Sucrose

[Guest guest]

Anyone have any thoughts on the fact that fruits and veggies contain

sucrose? I know sucrose is a disaccharide, and I know we aren't

supposed to have these, so....thoughts? Not that I want to eliminate

fruits and veggies at all, I'm just curious =)

Peace =)

Alyssa 15 yo

UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009 (restarted)

No meds!

[Guest guest]

At 07:58 PM 12/9/2009, you wrote:

Anyone have any thoughts on the

fact that fruits and veggies contain sucrose?

There's a difference between sucrose contained in its natural state -- in

fruits and vegetables, vs. sucrose added to something or by

itself.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

There is no chemical difference between them. Fruits may contain enzymes that

break it down. But likely the main reason sucrose from fruit can be tolerated

is simply because of the minute amounts it is present in. Small amounts of

sucrose can be broken down even in IBD people in the stomach by acid hydrolysis.

Only when there is a very large amount of sucrose will it go on to the

intestines and cause problems.

> >Anyone have any thoughts on the fact that fruits and veggies contain sucrose?

>

> There's a difference between sucrose contained in

> its natural state -- in fruits and vegetables,

> vs. sucrose added to something or by itself.

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>

[Guest guest]

At 10:44 PM 12/10/2009, you wrote:

There is no chemical difference

between them. Fruits may contain enzymes that break it down. But likely

the main reason sucrose from fruit can be tolerated is simply because of

the minute amounts it is present in. Small amounts of sucrose can be

broken down even in IBD people in the stomach by acid hydrolysis. Only

when there is a very large amount of sucrose will it go on to the

intestines and cause problems.

I was not saying that there was a CHEMICAL difference between sucrose by

itself and the sucrose in a piece of fruit.

If we eat an apple, there is enough FOOD in the apple, along with the

fructose and glucose to fill us up.

But if we eat a piece of candy, which is 90% sucrose, that's a huge hit

of sugar. Not only that, if we eat enough candy to be the equivalent size

of the apple or pear or orange, it's more sugar than we ought to have,

even if our guts were healthy.

Moreover, stuff which is sweetened with added sucrose dulls our palates

for the natural sweetness of real food, and we begin to think we have to

have the sugar.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Moreover, stuff which is sweetened with added

sucrose dulls our palates for the natural

sweetness of real food, and we begin to think we have to have the sugar.

Marilyn

My MIL, bless her dear soul, really didn't like food unless it was

sweet. I think her idea of the perfect vegetable would have been a

chocolate sundae. After I was on the hypoglycemic diet, we were

there once and I said no thank you to the applesauce. She asked why

and I said because it has sugar in it. She said she would get another

jar, then, one she hadn't added sugar to, " Which I only do because

it's much too sour to eat otherwise " . I showed her the label,

clearly listing sugar and frankly, I don't think she believed me even

reading it. Definitely her taste buds had been trained to super sweet.