Fructose is a sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, vegetables, and honey. Fructose malabsorption is a type of food sensitivity that affects 40% of those in the Western hemisphere. As with other food ...

When I finally received a diagnosis of fructose intolerance after years of mysterious, debilitating symptoms, I thought the hard part was over. I imagined my life would improve now that I knew what ...

SEATTLE (October 21, 2002)--Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City) urge physicians to consider adding fructose breath testing to their diagnostic strategy for patients ...

Food intolerances are often confused with food allergies, but they are actually very different. When you have a food allergy, your immune system mistakenly identifies a substance in a food as a threat ...

Food intolerance and food allergy sometimes create confusion among people. Many of us don’t know how they differ in both cause and care. Food intolerance is a problem in the digestive system. When our ...

A substantial proportion of patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction had carbohydrate intolerance. These patients experienced more severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and somatic symptoms, ...

At its September meeting, Europe’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) discussed a direct healthcare professional communication that will warn clinicians about the risk for severe ...

We've all heard we should eat more servings of fruits and veggies. That's because a diet rich in assorted plants can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, and some ...

Watermelon is considered a healthy food due to its high water and vitamin content. However, watermelon also contains a type of sugar called fructose, which may cause digestive symptoms such as ...

For the first time, scientists have unraveled just how high levels of fructose affect the body, flipping a genetic switch as it's broken down – one that primes your immune system to overreact to ...