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Weight reduction reverses supersaturated bile by significantly reducing hepatic cholesterol output, whereas caloric restriction alone (without weight loss) does not.

To fix supersaturated bile, you must lose weight, not just eat less. When you lose weight, your liver stops secreting so much cholesterol. If you just restrict calories without losing weight, your body pulls cholesterol from fat stores, keeping your bile saturated.

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Weight reduction resulted in significant reduction of cholesterol output but not of bile acid or phospholipid output.
Lynn J. Bennion et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1975

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Controlled metabolic ward studies with before-and-after measurements in the same subjects.

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Effects of obesity and caloric intake on biliary lipid metabolism in man.

Lynn J. Bennion et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1975

DOI 10.1172/jci108180

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