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Choleric Dispositions:

How Your Gallbladder Can Sabotage Your

Weight, Emotions, Food Plan and Life!

By Sally Boyd Daughtrey, ND

asey, age forty-one, slumped in the consulting room

chair. Her skin was rough and coarse, with shadows

Cunder her eyes. Her breath was often sour, as was
her general attitude about life. Her twenty pounds of extra
fat were centered uncomfortably around her belly and hips.

“Can’t you help me, doctor? It feels like my body is betraying me. All I
want to do is eat sweets! I have tried and tried to diet and exercise, but sooner
or later I cheat and eat sugar! I wake up with a sour stomach every day and
can’t even eat until hours later. I have so much gas and burping. I know I’m
supposed to eat this great grass-fed butter and take cod liver oil every day,
but I get stomach cramps when I eat anything fatty and even the smell of
them makes me nauseous. I make bacon and eggs for the kids’ breakfast,
but I just eat toast or have tea—and I still keep gaining weight! My skin is
aging and I have hard white bumps on the backs of my arms. And I can’t
even stand to be in the same room with my husband and kids for long. I love
them, but I am so irritated by them that I just want to go into my bedroom
and lock the door so I don’t snap at them. What is wrong with me?”
I see a “Casey” in my practice almost every day. Why? The answer has to do with the liver and

26 Wise Traditions SUMMER 2018