Can't Eat FRUITS? Get Bloating and Diarrhea? Please Contribute.

[boron]

Hi to all. I'm doing an online investigation about DIETARY FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE (DFI). In this condition most fruits (apples, pears, prunes...), honey, some vegetables (tomatoes, artichoke...), products with added High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), sorbitol (in "low calorie" foods or "sugar free" chewing gum) and often wheat and onions cause BLOATING and DIARRHEA (also headache or depression). For more info click on my username and check "journals".

If someone thinks, he/she might have this condition (often misdiagnosed as IBS), I want to discuss with you in this thread about which exact fruits, vegetables, cereals and sugars you can/can't tolerate.

[Marebare7]

I have been told by my doctor that I have IBS.

FRUITS:
- mango Y
- oranges Y
- raspberries Y
- strawberries Y
- watermelon Y
- kiwi Y
VEGETABLES:
- onions N
- leek UNSURE
- carrots Y
- garlic Y
- parsley Y
CEREALS:
- wheat Y
- barley Y
LEGUMES:
- beans N
- green peas Y
- soy N
- lentils N
NUTS:
- pistachios Y
- peanuts (peanut butter) Y
- hazelnuts Y
- almonds Y
- cashews Y
- chestnuts Y
- walnuts Y
- coconut Y
SUGARS/SWEETENERS:
- sucrose Unsure for most of these except maple syrup
- splenda
- maple syrup BIG NO
- molasses
- brown sugar
- raw sugar (Turbinado, Demerara)
- sorghum syrup
- caramel
- stevia

I'm unsure about a lot of foods as I almost always feel bloated and quite often have the runs. For the few items that i put N I know for sure are hard on my stomach. But when I have real maple syrup I get brain freeze and feel like i need to throw up. I haven't always been like that.

[Tiredofthistoo]

FRUITS:
N- mango
N- oranges
N- raspberries
N- strawberries
N- watermelon
N- kiwi
VEGETABLES:
N- onions
N- leek
N- carrots
N- garlic
N- parsley
CEREALS:
?- wheat
?- barley
LEGUMES:
N- beans
N- green peas
?- soy
N- lentils
NUTS:
N- pistachios
?- peanuts (peanut butter)
?- hazelnuts
?- almonds
?- cashews
?- chestnuts
?- walnuts
N- coconut
SUGARS/SWEETENERS:
N- sucrose
N- splenda
N- maple syrup
N- molasses
N- brown sugar
N- raw sugar (Turbinado, Demerara)
N- sorghum syrup
N- caramel
N- stevia

[Tiredofthistoo]

I do not tolerate any sugars, fructose, sucrose.  No fruit, no artificial sweeteners, no sugar alcohols, etc.  I seem to be intolerant of corn and rice also.  Wheat when not mixed with sugar seems to help.  No dairy. I have been dx'd with breath test.  Also dx'd with microscopic colitis.

Pat

[boron]

It's a useful info, you ca eat some berries, even if you can't eat oranges.

[johnryork]

FRUITS:
- mango
- oranges N
- raspberries Y
- strawberries Some
- watermelon N
- kiwi
VEGETABLES
Vegetable laxative
:
- onions N
- leek N
- carrots Some
- garlic N
- parsley
CEREALS:
- wheat N
- barley
LEGUMES:
- beans N
- green peas N
- soy Some
- lentils N
NUTS:
- pistachios Y
- peanuts (peanut butter) Some
- hazelnuts
- almonds Y
- cashews N
- chestnuts
- walnuts
- coconut N
SUGARS/SWEETENERS:
- sucrose N
- splenda
- maple syrup Some
- molasses N
- brown sugar Some
- raw sugar (Turbinado, Demerara) Y
- sorghum syrup
- caramel
- stevia

[hakim123]

Hey boron, I really hope you can help me out. What's wrong with me?!

FRUITS:
- mango N
- oranges Y
- raspberries N
- strawberries N
- watermelon N (the smell alone makes me throw up)
- kiwi N
VEGETABLES
Vegetable laxative
:
- onions N (only when boiled/fried)
- leek N
- carrots N
- garlic Y
- parsley N
CEREALS:
- wheat Y
- barley Y
LEGUMES:
- beans Y
- green peas N
- soy Y
- lentils N
NUTS:
- pistachios N (after half a handful, I feel really sick)
- peanuts (peanut butter) Y
- hazelnuts Y
- almonds N (same with pistachios)
- cashews N (same)
- chestnuts N (same)
- walnuts N (same)
- coconut N (same)
SUGARS/SWEETENERS:
- sucrose Don't know
- splenda Don't know
- maple syrup Y
- molasses Y
- brown sugar Y
- raw sugar (Turbinado, Demerara) Y
- sorghum syrup Y
- caramel Y
- stevia Y

Y is Yes for "I can tolerate it". N is No for "I can't tolerate it".

Note: everytime i peel the skin off an apple, i can eat it with no problem. It seems as though my stomach has trouble digesting the skin of fruits/vegetables. I can eat oranges because the skin is not eaten. I've even peeled off the skin of a strawberry and i could eat a few before feeling too too sick. I get a feeling of bloating and i feel like throwing up from eating and even smelling some fruits/vegetables (especially watermelon). I can't even eat a shred of lettuce, broccoli, tomatoe, NOTHING...

What should I do?  My skin is dying from malnutrition ):
Thanks, I really appreciate any help.