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It is unlikely that your colon bacteria are out of whack. The fructose problem is a malabsorption problem. Food that contain more fructose that glucose (i.e have excess fructose compared to glucose) cause problems for individuals with fructose malabsorption. The only solution is to remove foods with excess fructose.

Many people including individual without IBS have problems with legumes because they contain sugars that are indigestible. For some people this doesn't bother them while other people like myself it is really troublesome. Beano helps many individuals with this problem.

Pure cane sugar, brown or white, is not a problem because it contains exactly one molecule of glucose for each molecule of fructose. Our bodies digest such sugars different than they digest fructose by itself. I place no restrictions on white/brown sugar other than to use them in moderation to control weight but not IBS.

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