladder or anything like that. Even if you have had any serious problem in the past and your gall bladder is now functioning normally and as usual, then it is not advisable for you to consume even a small amount of wine on a regular basis. Please understand that a whole lot of what we eat quite easily and quickly does get converted into alcohol. This is neither good nor bad for your system. The natural processing of sugars does tend to leave off some amount of alcohol in the body. This will get absorbed and utilized be the body in the normal day to day scheme of things as well. But taking wine is a different matter altogether. If you add pure alcohol to your system, as you would if you were to drink wine regularly, then you would be taking enormous chances with an already defective or diseased gall bladder.
Gall bladder trouble is not really the kind that shows up on a normal day. It will have the tendency to build over a period of time before you can actually see some sort of outwards manifestation of it. This may take months, and in some cases, even years to show up. After the age of 35 years, it is good to go for an annual physical examination on a regular basis. This way, if you are faced with any kind of trouble inside, which really has no outward manifestation, then you will at least be able to catch it in time for it to be controlled and cured. The gall bladder is that part of your body which produces fluids that are essential for the all important process of digestion. If your gall bladder is in any kind of trouble, then you should be aware that your digestion will be affected as well. This is probably the only outward sign you will get to see of gall bladder problems. It is extremely essential that you take care of the gall bladder in particular. This is because once damages, anything small and sensitive can also impact it negatively. In particular, stay away from alcohol to ensure good working health.
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