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Exercise cuts risk of gallstones

Monday, February 8th 2010 3:18 PM
 


London, Feb. 8 (AKnews) - Doing lots of exercise drastically cuts the risk of developing painful gallstones, UK researchers have found.

Gallstones are common but only 30% of cases have symptoms and complications.

A University of East Anglia study of 25,000 men and women found those who were the most active had a 70% reduced risk of those complaints.

The team, writing in the European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, said one reason might be reduced cholesterol levels in the bile.

They said exercise also raised levels of "good" cholesterol and help improves movement through the gut, all of which could contribute to the lowered risk.


  If everyone was to achieve the impossible and do the same amount of exercise as those in the most active category, gallstones could be reduced by 70%

They worked out that if everyone increased the amount of exercise they did by one category 17% of gallstones that need medical treatment could be prevented.

Using the same data the researchers had previously discovered that drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is protective against gallstones.

Consuming two units a day cuts the chance of developing gallstones by a third, the earlier study showed.

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