Short-Chain Carbohydrates may Result in Chronic Bloating and Diarrhea
Some short-chained carbohydrates can result chronic diarrhea, abdominal bloating, gas, or other gastrointestinal indications in individuals, who already have been diagnosed:
- Dyspepsia (indigestion)
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or functional bowel disease (FBD)…
- Celiac disease
- Dumping syndrome (rapid gastric emptying)
- Fructose malabsorption
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Lactose intolerance
- Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
- Sorbitol may appear in "sugar-free chewing gum", "low calorie foods"; naturally it appears in stone fruits: peaches, apricots, plums, etc).
- Xylitolnaturally apears in some berries. A pack of chewing gum containing sorbitol or xylitol may cause symptoms in a healthy child, and especially in persons with fructose malabsorption or SIBO.
- Other polyols:mannitol, isomalt, erithrytol, arabitol, erythritol, glycol, glycerol, lactitol, ribitol, etc may be problematic in fructose malabsorption, and in SIBO.
- Diarrhea, since they are osmotically active, so they drag water from intestinal vessels into intestine
- Bloating and flatulence, since they are broken down (fermented) by intestinal bacteria into gases like hydrogen, carbon dioxide, or methane
- Abdominal pain
- Unintentional weight loss
- Symptoms of vitamin and mineral deficiency
- Headache, lethargy, and depression.
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