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Suggest Treatment For Fructose Malabsorption

I recently found out that I am fructose intolerant. I am reading different things regarding the foods that should be avoided. Do I avoid wheat and rye (including wheat flour and rye flour)? Should I avoid sucrose (white sugar, raw sugar, cane sugar) and substitute with dextrose? Thank you.
Mon, 28 Jan 2019
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Hello,

There is no cure for Fructose malabsorption and it is very difficult for undiagnosed sufferers to see any relationship between the foods they eat and the symptoms they suffer, even if they keep a daily diet diary. This is because most foods contain a mixture of fructose and glucose.

Foods with more fructose than glucose are a problem, as are foods with a lot of fructose (regardless of the amount of glucose). The only way of treating it is by limiting the diet to lower levels of fructose.

The amounts one can consume asymptomatically varies from one person to another. When this is found out one can stick to that level of fructose in the diet and avoid the symptoms.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu,
Internal Medicine Specialist
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Suggest Treatment For Fructose Malabsorption

Hello, There is no cure for Fructose malabsorption and it is very difficult for undiagnosed sufferers to see any relationship between the foods they eat and the symptoms they suffer, even if they keep a daily diet diary. This is because most foods contain a mixture of fructose and glucose. Foods with more fructose than glucose are a problem, as are foods with a lot of fructose (regardless of the amount of glucose). The only way of treating it is by limiting the diet to lower levels of fructose. The amounts one can consume asymptomatically varies from one person to another. When this is found out one can stick to that level of fructose in the diet and avoid the symptoms. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu, Internal Medicine Specialist