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.

[Matthew007]

By the way Boron thanks for your journals/posts...you've helped me finally get a diagnosis over the years - this is a great website for any of you suffering with health issues.

[Matthew007]

thought I'd join in,

I'm also fructose intolerant...sad thing with me is I *WISH* I had IBS-D like all of you but instead my fructose intolerance causes severe IBS-C/anxiety/insomnia  which makes it REALLY hard to figure out safe foods because if I eat something wrong it lasts for 4+ days... so testing foods sometimes takes weeks and weeks and i'm still figuring out what's safe and what is not.

I'm very jealous of some you.  Brown rice concentrated (rice milk for example) brings out the worst for me.  Good luck all.

[boron]

Adwilliams,

some individuals with FM can not (completely) tolerate fructans and galactans, so this might be a reason you can't tolerate wheat and onions (contain fructans) and galactans (in legumes). Besides these and fructose, you may not tolerate sorbitol and other polyols (xylitol, maltitol...).

Search online for "Low-fodmap diet" - it excludes all mentioned nutrients.

[adwilliams]

Hi, I have SIBO and I wanted to contribute to this thread. I believe I have fructose malabsoprtion caused by the SIBO, which also makes it hard to digest sucralose, fiber and even some starches. I like that you are asking these questions. SO many people believe that such healthy foods like fruits and vegetables and whole grains can be damaging for people, but there are those of us who just cannot eat them.


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

[ditty2]

Thanks!
Ditty2

[boron]

I can't say reliably, if some glucose would be converted to fructose or vice versa during drying kiwi. Obviously, both glucose and fructose levels would increase qiute a bit. In general, drying adds to the FM problem...

Raw, cooked and dried fruits are not the same when it comes to food intolerances or even food allergies. If you cook carrots, some long-chain carbohydrates are broken down to fructose and glucose, so cooked carrots may be sweat, while raw ones are usually not. So, in general, yes, it's posible that F/G ratio changes during cooking or drying.

Also, bananas are typical fruit well tolerated by many with FM. If you can't tolerate bananas, it means, there may be something other in bananas what irritates you. It's also a big difference between riped and green bananas...