Well, a little clarification...
01/16/06 04:22 AM
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atomic rose
Reged: 06/01/04
Posts: 7013
Loc: Maine (IBS-A stable since July '05!)
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First of all, fructose is NOT an artificial sweetener. Fructose is the naturally-occuring sugar in fruit. High doses of fructose CAN be an IBS trigger, but not necessarily. That's why some of us avoid high-fructose corn syrup. Others (like me) can handle fructose just fine. But if you're having trouble stabilizing and you still consume a lot of products with fructose in it, it's worth a try to eliminate it.
On the other hand, artificial sweeteners - aspartame (Equal), sucralose (Splenda), maltitol, sorbitol, malitol, etc - are DEFINITELY an IBS trigger and should be avoided completely. Artificial sweeteners can cause digestive problems for people with completely normal systems, so just imagine the havoc they can wreak on someone with IBS!
Hope that helps!
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