Reintroducing Fructose

Once you are deemed fructose intolerant (after the breath test) here is what Nate's doctors and dietician is having us do to reintroduce fructose:

1. Follow restricted diet for 2 weeks -no fructose!
2. Pick a restricted food that you would like to reintroduce. 
3. Try a small portion and write it down- along with any     symptoms. 
4. Try a restricted food only every 4 days.


We began with a McDonald's hamburger bun. It contains hfcs but Nate really wanted it! We ate it after a practice one evening. He did have some gas that night but no tummy ache so it was worth it.

One of Nate's symptoms- a big one- is lack of appetite when he has fructose. That caused him to be underweight. Nate weighed as much as a 4 year old when he was 7. Not good, especially for a athletic boy. So when we do try a little fructose we choose to eat it in the evening- after he's had a full day of meals!

Good luck on your reintroduction of fructose :)