Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Fructose.....for Syl

Jordy, I tend to follow the dietary guidelines regarding fructose outlined in the article referenced below

It recommends avoiding the follow foods

Fruit: apple, pear, guava, honeydew melon, mango, nashi fruit, pawpaw/papaya, quince, star fruit (carambola), watermelon
Honey
Major sweetening ingredient: High-fructose corn syrup, Corn syrup solids, Fructose and Fruit juice concentrate
Dried fruit: apple, apricot, currant, date, fig, pear, prune, raisin, sultana
Fruit juice, canned packing juice
Fruit pastes and sauces: chutney, relish, plum sauce, sweet and sour sauce, barbecue sauce
Fruits with high sugar content: cherry, grape, persimmon, lychee, apple, pear, watermelon
Coconut: milk, cream
Dried fruit bars
Fortified wines: sherry, port, etc

The fruits it recommends are

Stone fruit: apricot, nectarine, peach, plum (note these contain sorbitol)
Berry fruit: blueberry, blackberry, boysenberry, cranberry, raspberry, strawberry
Citrus fruit: kumquat, grapefruit, lemon, lime, mandarin, orange, tangelo
Other fruits: banana, jackfruit, kiwi fruit, passion fruit, pineapple, rhubarb, tamarillo

I like to have 2-3 small servings per day. However, I have to avoid some of recommend fruits because the IF content is too high for me. I hope this helps

Shepherd SJ, Gibson PR (2006). Fructose malasborption and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome: guidelines for effective dietary management . Journal of the American Dietetic Association 106 (10): 1631�9.

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