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Fructose Intolerance: Symptoms, Foods to Watch, Testing, and Management

These symptoms often send people searching for answers about irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), dairy intolerance, or gluten. Another possibility deserves attention: difficulty absorbing fructose, a sugar found in far more than fruit.

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These symptoms often send people searching for answers about irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), dairy intolerance, or gluten.

Another possibility deserves attention: difficulty absorbing fructose, a sugar found in far more than fruit.

"Fruit sugar" is a common name for fructose, because fructose occurs naturally in fruit.

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These symptoms often send people searching for answers about irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), dairy intolerance, or gluten. Another possibility deserves attention: difficulty absorbing fructose, a sugar found in far more than fruit. "Fruit sugar" is a common name for fructose, because fructose occurs naturally in fruit.

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  • This article will help you understand how fructose can appear in many more foods than you might imagine, and give you a road map to begin exploring your relationship with fructose...
  • It is also found in honey, agave, and some vegetables, and is often used as a sweetener (in various forms) in packaged and prepared foods.

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Could your digestive troubles be due to fructose?

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An urgent trip to the bathroom after a drink that seemed harmless.

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