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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by floatingatoll on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @01:29AM (#15701840)
Fructan is, if I trust internet definitions, a fructose polymer. Perhaps fructan sensitivity is an immune/whatever reaction to high fructose corn syrup, mis-directed at fructan due to its similar composite materials.
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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by tom_mellior on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @04:38AM (#15702599)
This study was done in Norway. HFCS is pretty rare in Europe compared to the US. It's possible that it was present in the "fructan" treatment here, but if I had to bet, I'd bet it was unlikely.
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Re:Fructan, not gluten, induces symptoms in patients with gl... by chrismanning on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @06:59AM (#15703140)
Although the study isn't about the FODMAPs generally, note that fructose itself is also a FODMAP (when present in larger quantities than glucose), and so could also cause similar symptoms.
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