NutriCology Ox Bile 500 mg Concentrated Bile Salts, 180 Capsules

I read the reviews and one in particular stood out in my mind I made the purchase anyway and I realized that the review they wanted to detail saying that his high blood pressure went up he was absolutely correct I have been experiencing very very high blood pressure and it's only when I take one of these pills and I was really scared and I realized that it was because whatever is in these pills brings your high blood pressure up dangerously high I will never purchase again this product it does work it does stop you from bloating It does make you feel good from for a digestion and all of that but whatever is in it causes your high blood pressure to go up so I stopped taking it and I was taking it for a while and I was happy I had no bloating and I could go to the bathroom I'm so sad because you know when you're working on your health and your checking your high blood pressure and that's what I do all the day so I must say if you have high blood pressure not to purchase this and even if you don't have it take it anyway take your numbers and see what they are very sad.

Let me first state that I have no criticism of the product itself; however, I would recommend to anyone trying ox bile for the first time to try the 125mg capsule first (also sold by Nutricology on Amazon). I started taking the 500mg after reading that it helped with bloating post gall bladder removal. It did do that, but was just too potent for me, even with merely one capsule a day with dinner. I was concerned there was some sort of reaction with the digestive enzymes and probiotic I also take daily, which I have had great success with and never any problems, but everything I read said each person much figure out the right combination of these products in order to receive the benefits of them. I had also read so much about the benefits of ox bile post gall bladder removal that I ordered the 125mg capsules. I now take one capsule twice a day, with meals, sometimes a third with my morning meal if I have more than my usual oatmeal or hard boiled egg, and my body is tolerating it just fine. After only a few weeks I have already seen some of the positive results I had hoped to see. UPDATE - 8/23/12 I wanted to provide an update as to my experience with ox bile 125mg and 500mg. I previously indicated my most problematic issue post-gallbladder removal has been severe and constant bloating. Now, I have it almost completely under control, in large part due to the ox bile. I think for those of us without a gallbladder the most important things to consider when using an ox bile supplement it to take it whenever you eat ANYTHING [along with digestive enzymes], and DOSAGE, and everyone is different. Now that I seem to have it under control I have lost @ 4-5 pounds [most of which was water weight], which being 5'1" is a lot, and even if I do get some bloating [as I still do miscalculate the dose I need] it is minimal and I am able to get rid of it without having to take a water pill, as I used to have to do. After experimenting with dosages I have found the following works for me: 2 - 125mg tabs [250 mg total] with most meals at the beginning or shortly into the meal 1 - 125mg tab with a light meal or snack. 1 - 500 mg tab with high fat meals [almost exclusively at dinner] or if I am drinking anything with alcohol. If I have a few glasses of wine or a couple beers, I will take an additional 250 mgs with any additional beverage [along with digestive enzymes] As a side note, my mom, who is 82, takes 1 500 mg a day [still has her gallbladder] and has lost 12 pounds, doing nothing different. So, get both doses and experiment with the dosing based upon what you eat. The results are worth it! I still have occasional stomach discomfort if I take too much, but its a small price to pay to get rid of the bloating.

This 500mg dosage is what you want! Our gallbladder can hold and release when needed about 50,000mg of bile to emulsify the food we eat. Without all 50,000mg dumping into the small bowel we inevitably gain weight, become sick and ill, and be nutritionally deficient. This product contains 500mg of bile. If you don't have a gallbladder then your liver can only dump say 1,500mg of bile to emulsify our diet. 1,500mg is far from sufficient. That's why the dosage should be adjusted to get the full of effect. I'm a 25 year old male and I have a healthy gallbladder with no stones in my liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and kidney's. This was confirmed via a ultrasound of all my organs. I have done over 30 liver and kidney flushes though and take Livatone plus which has helped me in ways words cannot describe. Weight loss comes automatically and a healthier happier you will result. The only con for this is the dosage. They should offer a higher dosage version with 5,000mg of bile so we can really get the full benefit that bile does for us. I notice HUGE improvements in digestion from taking 4 capsules at a time no matter when on an empty stomach or after a meal. Bile eliminates bloating 100%. If you feel bloated and fat and your tummy sticks out. You need this product! Again our gallbladders are supposed to release 50,000mg of bile into our small intestines to emulsify our diet, break down our diet and carry our diet at a cellular level to all of our cells in our entire body. Everything you eat, breathe, touch, smell, and see is absorbed into our bodies and are pumped in the bloodstream to our liver. From there the liver and gallbladder work together to carry emulsify the contents and shuttled throughout our bodies to rejuvenate tissues. Bile works closely with lymph fluid in waste removal and that's what bile is for! It's there to enable our bodies to absorb and benefit from what we eat, drink, smell, breathe, see, and feel. Without sufficient amounts of bile in our digestive system everthing we absorb is not used to benefit our bodies instead without bile's help. These contents are pumped throughout our bodies with no potential to benefit us but to only be stored as waste. As these contents stagnate our bodies become sickly and unhealthy. The contents rots, stagnates, and continuously pollutes our bodies instead of being broken down and used to feed our cells and rejuvenate our cells. If you have any questions please contact me I'd love to help you! [email protected]

