Support group for fructose malabsorbers:

If you’re looking for a support group for fructose malabsorbers, I recommend Fructose Malabsorption Australia. It’s a great group of people who have a vast amount of personal experience dealing with this condition. On several occasions, the information I found there was the missing piece that helped me solve a frustrating problem.

Radio Interview with Dr. Sue Shepherd:

Australian Radio National, the public radio station, interviewed leading researcher, Dr. Sue Shepherd, about fructose malabsorption. Listen to this episode of “RN: First Bite”

• Tummy Troubles: the rise of fructose malabsorption

Articles:

• Soothing the Symptoms of IBS With Diet Therapy, Sharon Palmer, RD, Today’s Dietitian, Vol. 11 No. 6 P. 34
• Successful Low-FODMAP Living, Kate Scarlata, RD, LDN, Today’s Dietitian, March 2012, P. 36
• The FODMAPs Approach — Minimize Consumption of Fermentable Carbs to Manage Functional Gut Disorder Symptoms , Kate Scarlata, RD, LDN, Today’s Dietitian, Vol. 12 No. 8 P. 30
• When Everyday Foods Are Hard to Digest, Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2011

Research:

• Alternative Investigations for Irritable Bowel Syndrome 
  Hamish Philpott, Sanjay Nandurkar, John Lubel and Peter R Gibson http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07291.x/pdf
• Association of Lactose Sensitivity with Inflammatory Bowel Disease J. S. Barrett & J. G. Muir http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04838.x/pdf
• Clinical Ramifications of Malabsorption of Fructose and Other Short-Chain Carbohydrates Jacqueline S. Barrett & Peter R. Gibson http://practicalgastro.com/pdf/August07/Aug07BarrettArticle.pdf
• Comparison of the Prevalence of Fructose and Lactose Malabsorption Across Chronic Intestinal Disorders  J.S. Barrett, P.M. Irving, S.J. Shepherd, J.G. Muir and P.R. Gibson http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04018.x/pdf
• Dietary Poorly Absorbed, Short-Chain Carbohydrates Increase Delivery of Water and Fermentable Substrates to the Proximal Colon J. S. Barrett, R. B. Gearry, J. G. Muir, P. M. Irving, R. Rose, O. Rosella, M. L. Haines, S. J. Shepherd & P. R. Gibson http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04237.x/pdf
• Evidence-Based Dietary Management of Functional Gastrointestinal Symptoms: The FODMAP Approach Peter R Gibson and Susan J Shepherd http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.06149.x/pdf
• Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and
  polyols (FODMAPs) and nonallergic food intolerance: FODMAPs or food chemicals? Jacqueline S. Barrett and Peter R. Gibson http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388522/pdf/10.1177_1756283X11436241.pdf
• Fructan and Free Fructose Content of Common Australian Vegetables and Fruit Jane G. Muir, Susan J. Shepherd, Ourania Rosella, Rosemary Rose, Jacqueline S. Barrett, and Peter R. Gibson http://www.aseanfood.info/Articles/11022003.pdf
• Fructose and Lactose Testing Jacqueline S. Barrett and Peter R. Gibson http://www.racgp.org.au/download/Documents/AFP/2012/May/201205barrett.pdf
• Fructose Malabsorption and Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Guidelines for Effective Dietary Management Susan J. Shepherd, M Nut Diet, APD; Peter R. Gibson, MD, MB, FRACP http://www.askanaturopath.com.au/media/docs/Fructose_malabsorption.pdf
• Fructose Malabsorption Is Associated with Decreased Plasma Tryptophan M. Ledochowski, B. Widner, C. Murr, B. Sperner-Unterweger & D. Fuchs http://www.fructose.at/pdf/works/11336160.pdf
• Manipulation of Dietary Short Chain Carbohydrates Alters the Pattern of Gas Production and Genesis of Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Derrick K Ong, Shaylyn B Mitchell, Jacqueline S Barrett, Sue J Shepherd, Peter M Irving, Jessica R Biesiekierski, Stuart Smith, Peter R Gibson and Jane G Muir http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06370.x/pdf
• Personal View: Food For Thought – Western Lifestyle and Susceptibility to Crohn’s Disease. The FODMAP Hypothesis P. R. Gibson and S. J. Shepherd http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02506.x/pdf
• Probiotic Effects on Intestinal Fermentation Patterns in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Jacqueline S. Barrett, Kim E.K. Canale, Richard B. Gearry, Peter M. Irving, Peter R. Gibson http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742929/pdf/WJG-14-5020.pdf
• Review Article: Fructose Malabsorption and the Bigger Picture  P.R.Gibson, E.Newnham, J.S.Barrett, S.J.Shepherd and J.G.Muir http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03186.x/pdf
• Review Article: Vitamin D and Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Established Concepts and Future Directions  M. Garg, J. S. Lubel, M. P. Sparrow, S. G. Holt and P. R. Gibson http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2012.05181.x/pdf