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Gallbladder, Bile, Gut Health & Hormones: Legacy Series | Ep 255

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

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The Role of Bile Acids in Vitamin Deficiency

Bile is 95% water, the rest of it is bile acids, bilirubin, amino acids, enzyme steroid hormones. It's made up of estrogen, glutathione, cholesterol, vitamins, vitamin D, some B vitamins. We think about bile as the digestive juice that helps us digest fat because that is one of its main roles and it's a very important role. Like I said, bile acids act like a detergent. So it helps to emulsify the fats in our food.

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