Fructose intolerance now???

[Lboisvert]

I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease this past January and have been gluten free since the day I found out.  Fast forward a few months and I have symptoms like abdominal distension, pain in stomach and back.   My GI did a couple breath tests and it appears now I have a fructose intolerance and I am having trouble processing this idea.  Going gluten free was tough but I did it and now I feel like why do I have to give up more foods.  I barely eat fructose anyways unless it is hidden in the ingredients, was kind of hoping I had SIBO so at least antibiotics would get this under control but nope.  I find it hard to believe that eating fruit can cause me to look 6 months pregnant and to be in so much pain.

Has anyone else had this issue????

[knitty kitty]

Yes, I have.  I followed the Autoimmune Protocol Diet (AIP diet) and noticed improvement within a few weeks.  

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/aip-diet-autoimmune-protocol-diet

Low fructose fruits or fruits with an equal ratio of glucose to fructose are allowed, like dates.

I also take Benfotiamine, a form of thiamine that can easily enter cells, which is needed to turn fructose into energy and heal the gastrointestinal tract, and a B Complex.

Changing what you eat will regulate which bacteria grow in your microbiome.  Antibacterial drugs will kill off the good as well as the bad bacteria.  Change your diet, remove fructose, and the fructose loving bacteria will starve and die off, leaving the good bacteria room to proliferate.  

Thiamine helps keep bad bacteria from overgrowth into the small intestine.  High fructose corn syrup has been found to form a substrate in the lower small intestine where bacteria can gain a foothold and overgrow into the small intestine.  

Hope this helps!

[Scott Adams]

Is there any chance gluten has been sneaking into your diet? The would also explain the sudden change. If you eat at restaurants it is likely you could be getting regular cross-contamination.

[Lboisvert]

On 11/5/2022 at 2:37 PM, Scott Adams said:

Is there any chance gluten has been sneaking into your diet? The would also explain the sudden change. If you eat at restaurants it is likely you could be getting regular cross-contamination.

I’ve had a breath test for fructose so unfortunately it is that. 

[Scott Adams]

We've done some articles on the low FODMAP diet which may be of interest:

https://www.celiac.com/search/?&q=FODMAP&type=cms_records2&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles