Re: Fructose vs Glucose and Yeast

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Hi Alyssa,

I just wanted to chime in to your question. My understanding is that fructose and glucose are treated the same by the gut. That is, they are both monosaccharides and absorbed through the small intestine (or else,should be). Once in the blood stream, fructose (and galactose, for that matter) must be converted into glucose so that the body can utilize it for organ function and movement etc. What is excess, is stored by the liver or the muscle tissues as glycogen. So, in terms of your question, all monosaccharides should be absorbed before it gets a chance to enter the large bowel and feed yeast, and it is only after it leaves the digestive tract, does the body handle it differently.

I guess in our cases, if that doesn't happen because the small intestine is damaged, say, and finds its way further down, or if someone also has SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), then any and all monosaccharides can and likely will feed yeast and bad bacteria in general.

Whew.. how was that for remembering my bio labs well almost 2 decades ago.

HTH with your research...

Teri

IBS-C

Leaky Gut

Food intolerances up the whazoo

SCD since May 09

Every other diet imaginable for the past decade.

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