Fresh Foods and Fructose Intolerance / was Weight loss help please!!!

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Pam. I should add that the genetic condition Hereditary Fructose

Intolerance (HFI)

is reputed to be rare. (I am not, I hasten to add, a medical practitioner.)

 

Here's a link to Heriditary Fructose Intolerance -

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_fructose_intolerance

 

FWIW I offer a link to Fructose Malabsorption (NOT the same thing as fructose

intolerance,

but interesting to read) aka Dietary Fructose Intolerance (DFI). The similarity

of this second

name for this complaint, Dietary Fructose Intolerance, to the name of the

complaint from

which you and your father suffer, Heriditary Fructose Intolerance (see the link

above),

doesn't help to lessen the confusion!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_malabsorption

 

Here's a link which discusses the difference between HFI and DFI, among other

things:

 

http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp

 

You can google for more

 

Love and hugs, Pat

 

> I recently read " Turn Off the Fat Genes " and a couple of other books

> and determined to eat lots more fresh fruits and veggies. This

> backfired on me to an extent, as I discovered that I have something of

> a fructose intolerance! Who knew! Coincidentally, my dad has been

> trying to figure out what food it is making him sick with migraines

> for a number of years, and just figured out this week that it is

> fructose. It is hereditary.

>

> So, if you boost your intake of apples, pears, honey, tomatoes,

> carrots, and other foods that have a high fructose content, and you

> experience headaches/migraines, fainting, hypoglycemia, diarrhea, gas,

> bloating, pain, inflammation, hypertension, etc.; well, you heard it

> here. Look into fructose intolerance and switch to fruits, veggies,

> and sweeteners with lower fructose levels!

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I used fructose intolerance without any caps as a descriptive

term, not to indicate HFI, sorry for any confusion there.

 

That said, my dad and I (and, incidentally, my paternal grandmother

and my brother, looking at all of our symptoms) do not fall square

into the definition for HFI or DFI (and at this point have not been

officially dx with anything). Yes, we have always had the intestinal

symptoms of DFI or Fructose Malabsorption, but DFI *only* encompasses

intestinal symptoms, and we also have neurological symptoms,

hypoglycemia, hypertension, etc. that would be associated with HFI,

not DFI. But obviously we don't totally lack the enzymes required to

break down fructose or we would not have made it this far without a

vastly modified diet.

 

As with most diseases and disorders, especially those that are

digestion related, science and doctors tend to only pick up on the

really severe and life-threatening cases in the beginning, and then

later find that there is a wide spectrum ranging from mild to severe.

The medical studies of HFI are therefore at the stage that celiac

disease was at fifty years ago, where only those cases that were

life-threatening and had really obvious damage to the intestines were

considered to be celiac. It was considered to be a rare disease. Now

they know that there are a lot of other indicators long before

intestinal damage to the villi occurs, and some people never have the

obvious symptoms. There are also people who do not have classic

celiac disease, but who have a neurological response (eg. autism) to

gluten instead. Similarly, the only people who are considered by the

doctors now to have HFI now are people who go into shock if given a

glass of orange juice, and must live on a diet of meat and dairy

because any fruit or vegetable makes them ill. People who completely

lack the enzyme required to break down fructose. But what about those

who have some of the enzyme but not enough? Or whose livers simply

don't metabolize it fast enough? Or who are missing (or don't have

enough) of another factor in the complex metabolization process?

 

So we have fructose intolerance with small letters, because what we

have probably doesn't even have a name yet!

 

Pam

 

 

 

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Pat <drpatsant wrote:

> Thanks, Pam. I should add that the genetic condition Hereditary Fructose

> Intolerance (HFI)

> is reputed to be rare. (I am not, I hasten to add, a medical practitioner.)

>

> Here's a link to Heriditary Fructose Intolerance -

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_fructose_intolerance

>

> FWIW I offer a link to Fructose Malabsorption (NOT the same thing as

> fructose intolerance,

> but interesting to read) aka Dietary Fructose Intolerance (DFI). The

> similarity of this second

> name for this complaint, Dietary Fructose Intolerance, to the name of the

> complaint from

> which you and your father suffer, Heriditary Fructose Intolerance (see the

> link above),

> doesn't help to lessen the confusion!

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_malabsorption

>

> Here's a link which discusses the difference between HFI and DFI, among

> other things:

>

> http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp

>

> You can google for more

>

> Love and hugs, Pat

>

>> I recently read " Turn Off the Fat Genes " and a couple of other books

>> and determined to eat lots more fresh fruits and veggies. This

>> backfired on me to an extent, as I discovered that I have something of

>> a fructose intolerance! Who knew! Coincidentally, my dad has been

>> trying to figure out what food it is making him sick with migraines

>> for a number of years, and just figured out this week that it is

>> fructose. It is hereditary.

>>

>> So, if you boost your intake of apples, pears, honey, tomatoes,

>> carrots, and other foods that have a high fructose content, and you

>> experience headaches/migraines, fainting, hypoglycemia, diarrhea, gas,

>> bloating, pain, inflammation, hypertension, etc.; well, you heard it

>> here. Look into fructose intolerance and switch to fruits, veggies,

>> and sweeteners with lower fructose levels!

