Healthful fats Unsaturated fats, such as omega-3, may help protect the gallbladder.

Limit fats and oils, such as butter, margarine, mayonnaise, and salad dressing, to no more than 1 tablespoon a meal. Avoid high-fat foods, such as: Chocolate, whole milk, ice cream, processed cheese, and egg yolks. Fried or buttered foods.

Choosing normal portions of food from the list below can lower your fat intake to 25-40 grams of fat per day. This means 10-20% of calories come from fat. The remaining 80-90% of calories comes from protein and carbohydrate. This is much healthier for you.

Researchers found men who ate a diet high in monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fats, such as those found in plant and olive oils, were 18% less likely to develop gallstones than men who ate the least of these types of fat.

Limit saturated fat that is found in animal products, such as butter, ghee, cheese, meat, cakes, biscuits and pastries. Replace these with unsaturated fats found in non-animal products, such as sunflower, rapeseed and olive oil, avocados, nuts and seeds.

Try a glass of full cream milk, a latte, a malted milk drink (Horlicks or Ovaltine), hot chocolate, Lassi, Indian tea or Complan between meals Add extra butter, oil or ghee to your meal at lunch or dinner e.g. to mashed potatoes, rice or vegetables Make sure you have snacks readily available to nibble on whenever ...

Use only 30-45 mL (2-3 Tbsp) of added fats each day. Healthy added fats include non-hydrogenated margarines and canola, olive and soybean oils. Avoid deep fried foods, large amounts of rich creamy sauces and gravies.