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Elimination Diets Suck

I’ve been on the elimination diet for about two and a half weeks now. I started July 29th and I’m supposed to go until the 26th of August with it.  I may push it back another week just to be safe. There are a couple times during this diet that I have made mistakes and…

Today Was a Bad Day

I haven’t felt this bad in a few weeks. My body is just so pissed off at me because of what I ate for breakfast and I’ve been feeling like shit since then. I’ve been getting Panera Bread bagels for breakfast on the way into work this week for breakfast and completely forgot to today.…

Traveling

Traveling so far with a fructose intolerance/malabsorption is a pain in the ass. It’s hard enough to shop for food at times when you’re at home. But when you end up eating out a lot because of travel for work things don’t go so well. You end up eating a lot of processed foods depending…

I Finally Have an Answer

After two and a half years of digestive problems, two primary care physicians(PCPs) and one gastrointestinal(GI) specialist later I have been diagnosed with a fructose intolerance or malabsorption. There is a difference between the two of them. Fructose intolerance is a hereditary condition that is caused by a gene malformation and the fructose malabsorption has…