Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I would not use artifical sweeteners. The natural sugars are unrefined brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, molasses, barley syrup, beet sugar and date sugar. Is your friend allergic to all fructose or just corn frustose? Fruits and vegetables have relatively small, " normal " amounts of fructose that most bodies can handle quite well. Consuming too much fructose at once seems to overwhelm the body's capacity to process it. High fructose corn syrup has become incredibly inexpensive and abundant in foods. Sucrose is half fructose and half glucose. Agave Nectar has been used by Mexicans and Latinos for centuries, it has only been recognized as a sweetener in the United States during the past few months. Here is a table on Sugars. Sugar Content of Selected Common Plant Foods Food Item Total Carbohydrate Total Sugars Free Fructose Free Glucose Sucrose Fructose / Glucose Ratio Sucrose as a % of Total Sugars Fruit Apple 13.8 10.4 5.9 2.4 2.1 2.0 19.9 Apricot 11.1 9.2 0.9 2.4 5.9 0.7 63.5 Banana 22.8 12.2 4.9 5.0 2.4 1.0 20.0 Dates 75.0 63.4 19.6 19.9 23.8 1.0 37.6 Grapes 18.1 15.5 8.1 7.2 0.2 1.1 1.0 Peach 9.5 8.4 1.5 2.0 4.8 0.9 56.7 Pear 15.5 9.8 6.2 2.8 0.8 2.1 8.0 Vegetables Beet, Red 9.6 6.8 0.1 0.1 6.5 1.0 96.2 Carrot 9.6 4.7 0.6 0.6 3.6 1.0 70.0 Corn, Sweet 19.0 3.2 0.5 0.5 2.1 1.0 64.0 Red Pepper, Sweet 6.0 4.2 2.3 1.9 0.0 1.2 0.0 Onion, Sweet 7.6 5.0 2.0 2.3 0.7 0.9 14.3 Sweet Potato 20.1 4.2 0.7 1.0 2.5 0.9 60.3 Yam 27.9 0.5 tr tr tr na tr Sugar Cane 13 - 18 0.2 – 1.0 0.2 – 1.0 11 - 16 1.0 100 Sugar Beet 17 - 18 0.1 – 0.5 0.1 – 0.5 16 - 17 1.0 100 Commercial Sweeteners (% of Carbohydrate) Sugar Fructose Glucose Sucrose Other Sugars Granulated Sugar (50) (50) 100 0 Brown Sugar 1 1 97 1 HFCS-42 42 53 0 5 HFCS-55 55 41 0 4 HFCS-90 90 5 0 5 Honey 50 44 1 5 Maple Syrup 1 4 95 0 Molasses 23 21 53 3 Corn Syrup 0 35 0 0 _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose) (All about Frustose) _http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp_ (http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp) (Frustose Intolerance and Malasorption) Diane In a message dated 10/13/2008 9:54:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, meganchristina writes: Hello Everyone, I have a close friend who has spent that past week in in clinic to find out why she becomes ill after everything she eats. They found that she has become allergic to fructose, most likely caused by a parasite or bacteria. I was hoping someone would know of an alternative sweetener that isn't too unhealthy (like those in diet products). Any info would help. Thank you, Megan Christina **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I see the table chart got messed up in my email. Go into the link to see it. _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose) Dine In a message dated 10/14/2008 1:21:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Boonight writes: Commercial Sweeteners (% of Carbohydrate) Sugar Fructose Glucose Sucrose Other Sugars Granulated Sugar (50) (50) 100 0 Brown Sugar 1 1 97 1 HFCS-42 42 53 0 5 HFCS-55 55 41 0 4 HFCS-90 90 5 0 5 Honey 50 44 1 5 Maple Syrup 1 4 95 0 Molasses 23 21 53 3 Corn Syrup 0 35 0 0 _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose) (All about Frustose) _http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp_ (http://www.foodintol.com/sugar.asp) (Frustose Intolerance and Malasorption) Diane In a message dated 10/13/2008 9:54:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, meganchristina writes: Hello Everyone, I have a close friend who has spent that past week in in clinic to find out why she becomes ill after everything she eats. They found that she has become allergic to fructose, most likely caused by a parasite or bacteria. I was hoping someone would know of an alternative sweetener that isn't too unhealthy (like those in diet products). Any info would help. Thank you, Megan Christina **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I like stevia leaf powder which can be found in almost every natural food store and a lot of main chain groceries as well. Keep in mind that a little bit goes a LONG way! I need only a few drops in my tea or lemon water to sweeten it. It also comes in a powder that is mixed with fiber to make it easier to spoon without oversweetening. Some people can use agave syrup (again, a little bit goes a long way). I would check the make-up of the agave before recommending it to your friend, though. Best of luck! Rav breathemcb <meganchristina Friday, October 10, 2008 3:10:41 PM << >> Fructose Allergy Hello Everyone, I have a close friend who has spent that past week in in clinic to find out why she becomes ill after everything she eats. They found that she has become allergic to fructose, most likely caused by a parasite or bacteria. I was hoping someone would know of an alternative sweetener that isn't too unhealthy (like those in diet products). Any info would help. Thank you, Megan Christina --- ALTERNATIVE-MEDICINE-FORUM RECOMMENDS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~---Allieving Suffering For All With Acne---~~ http://www.acnehealingoil.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Megan Christina, What are they doing to identify & isolate/remove the parasites/bacterium causing the problem? What treatments, medicines, supplements or herbs are they recommending? Would continued sugar ingestion contribute to the growth of the pathogens? -richard, l.m.t.- --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Boonight <Boonight wrote: In a message dated 10/13/2008 9:54:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, meganchristina@ ymail.com writes: Hello Everyone, I have a close friend who has spent that past week in in clinic to find out why she becomes ill after everything she eats. They found that she has become allergic to fructose, most likely caused by a parasite or bacteria. I was hoping someone would know of an alternative sweetener that isn't too unhealthy (like those in diet products). Any info would help. Thank you, Megan Christina Recent Activity 43 New MembersVisit Your Group Meditation and Lovingkindness A Group to share and learn. Health Heartburn or Worse What symptoms are most serious? Need traffic? Drive customers With search ads on .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Hi, My alternative doctor recommends Agave Nectar. It's a natural sweetener about the consistency of honey. Works for me. Comes from agave plants. Pam ________________________________ Richard Silva <silvaworks Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:34:25 PM Re: << >> Fructose Allergy Megan Christina, What are they doing to identify & isolate/remove the parasites/bacterium causing the problem? What treatments, medicines, supplements or herbs are they recommending? Would continued sugar ingestion contribute to the growth of the pathogens? -richard, l.m.t.- --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Boonight (AT) aol (DOT) com <Boonight (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote: In a message dated 10/13/2008 9:54:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, meganchristina@ ymail.com writes: Hello Everyone, I have a close friend who has spent that past week in in clinic to find out why she becomes ill after everything she eats. They found that she has become allergic to fructose, most likely caused by a parasite or bacteria. I was hoping someone would know of an alternative sweetener that isn't too unhealthy (like those in diet products). Any info would help. Thank you, Megan Christina Recent Activity 43 New MembersVisit Your Group Meditation and Lovingkindness A Group to share and learn. Health Heartburn or Worse What symptoms are most serious? Need traffic? Drive customers With search ads on ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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