Fructose malabsorption can go hand in hand with digestive disorders including IBS and Crohn’s disease.
If you’re struggling with gas, bloating, tiredness, cramps and bad breath every time you eat, you might have fructose malabsorption; which means your body has a hard time digesting fructose, which is found in all fruit and some vegetables, such as squash and green beans.
Also, anything with added sugar, such as biscuits or sweetened yogurt, contains fructose as the white sugar in these processed foods is half fructose, half glucose. Fructose is also the main sugar in honey, making up 40 percent of it, with glucose making up 30 percent (the remainder is water, other sugars and minerals).
Fructose malabsorption can go hand in hand with digestive disorders including IBS and Crohn’s disease, a more serious condition that is a form of inflammatory bowel disease, and about 1/3 of IBS patients will have fructose malabsorption. But it can also be a standalone condition.
Even if your body tolerates fructose, it’s worth considering your intake, as fructose is now used to sweeten so many foods that it’s also being investigated as one of the key drivers behind the obesity epidemic.
This year, scientists found fructose doesn’t trigger the same fullness signals in the brain as glucose, leaving you thinking you’re still hungry. The researchers say this is because fructose doesn’t stimulate the body to produce as much insulin as glucose does – insulin signals to our brain that we have eaten.
Relevant source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3115921/Bloated-tired-feasting-fruit-blame.htmlCurated from the Daily Mail
