Re: intolerant to sugar

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Like lactose intolerance, only worse! There are two different conditions in

which the sugar called fructose causes problems. I have hereditary fructose

intolerance; a milder and less dangerous form is called fructose malabsorption.

I don't know how " realistic " my diet is for someone who doesn't have this

problem, but I haven't eaten candy, bread, baked goods, junk food, etc. since I

was diagnosed over 10 years ago. Personally I don't think anybody *needs* that

stuff in their diet, so this isn't really hard to follow. The tough part is that

fructose is also found in a lot of good-for-you foods like fruits and even some

vegetables, which makes it near impossible for me to get the appropriate

potassium intake.

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> >> > Hair loss was one of my first complaints that led me to seek a 

> >> > diagnosis of something other than essential hypertension. Trouble 

> >> > is, I've got a really thick head of hair to begin with, so getting a 

> >> > doctor to believe that handfuls of hair were falling out every time 

> >> > I brushed or washed it, was impossible!

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> >> > For the record, my earliest symptoms - insulin resistance, HTN, 

> >> > menstrual irregularities, ovarian cysts, adult-onset acne, and hair 

> >> > loss - read like a textbook case of polycystic ovarian syndrome.

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> >> > Which, for the record, is usually treated with spiro. Unfortunately, 

> >> > I couldn't tolerate the side effects.

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> >> > -msmith1928

> >> > 45, female, 5'3 " , 120 lbs, 1cm left adrenal nodule, aldosterone 

> >> > 42.3, renin 0.5, potassium <2.9 (when not taking supplements); 25mg 

> >> > spiro caused gynecomastia, no HTN meds; other meds are 20MEQ K 2x/ 

> >> > day, singulair 10mg, norethindrone .35mg, and cyclobenzaprine 5mg as 

> >> > needed; low sodium, fructose- and grain-free diet

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