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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Fructose Intolerance is Just as Common as Dairy Intolerance

By Kathryn Barry

Fructose Intolerance will create the same digestive problems as lactose intolerance caused by sugars that are having problems being digested in your small intestines.

When your body cannot produce a certain enzyme, absorbing fructose will then become a big problem for your body.

Fructose will then travel down to your large intestine and quickly ferment producing gases that cause flatulence, bloating, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

Fructose Intolerance is much more common than previously thought.

What is Fructose Sugar?

This simple sugar called fructose can be found in all fruits, tons of vegetables, your favorite sweeteners, and in problematic grains like wheat.

Common sweeteners are table sugar or sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, fructose sugar, invert sugar, agave syrup, honey, maple syrup, and fruit juice concentrate.

Fructose Can Create Fat Storage Problems

After being absorbed through your small intestine, fructose goes directly to your liver to be processed into glucose.

Unless your body needs to increase its blood sugar level, your liver will change the fructose into glycogen instead of glucose.

When your blood sugar level of glucose begins to lower or drop, glycogen which is your energy reserve will be turned into glucose .

The problem is your liver will stop storing fructose as glycogen pretty quickly and will have to turn the remaining fructose into fatty acids or fat.

Because fructose is limited to being metabolized by your liver and because no other cells can metabolize this sugar, the odds are in favor of fructose being turned into fat.

Bottom line is that the more fructose you consume, the more fat your body can produce.

Fructose and Your Health

The more fructose you have in your diet, the higher your triglyceride levels, LDL cholesterol levels and risk of cardiovascular disease.

Fructose is perhaps 10 times worse than glucose in the production of AGEs or Advanced Glycation End Products in our bodies.

The first thing that eating fructose does is cause an increase in uric acid.

Fructose is also associated with high blood pressure and hypertension problems.

Your body produces too much insulin when consuming too much fructose which could then lead to becoming insulin resistant.

Sugar diseases like Diabetes could become a reality.

What to do About Fructose Intolerance

The threshold for symptoms varies among people and you will have to figure out how much of this sugar it takes to upset your system.

Taking a Breath Hydrogen Test can determine if you are intolerant to this sugar and other sugars.

For really sensitive people, a fructose free diet may be in order.

Lowering your intake of fructose, especially from High fructose corn syrup found in soft drinks and processed foods is a must do. - 17269

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