![]() If you’re still battling the scale after adopting healthier habits, you might consider looking at your fruit intake. You’ve already switched to a real food diet, you’ve cut out soda, candy, processed foods, etc… but there’s one problem: you’re still not losing weight. “Faecal bacteria of IBS patients showed the lowest ability to degrade pectin.” – Acta Vet Brno. If you have IBS, it’s possible that an apple a day will NOT keep the doctor away. Many fruits (like apples) are also rich in pectin, a type of fiber that folks with IBS may have trouble fully breaking down. “The clinical symptoms of carbohydrate malabsorption include flatulence, abdominal cramps and pain, diarrhea, and sometimes even headache, usually after the ingestion of a product containing the incompletely absorbed sugar.” – World J Gastroenterol. It was solid berry seeds! And, no, I did not see a bear…. (I should have taken a photo of the massive bear poop from a recent Alaskan hike through berry-filled bear country, but you’ll have to take my word for it. The plant is hoping that some of its seeds will survive transit and get, shall I say, “deposited” in a new location to grow a new fruit tree/plant. Fruits are designed by nature to carry seeds and make a new plant, so when you think about it, it’s in their best interest to not be fully digested by humans. You Have Diarrhea or IBSĪlong with the fructose absorption issues I described above, which does commonly lead to diarrhea, let me explain another possibility for why fruit messes up your digestion. I tested reactive to fructose via the Mediator Release Test, which measures chemical and food sensitivities, so I have to be doubly careful with the amount of fruit I eat! 2. Side note – In addition to fructose malabsorption, you can also have an inflammatory reaction to fructose. Lactose has long been recognized as one of the most important nutrients, and fructose and sorbitol have become increasingly important following recommendations to increase fruit and vegetable consumption” – World J Gastroenterol. “The most important carbohydrates that routinely cause clinical abdominal complaints are lactose, fructose, and the sugar alcohol sorbitol. If hefty portions of fruit leave your tummy in knots, chances are you have some level of fructose malabsorption and you probably should lay off the fruit. Most fruits have been bred to be larger and contain more fructose than their great grand parents (the original apple was about as large and sweet as a crab apple), so you can understand how the human body might not have the skills to handle it. But, that’s only true to a certain extent. ![]() Now, glucose (also present in fruit) does help facilitate absorption of fructose, which many use as an argument to suggest fruit is fine and only refined fructose is an issue. And the result of those bacteria feasting on fructose is a lot of gas and bloating that makes us feel pretty icky. So instead of nourishing us, sometimes fruit sits in the gut and ferments with the help of bacteria. Researchers believe up to 40% of people suffer from a condition called fructose malabsorption in which fructose is inefficiently absorbed across the small intestine. Unfortunately, many of us are not well equipped to digest and absorb large amounts of fructose. Fruit is rich in a type of sugar called fructose. You’re Frequently Bloatedįruit is a classic trigger for bloating and here’s why. Here Are 5 Signs You’re Eating Too Much Fruit 1. Somewhere along the way, people forgot that vegetables were part of that sentence and many people took it as an excuse to go way overboard on fruits in the name of health.īut that “healthy habit” might not be doing you any favors. It seems the past few decades of government sponsored nutrition messages to eat 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables per day have been lost in a game of telephone. At most, I have 2 weeks of written record.Īnd one thing I see people overdoing time and time again is fruit. At minimum, I have them recall what they’ve eaten in the past 24 hours. ![]() In every client nutrition session, I hear about what people eat. Peaches are perfectly ripe, apricots are plump, and berries are bursting with flavor.Įven if you’re not a year round fruit-i-vore, summer makes you want to be one. I realize it’s the middle of summer and just about every fruit worth eating is in season.
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