GI Upset? Fructose in Foods Could Possibly Be to Blame.

FRUCTOSE; INVERSION of sugar; GASTROINTESTINAL motility disorders; ACADEMIC medical centers; RESEARCH institutes; PHYSIOLOGY

IOWA City (Iowa); UNITED States

Presents a question and answer advisory on the issue whether sugar can cause gastrointestinal (GI) upset. Conclusion of the researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City that fructose could be the reason for some GI problems; Effects of eating too much to the small intestine; Beliefs of Iowa investigator Fredrick C. Johlin, Jr. regarding the development of some unpleasant symptoms in a large minority of people with enough fructose; Presentation of some measures for fructose relief.