Are you Fructose intolerant?

[dman]

WebMD Link (AOL Hosted)

a commonly used sweetener may be responsible for "unexplained" flatulence, bloating, pain, and other gastrointestinal symptoms in many people.
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The problems occur because in many people fructose is not easily absorbed by the body. Fructose is usually absorbed in the small intestine, but for those with fructose intolerance, some travels to the colon, where bacteria ferment the fructose. This causes the release of hydrogen and methane gases, which cause pain, bloating, flatulence, and diarrhea.

 

[Kalvin00]

Strange. Never heard of it.

And no, i'm not.

 

[TheCorm]

For a minute there I started thinking about Fructis....the shampoo....weird being intollerant to that....

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Strange. Never heard of it.

And no, i'm not.

It's never really been mentioned before. They are just researching it now.

I thought the symptoms were rather generic... for some folks anyway.

 

[cjchaps]

There are probably people out there who don't want you to know about this... The people with problems reported in those studies look really high, like 30 or 40%. Do you think Coke and Pepsi want the news to come out that 40% of the people who drink their product will have digestive problems and fart a lot????

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
Strange. Never heard of it.

And no, i'm not.

 

[Shanteli]

Yeah I am...and does it really suck