Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: fructose intolerance and tummy teas

It took quite a while for me to figure out fructose was a problem. I was having good success with the EFI diet particularly by reducing my consumption of high insoluble fiber foods and increasing my consumption of soluble fiber foods. However, I was still having a great deal of pain and other problems. A few years ago I was reading some medical research articles on IBS and I came across some excellent research on the role of fructose as an IBS trigger. I have a sweet tooth and in particular I loved things that had the extra sweet taste from fructose. Once I eliminate high fructose foods I found that many of my IBS symptoms subsided. It has helped me stabilize my IBS a great deal.

When I first came to the board I ran into a lot of resistance about fructose being an IBS trigger. However, in a recent newsletter Heather discussed a study on "Role of Fructose in Initiating IBS Symptoms". She concluded later in the newsletter that "fructose (fruit sugar) is a very likely trigger for IBS symptoms, especially diarrhea, gas, bloating, and cramps". Over the past two years many people with fructose problems and IBS have joined the board. Slowly it is being accepted as a fairly common problem for IBSers

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