>

>

[Guest guest]

No confusion at all, Pam - at least not now. And I sent in the links not to

correct you (though when I look at it now it does seem to me that way) so much

as to inform those who might have read your message about your problem. I had to

look it up to be sure I understood (well, I'm not sure I DO understand, but I

had to look it up to find out how ignorant I was!), and I thought I'd save a

couple of steps for others. As for the docs, well, statistics don't ride on

slight cases of this or that - gotta have a full-blown case of whatever to make

the medical journals, I suspect. But that doesn't mean the lesser symptoms don't

exist - of course they do.

 

Good that you were able to have your problem diagnosed and correct your eating

style before you felt worse. And thanks for the heads-up!

 

Love and hugs, Pat

 

----

My blog: http://beanvegan.blogspot.com

" Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are

called medical research. " (George Bernard Shaw)

 

 

--- On Fri, 5/9/08, pdw <pdworkman wrote:

 

> pdw <pdworkman

> Re: Fresh Foods and Fructose Intolerance / was

Weight loss help please!!!

>

> Friday, May 9, 2008, 1:54 PM

> Yeah, I used fructose intolerance without any caps as a

> descriptive

> term, not to indicate HFI, sorry for any confusion there.

>

> That said, my dad and I (and, incidentally, my paternal

> grandmother

> and my brother, looking at all of our symptoms) do not fall

> square

> into the definition for HFI or DFI (and at this point have

> not been

> officially dx with anything). Yes, we have always had the

> intestinal

> symptoms of DFI or Fructose Malabsorption, but DFI *only*

> encompasses

> intestinal symptoms, and we also have neurological

> symptoms,

> hypoglycemia, hypertension, etc. that would be associated

> with HFI,

> not DFI. But obviously we don't totally lack the

> enzymes required to

> break down fructose or we would not have made it this far

> without a

> vastly modified diet.

>

> As with most diseases and disorders, especially those that

> are

> digestion related, science and doctors tend to only pick up

> on the

> really severe and life-threatening cases in the beginning,

> and then

> later find that there is a wide spectrum ranging from mild

> to severe.

> The medical studies of HFI are therefore at the stage that

> celiac

> disease was at fifty years ago, where only those cases that

> were

> life-threatening and had really obvious damage to the

> intestines were

> considered to be celiac. It was considered to be a rare

> disease. Now

> they know that there are a lot of other indicators long

> before

> intestinal damage to the villi occurs, and some people

> never have the

> obvious symptoms. There are also people who do not have

> classic

> celiac disease, but who have a neurological response (eg.

> autism) to

> gluten instead. Similarly, the only people who are

> considered by the

> doctors now to have HFI now are people who go into shock if

> given a

> glass of orange juice, and must live on a diet of meat and

> dairy

> because any fruit or vegetable makes them ill. People who

> completely

> lack the enzyme required to break down fructose. But what

> about those

> who have some of the enzyme but not enough? Or whose

> livers simply

> don't metabolize it fast enough? Or who are missing

> (or don't have

> enough) of another factor in the complex metabolization

> process?

>

> So we have fructose intolerance with small letters, because

> what we

> have probably doesn't even have a name yet!

>

> Pam

>

>

>

> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Pat

> <drpatsant wrote:

> > Thanks, Pam. I should add that the genetic condition

> Hereditary Fructose

> > Intolerance (HFI)

> > is reputed to be rare. (I am not, I hasten to add, a

> medical practitioner.)

> >

> > Here's a link to Heriditary Fructose Intolerance -

> >

> >

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_fructose_intolerance

> >

> > FWIW I offer a link to Fructose Malabsorption (NOT the

> same thing as

> > fructose intolerance,

> > but interesting to read) aka Dietary Fructose

> Intolerance (DFI). The

> > similarity of this second

> > name for this complaint, Dietary Fructose Intolerance,

> to the name of the

> > complaint from

> > which you and your father suffer, Heriditary Fructose

> Intolerance (see the

> > link above),

> > doesn't help to lessen the confusion!

> >

> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_malabsorption

> >

> > Here's a link which discusses the difference

> between HFI and DFI, among

> > other things:

> >

> > http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp

> >

> > You can google for more

> >

> > Love and hugs, Pat

> >

> >> I recently read " Turn Off the Fat Genes "

> and a couple of other books

> >> and determined to eat lots more fresh fruits and

> veggies. This

> >> backfired on me to an extent, as I discovered that

> I have something of

> >> a fructose intolerance! Who knew! Coincidentally,

> my dad has been

> >> trying to figure out what food it is making him

> sick with migraines

> >> for a number of years, and just figured out this

> week that it is

> >> fructose. It is hereditary.

> >>

> >> So, if you boost your intake of apples, pears,

> honey, tomatoes,

> >> carrots, and other foods that have a high fructose

> content, and you

> >> experience headaches/migraines, fainting,

> hypoglycemia, diarrhea, gas,

> >> bloating, pain, inflammation, hypertension, etc.;

> well, you heard it

> >> here. Look into fructose intolerance and switch to

> fruits, veggies,

> >> and sweeteners with lower fructose levels!

> >

> >

>

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