Re: Do apples cause you gas?

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In a message dated 4/19/01 4:30:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bullocks@...

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> Yes, but I thought every body had that problem? Steve B.

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I have terrible gas problems, but I've never noticed any correlation with

apples.

[Guest guest]

Yes, but I thought every body had that problem? Steve B.

Do apples cause you gas?

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> Hey folks,

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> Just wondering how many of you are troubled with gas after eating

> apples? Flatulous(?) from apples had been a problem for me for years

> but I have recently solve it and was wondering if others suffered

> from the same.

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> Dave

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> This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each

other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any treatment

discussed here, please consult your doctor.

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Steve,

I was doing some thyroid research and stumbled onto much info on how

thyroid increases malic enzyme, aka: memalate dehydrogenase. This is

the enzyme that catalyzes reversibly the oxidation of malate in the

presence of NAD.

Anyway, I decided to try thyroid powder for a few weeks and then eat

some apples to see if this might reduce the gas. It has worked for

one trial so I will proceed with many more trials to see if it will

continue to work.

What this may suggest is that those with gas from apples (and other

fruit) might have a tyroid deficiency. Or, it could suggest thyroid

hormone resistance since both low thyroid or resistance to this

hormone will reduce memalate dehydrogenase.

There is tons of work on this association....can't believe I missed

this for so many years.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search & DB=PubMed

I wonder if there is a connection between low thyroid and magnesium

absorption since it is well known that increasing malic acid will

help assimulate this mineral?

Dave

" Bullock " <bullocks@g...> wrote:

> Yes, but I thought every body had that problem? Steve B.

>>>>> Just wondering how many of you are troubled with gas after

eating apples? Flatulous(?) from apples had been a problem for me

for years but I have recently solve it and was wondering if others

suffered from the same. Dave <<<<<<<

[Guest guest]

Dave,

Most fruits give me gas (pears, papayas, and oranges just to name few)

but apples are my best friends- almost the one single fruit that I can

eat as many as I wish (I prefer the Granny type). The known

explanation is the type of sugar that they have and whether one is

capable of breaking it- much the same way as lactose- the milk sugar;

some ethnic groups are known to lose the specific enzyme that breaks

it.

However, linking it to thyroid is very intriguing so please keep us

posted as you continue to experiment with it. BTW: what is thyroid

powder anyway? It sounds scary these days when BSE is in the news.

Regards,

Gail

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> Anyway, I decided to try thyroid powder for a few weeks and then eat

> some apples to see if this might reduce the gas. It has worked for

> one trial so I will proceed with many more trials to see if it will

> continue to work.

>

> What this may suggest is that those with gas from apples (and other

> fruit) might have a tyroid deficiency. Or, it could suggest thyroid

> hormone resistance since both low thyroid or resistance to this

> hormone will reduce memalate dehydrogenase.

>

> There is tons of work on this association....can't believe I missed

> this for so many years.

>

> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search & DB=PubMed

>

> I wonder if there is a connection between low thyroid and magnesium

> absorption since it is well known that increasing malic acid will

> help assimulate this mineral?

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>

> Dave

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> " Bullock " <bullocks@g...> wrote:

> > Yes, but I thought every body had that problem? Steve B.

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> >>>>> Just wondering how many of you are troubled with gas after

> eating apples? Flatulous(?) from apples had been a problem for me

> for years but I have recently solve it and was wondering if others

> suffered from the same. Dave <<<<<<<