What a sunny day for outing!
Early in the morning, Amyinvited Alanand Carly to go to the museum togetherto spenda meaningful weekend. Seeing them looking at the exhibits curiously, the curator arranged a guide to lead themto feel thehistory.
"Look, this sword is so cool!" Carly whispered. At this time, the guide came forward and said, "This sword isareplica of the Sword of Goujian. Do you know the story of Goujian?" They looked at each other and shook their heads. The guide continued,"Goujian is the king of the State of Yue during the late Spring and Autumn Periodin China. He was defeated in battle and taken captive by Fuchai, king of the State of Wu. While Fuchai tasted victory and became overbearing, Goujian lived the life of a servant in the State of Wu. He slept on brushwood and hung a deer gall bladder in his room, licking it daily to remind himself to bear the pain. Later, Goujianchanneledhis anger into power and finally defeated his rivalFuchai, afterenduring 18 years of hardships."
Back home, Amy told her parents at dinner the story of Goujian she learned today in the museum. Dad listened and said, "You justmentionedthe deer gall bladder. You know, the gall bladder is the 'bitterest' organ in the body." Amy asked, "Why?" putting down her fork and looking at Dad curiously.
Dad put down his fork too and made a pear shape gesture with his hands. He replied, "The gallbladder is like a pear-shaped bag, hanging directly behind the liver. It doesn't produce bile, butstoresbile. The dark green bile tastes bitter. When we don't eat, the bile produced by the liver is concentrated and temporarily stored in the gallbladder. When we have eaten things, and our bodies begin digestion, bile will be expelled from the gallbladder. Bile contains substancesthat help thedigestion and absorption of fat."
Mom added while cleaning the table, "Breakfast can promote the outflow of bile and reduce the viscosity of bile stored at night. But if you stay in bed and often skip breakfast in the morning, the bile will be more viscous, making cholesterol easy to crystallize and form gallstones. If you eat too many sweets, your liver will need to produce more bile to digest the excess sugar. The bile that does not flow out of the gall bladder in time will remain there, and sugar will accelerate the accumulation of cholesterol. This will easily result in gallstones.So, eating three meals regularly, drinking more water and taking more exercise can effectively prevent gallstones."
"I got it. I’ll eat on time!" Amy replied.
Author: Lu An