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Sweet Potato W Maple Syrup

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rain Contributor
rain
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I'm experimenting with cutting back on fructose. I've taken out fruit and cut way back on juice and honey (in my morning tea). I just ate a whole sweet potato with 2 tbs of maple syrup and I've got the tell tale buzzing/tingling/chills in my body.

Is this fructose intolerance?

Thanks!

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Maple syrup is mostly sucrose Open Original Shared Link (assuming you used real syrup), as are sweet potatoes Open Original Shared Link

cassP Contributor
cassP
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Maple syrup is mostly sucrose Open Original Shared Link (assuming you used real syrup), as are sweet potatoes Open Original Shared Link

INTERESTING!!!!! i wonder if thats why i mostly do not have a problem with maple syrup!!

now sweet potatoes, it's hit or miss... before i heard anything about fructose at all- i was suspecting - is it Mannose or Mannitol? one of those i think is also in sweet potatoes...

hhmmm

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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INTERESTING!!!!! i wonder if thats why i mostly do not have a problem with maple syrup!!

now sweet potatoes, it's hit or miss... before i heard anything about fructose at all- i was suspecting - is it Mannose or Mannitol? one of those i think is also in sweet potatoes...

hhmmm

I am not sure what mannose is but mannitol is a sugar alcohol. I don't think it is present naturally but is used as a sugar replacement.

Mannitol can cause D and upset stomach when eaten in excess or by folks sensitive to sugar alcohols.

cassP Contributor
cassP
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I am not sure what mannose is but mannitol is a sugar alcohol. I don't think it is present naturally but is used as a sugar replacement.

Mannitol can cause D and upset stomach when eaten in excess or by folks sensitive to sugar alcohols.

ok, just googled. Sweet Potatoes have Mannose which is a really good sugar- also known as D-Mannose- good for binding up gluten AND bacteria that cause UTIs.

so, i honestly dont know if i was confusing it with mannitol. ?? but ya, 50% of the time im fine with them, and 50% of the time- its too much ... starch? fructose? im not sure.

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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ok, just googled. Sweet Potatoes have Mannose which is a really good sugar- also known as D-Mannose- good for binding up gluten AND bacteria that cause UTIs.

Yea sweet potatos are really good for you. Lots of vitamins and they also have both soluable and insoluable fiber and are used a for centurys in Oriental medicine for regulating the digestive system.

frieze Community Regular
frieze
Posted

I'm experimenting with cutting back on fructose. I've taken out fruit and cut way back on juice and honey (in my morning tea). I just ate a whole sweet potato with 2 tbs of maple syrup and I've got the tell tale buzzing/tingling/chills in my body.

Is this fructose intolerance?

Thanks!

are you sure you are consistently getting sweet potatoes, or is it possible you may be mixing in some yams?

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WheatChef Apprentice
WheatChef
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Sweet potatoes are technically only about 15% fructose, sucrose is half fructose but most of the sugar in it is starch (all glucose).

jlee2 Rookie
jlee2
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are you sure you are consistently getting sweet potatoes, or is it possible you may be mixing in some yams?

Is there something in yams that is bothersome to stomachs? But not sweet potatoes? To be honest I don't think I even knew there was a difference between the two lol. Shows how much I know!!

frieze Community Regular
frieze
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Is there something in yams that is bothersome to stomachs? But not sweet potatoes? To be honest I don't think I even knew there was a difference between the two lol. Shows how much I know!!

don't know, and I didn't know the were different till i looked into the "blood type diet", sweet potatoes are good, yams no....they ARE two different families of plants.

T.H. Community Regular
T.H.
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don't know, and I didn't know the were different till i looked into the "blood type diet", sweet potatoes are good, yams no....they ARE two different families of plants.

It kind of depends on where you are. In the united states, yams and sweet potatoes are the same. One is red fleshed, one is pale, but they are the same plant type. In Europe and most of the rest of the world, though, yams are what we call African yams here in the States. So when we say yams, they'd say sweet potato, LOL.

But with the buzzing and tingling - honestly, that sounds much more like allergy or gluten issue than fructose, anyway. The fructose tends to be gut related, from everything I've heard. Do you have any other allergies? I know that some farms now wax their sweet potatoes, and I don't know what contaminants the waxes have, but if you have other allergies, it might be worth checking out.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

It kind of depends on where you are. In the united states, yams and sweet potatoes are the same. One is red fleshed, one is pale, but they are the same plant type.

I've never heard this. Do you have a reference?

frieze Community Regular
frieze
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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

I had no idea! I feel so deceived. :angry: :angry:

jlee2 Rookie
jlee2
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So after looking at those links I am assuming ( here in Canada ) that what we market and sell as "yams" are really sweet potatoes. A sweet potato is ORANGE looking and a true yam is BEIGE more like a potato? Or do I have it backwards? I really need clarification because I love the orange ones lol. (I call yams). But have noticed that sometimes I have issues with them. It is hit or miss.

catarific Contributor
catarific
Posted

I have been reading a book about digestive disorders and one of the foods to avoid is sweet potatoes :( due to high fructose. The book is very interesting and informative called Why Doesn't My Doctor Know This? It covers IBS, Crohns and Colitis as well as Celiac. Fructose malabsorbtion is also seen in IBD, Crohns and Colitis.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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I think they're all from the sweet potato famiily:

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