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Here is a great article from this month's issue of Today's Dietician ... September 2011 Issue Not So Sweet: Fructose Malabsorption By Lisa S. Brown, PhD, RD, and Nina Current Today’s Dietitian Vol. 13 No. 9 P. 70 Suggested CDR Learning Codes: 2000, 3005, 5110, 5220, 5290; Level 2 An 87-year-old woman presented with a history of gastric distress. She’d been experiencing chronic diarrhea for the past 30 years, with bouts increasing from a few times per month to several times per week. Previously she’d screened negative for celiac disease and a trial gluten-free diet had no effect. She’d tested positive for lactose intolerance and had been on a low-lactose diet for approximately 10 years, which had been helpful, though symptoms persisted. As a last resort, her doctor sent her to a dietitian who, based on the medical history and symptoms, immediately initiated a low-fructose diet to see whether the client might have fructose malabsorption (FM). Almost immediately, the woman exp