Ah - interesting background on the celiac. Sounds like you have a good GI doc.
Do you think you might have fructose malabsorption and not fructose intolerance. Fructose intolerance is a hereditary disease normally detected in childhood. It is very serious disease.
Fructose malabsorption is the more common problem. It is a peculiar problem too. Let me explain.
Even though white and brown sugar contain fructose they also contain exactly equal amounts of glucose. Our bodies can digest fructose when it is accompanied with same amount of glucose.
In fructose malabsorption the difficulty arises when foods contain more fructose than glucose such as honey, high fructose corn syrup, some fruits and their juices. Some of us have difficult digesting the excess fructose but no problems with white/brown sugar. This problem can occur in normal as well as IBSers There is a breath test for fructose malabsorption if you think it might be a problem.
What fruits do you normally eat? What foods are giving problems?
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There is a breath test for fructose malabsorption if you think it might be a problem.