Most folks have diarrhea after gallbladder removal, because the excess bile produced that would usually store there is just constantly dumped into the intestines. For some, like me, however, we have the opposite issue: constipation. This has something to do with the liver producing less and less bile, and the gallbladder performing less and less. Usually the gallbladder dumps when fat is detected in the meal. However, if you got suckered into the high-carb fad of the 90's then you probably ate very little fat. Without much fat in your diet the gallbladder doesn't exercise and dump as much. This leaves it full of bile that stagnates into stones. I switched from a high-carb diet to an Atkins protein diet... and that's when I got gallstone attacks. My gallbladder had stagnated for so long it was just full of stones. My liver had also stagnated, and stopped producing much bile. I had my gallbladder removed in 2001, and since then it was a downward spiral of health issues. I slowly gained weight (200lbs to 300lbs). Joint issues, allergies, fatigue, constipation (which eventually turned foul as bacteria overgrew my system)... the issues mounted. Doctors told me it was because I didn't exercise and was gaining weight. All of the research I did pointed to fatty acid deficiency. I craved fatty foods, so I ate them a lot. I didn't digest very well, so I was bloated for hours after a meal and burping it up and not wanting to do anything. I was gaining weight, so obviously I was digesting fat in a way to store it, but I always felt like I wasn't getting something from my food. I'd eat lean meats and felt like they were cardboardish, like they were missing something. (The fat I was craving). So, one day I decided to get some bile supplement. Turns out it's a pain in the rear to find it (no health stores want to carry it for some strange reason). But, it was what I needed. First, bile is digestive aid that helps your body process fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins in a way that it can use them instead of just store them. Likewise, bile is part of the digestive system's flushing process. Without it, the normal bacteria in your system starts to get out of control. (Exacerbated if you're taking probiotics). The main problem with this product (as some have stated) is that the dose is very high. 500mg is a lot for some of us, as we end up with the runs. 250mg would be great, but they don't make that dose. I've tried other bile supplements (cholacol, etc) and they just don't work like Nutricology's. I take one 500mg capsule once a day, trying to dose it with my fattiest meal. I also take all of my vitamins at that meal (since it helps utilize the fat soluble vitamins). One pill is enough. When I eat lean meat now I no longer feel like something is missing, and I no longer crave fat and tank up on it (which was an overcompensation method of the body to get something it was missing). My body flushes itself out, so bacteria is kept in check and i no longer suffer when eating fermented foods. Food digests in a timely manner, so I'm no longer bloated and burpy and immobile for hours on end waiting for it to digest. Energy level is up. Mental clarity is up. Fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins are critical to health, and you don't realize that until you've been suffering with deficiency for years. I sometimes run out of the supplement, and forget to order more. I don't notice an immediate issue. Instead it's a matter of a month or two that I end up on this downward spiral ... I gain weight, don't digest well, start craving fat, overeat fatty foods ... and I'm wondering why I feel so miserable. Then I remember I stopped taking the supplement because I ran out. I order more, it shows up, and within days I'm feeling better. It's ridiculous that my liver has decided to shut down production so much that I need to take a supplement, but at least I'm one of the few that knows what's going on and has found a fix.

