Hereditary fructose intolerance is markedly different to a food allergy. A food allergy involves the immune system reacting to a food – for example, cow's milk protein – as if it's harmful to the body ...

Fructose is a sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, vegetables, and honey. Fructose malabsorption is a type of food sensitivity that affects 40% of those in the Western hemisphere. As with other food ...

A Queensland woman is on a mission to raise awareness about hereditary fructose intolerance, after having to wait until age ...

Dear Reader: Fructose intolerance, commonly known as hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI), is a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down fructose and some other sugars. It is known ...

Food intolerances are often confused with food allergies, but they are actually very different. When you have a food allergy, your immune system mistakenly identifies a substance in a food as a threat ...

At its September meeting, Europe’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) discussed a direct healthcare professional communication that will warn clinicians about the risk for severe ...

BALTIMORE (October 13, 2003)-- Two recent studies released today attempt to unravel the role that diet plays in gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and dyspepsia. The ...

Hydrogen and methane breath tests (HMBT) are a noninvasive diagnostic tool commonly employed to evaluate small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and issues with carbohydrate malabsorption, such ...