Quote: That is weird and unreliable. Why would it matter if you had A since it is both C and D? I can't trust a test like that
Oh - I hope you write a letter to the editor of the reputable peer-reviewed GI journal that published the results and tell him you don't trust the results and ask that the results be retracted. Maybe you are just expressing your disappointed to hear the incidence of fructose malasborption can be so high in the IBS population. IBS-A is a distinct subtype from IBS-C and IBS-D there is no reason to expect that the mechanism underlying the three different subtypes need to be related. Recently a paper published findings that showed IBS-C can be distinguished by other subtypes including IBS-A using a methane as a potential biomarker. It won't be long before they find unique biomarkers for each FGID subtype.
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Re: Little Minnie
Maybe you are just expressing your disappointed to hear the incidence of fructose malasborption can be so high in the IBS population. 
IBS-A is a distinct subtype from IBS-C and IBS-D there is no reason to expect that the mechanism underlying the three different subtypes need to be related. Recently a paper published findings that showed IBS-C can be distinguished by other subtypes including IBS-A using a methane as a potential biomarker. It won't be long before they find unique biomarkers for each FGID subtype. 
