I eat no (table)sugar at all, because of the symptoms. I've been cutting out table sugar for almost a year now, fructose for the last few months, since I found out the FODMAP diet works. I only use rice syrup and banana as sweets actually at the moment.
I don't really have sugar cravings anymore. I've always been a sugar junkie and I really hate that I can never eat things like (normal) cookies or ice cream. I hate that I can't eat out and just order what I want, have an ice cream or pancake with my daughter.. Or eat things like lasagna or pizza, perhaps I miss those things even more. It really frustrates me.
But even on special occasions, it's 'easy' for me not to eat the good things. The good taste for a few minutes doesn't outweigh the 3 days of misery I'll have afterwards But that doesn't mean I'm ok with it, it's very hard for me to accept it. But I guess everybody here feels that way.
I think the sugar craving will subside when you really stop eating it. It's an addiction. But I use a lot of rice syrup now I'm really scared I can't even tolorate that in the future...
-------------------- PI-IBS-C/A nausea & very bad gastric pain
meds: lansoprazol+macrogol
started EFI +FODMAPs 1/2011. 'Relapse' for 8 months. Now partly back on track again with the diet..
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