Most people write reviews on here for taking after gallbladder surgery!!!! I have had a couple large gallstones (too big to pass verified with ultra-sound imaging) for over 10 years now, and taking these have kept me from having my gallbladder removed surgically since I started taking them somewhere around 7 years ago now!!! I take one to two everyday, but when it was bad I took one or two with every meal. This has kept me from having gallbladder attacks. The reason many people develop cholesterol stones is from a lack of bile, which makes the cholesterol turn into stones since there isn't enough bile to keep it in liquid form. This will help keep your gallbladder from sludging up with cholesterol and prevent gallbladder attacks (especially with fatty meals). I also take Rowachol along with it if I feel like my gallbladder is flaring up. Ox bile and Rowachol are the only two things that have ever helped for me! This is something you have to stick with everyday though to avoid surgery for many many years, and you might have to take it for the rest of your life if you elect not to have the surgery like I have. But 7 years latter I still have my gallbladder even though I went to the ER two times previously before I discovered this and Rowachol and as long as I stick to taking the Ox bile everyday I don't have gallbladder attacks. You have to take more if you eat deep fried food or greasy red meat as I noticed those were triggers for me if I didn't take the ox-bile. It is best to avoid when possible though.

I had my gallbladder removed about 5 or 6 years ago. At first I didn't seem to gain weight, I exercised regularly, but the way I ate had to be changed. Eating anything fried was incredibly painful. After big meals I would feel bloated and very uncomfortable. A few years after the surgery I began noticing a 5 pound weight gain every year. Here I am about 20 pounds and 4 years later, exercise and eating healthy on its own doesn't work well anymore. I've begun supplementing my meals with just the ox bile for now, considering adding digestive enzymes. No significant weight loss yet but my bloating is gone. I will say that when I first started taking this, my body had to adjust, I had diarrhea the first week. I took a break, and now I take it with every meal, 3 times a day and I feel fine and I am beginning to feel lighter. I will update after my second bottle.

Works well for me after suffering from gall bladder pain.

Been using since March, after having my gallbladder out as a child I started using after I kept seeing videos in my late 30s, it has taken care of my digestive issue, my bloating, my stomach pain and stools are normal!

Whether u have gallstones or you’ve had ur gallbladder removed , ox bile is a God send. Ever since I had my gallbladder removed a year ago I suffered with major stomach attacks. Every 3 to 4 weeks, I would have severe, sharp stomach pains and I would be throwing up a minimum of 5 times during these attacks. I couldn’t even hold water down. The pain was absolutely excruciating , lasting about 7 hours. I didn’t know how I could live with these constant stomach attacks. And on top of that, the next day I would be absolutely exhausted and drained and I couldn’t do anything the second day. So after doing extensive research, I bought ox bile a couple months back and I haven’t had one attack since. If you are unsure about purchasing these, don’t be. They saved my life. I’m on my second bottle now. And I will continue to buy them as needed.

I have no gullbladder as most people taking this don't, it has other uses like digestion for people with a gull bladder but for me its been amazing, instead of immediately running to the washroom after any greasy/fried meal I take one or two caps 15 or so minutes before a meal and I'm saved from gut ache and not have to use the washroom before the end of the meal. Amazing supplement, its worth the money but still pricey.

I take it after a fatty meal to make my digestion easier. No more bloating or feelings of heaviness when I take this. Works great for me, I just wish that the price was a little lower, but still a pretty decent deal overall compared to some other brands.

I started taking this because I saw someone on TikTok saying it helped with bloating.. after buying it solely for that issue I started taking it and I’ve been randomly losing weight.. about 1lbs every other day although I mostly eat healthy I have even eaten burgers and still lost weight! That’s not normal for me.. so after doing some deep digging I discovered ox bile is good for gut health and balancing hormones although I haven’t found much specifically about weight loss those things tend to play a big part of our weight. Do your research etc be safe & listen to your body. (Also I have a gallbladder since most of my research was for people that didn’t have one)

My naturopath & Dr. Berg recommended bile salts for fat malabsorption. This seemed like it was working at the inception of taking it, but then plateaued & stopped working. So I'm going to try TUDCA, which I prefer as it is synthetic, does not harm animals & has more benefits than traditional bile salts harvested from animals. Il