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Going Fructose Free

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ILOVEOMC Enthusiast
ILOVEOMC
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My DD is six and is not Celiac at this point (they did endoscopy and biopsy and blood work was done last May). They want us to try the Fructose -free diet and I am having trouble finding foods for her to eat. Any suggestions? or anyone try this diet before? Now we are doing the Gluten-free diet for my celiac son and this fructose thing for my daughter. AUGGHHHH!!! Any help is appreciated with the fructose thing:)

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ILOVEOMC Enthusiast
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Doesn't anyone know something about this? It seems harder than going gluten free because I have not found any message board about fructose free.

CMCM Rising Star
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Doesn't anyone know something about this? It seems harder than going gluten free because I have not found any message board about fructose free.

I avoid fructose like the plague, and it's actually not that hard.....but mainly just be aware that it's in an incredible number of sweet things. You just have to read every label, basically. You can't eat a lot of prepared foods. Avoid sodas, they are chock full of it (cokes etc. used to be made with sugar, now they are made with high fructose corn syrup). Make your own homemade cookies. Drink only pure 100% fruit juices, but preferable to juice, just eat whole fruit.

You just have to develop a different way of eating, which is a thousand times better for you anyway. You just have to read labels like crazy. Fructose will be in most sweet things, but it's also in things you might not suspect, like catsup, for example. I don't find it all that hard to stay away from it, to tell you the truth, because I don't want to eat it.

cdford Contributor
cdford
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Processed foods are going to be your main source for fructose unless you have been using it as a white sugar substitute. If so, try using sucanat with honey instead. It works even better and is almost a one for one substitute for white sugar without the nasty long term issues of white sugar. Breadbeckers is a good source for this. You can also use plain sucanat as a substitute for brown sugar.

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jenvan
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These two sites give tips on avoiding and identifying fructose….

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  • 4 years later...
Melybean Newbie
Melybean
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I have been lactose intolerant since age 9, gluten intolerant since 22, and now fructose intolerant at age 27, so I know how frustrated you are. I am super sensitive to fructose, and have found that the information out there is not only scarce, but very inconsistent. This book was like my savior when I first started avoiding fructose: http://www.(Company Name Removed - They Spammed This Forum and are Banned)/Fructose-Malabsorption-Survival-Guide-1/dp/0984077707. Also, this website was very accurate: Open Original Shared Link They may help you quite a bit. There are a lot of lists out there of things to avoid, but not much out there of what CAN be eaten, so here are some tips. This is all gluten and fructose free - you can add dairy into this since you didn't say they were lactose intolerant:

My rule of thumb (which makes eating very time consuming due to how much cooking I have to do - I cook lunch and dinners for the week on sunday night and then microwave all week), but anyway, my rule of thumb tends to be, except for fruit and some veggies with fructose, if I can't gather it or hunt it like our ancestors, I generally can't eat it, lol.

I eat: most meats (if it's pre-packaged, check for added sugar, garlic, onion, etc.), veggies that are safe: Broccholi, zuchinni, mushrooms, lettuce (red leaf, green leaf, butter lettuce, spinach, generally anything dark, are all okay), potatoes (you can make a great shepard's pie with all the ingredients listed so far), rice (white or brown - although some say brown has a higher fructose content) - you can get rice pasta at most health food stores - it's really good. (You can make mac and cheese for your son!). For breakfast - eggs or cream of rice (it's yummy if you add milk, margerine, and sweetener**I'll get to that in a second). For desert: Potato chips (plain only) would be popular with your kids, or nuts (all except regular peanuts).

**Now, for the sweetener, what has kept me sane is DEXTROSE. I haven't been able to find it in stores, but it's cheap, and you can order it on amazon. It works/looks/tastes just like sucrose, but is fructose free and synonymous with glucose. It's 80% as sweet as sugar, so you'll use a tad more, but you can add this to cream of rice, coffee, etc (not that your kids would drink coffee). I've also been able to make a pretty tasty mirangue using egg whites and dextrose.

Eating out is a challenge - mostly because they put garlic on EVERYTHING, but sushi seems to be okay and mediterranean is also good - they have rice and grilled meat.

Things that I didn't know have fructose that you should avoid - soy, beans, garlic, onion, some spices, peanuts...

I hope this helps you. I know this is tough, especially for a kid.

  • 1 month later...
flash Newbie
flash
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I also have gluten intolerance as well as lactose intolerance and recently i've discovered i have fructose intolerance.

what can I do for bread? is it possible to make my own bread? also how about cereals,are there any I can eat? I think wheat is a no go area for fructose/lactose/gluten intolerant.

Things that I didn't know have fructose that you should avoid - soy, beans, garlic, onion, some spices, peanuts...

ugh I really hope this isnt true because soya milk is one of the few milks i can drink as im lactose intolerant and i've just ordered a soya milk maker :(

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