Short-Chain Carbohydrates May Cause Chronic Bloating and Diarrhea

It was found out that certain short-chained carbohydrates can cause chronic diarrhea, abdominal bloating, gas or other gastrointestinal symptoms in individuals, diagnosed with:

• Dyspepsia (indigestion)
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or functional bowel disease (FBD)…

…or aggravate symptoms of:

• Lactose intolerance
• Fructose malabsorption
• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
• Celiac disease
• Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis)
• Dumping syndrome (rapid gastric emptying)

These carbohydrates were named FODMAPs.

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Nutrition Guide For Fructose Malabsorption

In the table below there are lists of foods – safe to eat, to try, and to avoid in fructose malabsorption, according to several dietitians’ and fructose malabsorbers’ recommendations. The list may serve only as an orientation, since absorption of fructose and other nutrients may vary considerably among individuals with FM, so everyone should make his/her personal lists of not/allowed foods and their tolerable amounts, according to his/her own experience. In small children fructose absorption often improves with age.

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Amount of Fructose, Glucose, Sorbitol and Fructans in Foods

In the table below, foods that may cause diarrhea and bloating in person with fructose malabsorption (FM) , are listed.

Problematic foods in FM are those that: 

• are high in fructose
• are high in sorbitol
• have high fructose-to-glucose ratio (>1)
• are high in fructans or other FODMAPs (problematic only for some persons with FM)

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