Fruit Addict.

I have a confession...I'm addicted to fruit. I know I could be addicted to something worse, but believe it or not, too much fruit is actually harmful. In my case anyways. I stay CLEAR away from any sweetners, white sugar, artificial sweetners, even honey or maple syrup.

So since the sugars in fruit is natural, I therefore binge or overeat fruits, justifying to myself that natural sugar in fruit is ok. But it isn't. Not in high amounts anyways. After undergoing an food intolerance test, the list below are the results...

Severe Intolerance Fruit:

Pineapple, honeydew melon, fig, date, papaya, strawberry, kiwi, orange, mango, watermelon, banana, grape, grapefruit

Moderate Intolerance Fruit:

Nectarine

Mild Intolerance Fruit:

Blueberry, peach

Safe Fruit:

Apple, apricot, cherry, pear, lemon, cranberry

I'm also very intolerant to fructose...and after reading this post, I began to question my over bingeing on fruits. For me, I think the sugar swells my lips, a sign of food intolerance. And sometimes I feel as though it swells my whole face!

After doing some research, I think I may have fructose malabsorption. Which in short means that my small intestine cannot break down the fructose as it enters my system.

"The physiological consequences of fructose malabsorption include increasing osmotic load, providing substrate for rapid bacterial fermentation, changing gastrointestinal motility, promoting mucosal biofilm and altering the profile of bacteria."

Which is a fancy way of saying bloating. Everyone has different symptoms, but mine is bloating, and getting itchy(eczema). Because of my already short list of fruits I am able to eat, I need to make sure from now on that I limit the number of fruits I eat and stay away from the ones high in fructose. Apples unfortuantly, are on the list, but I think 2 a day(including the one in my morning smoothie) will be ok. Hopefully I can transition into 1 fruit a day. Which is so hard for me because I could easily eat 6 fruits a day! (I know...how shameful).

*sigh. I am on a fruit redux as of right now. Wish me luck.