Fruit and Sugar Combo Intolerance - Expert Advice

The Carroll Food Intolerance Test results prove I’m intolerant to the fruit and sugar combo. This means I cannot digest fruit and sugar eaten together within four hours. Allergy testing never revealed any food combinations as an issue, although I experienced on-going allergy reactions. Many are intolerant to the fruit and sugar combo.

 

Therefore, advice from Carroll Method naturopathic doctors (NDs) is to avoid the combination of fruit with reactive sugars. These foods may be eaten separately, but should always be kept at least four hours apart. No food should be eaten if it contains both of these.  These NDs identify the foods and ingredients that include fruit and sugar. You may be surprised by several items on these lists.

 

List of Foods Containing Fruit

My Carroll Method ND’s specific instructions about fruit:

 

 

Fruit means all apples, pears, berries, lemon, oranges and other fruits, raw, cooked, or dried. Also, all products made from fruit, such as wine, wine vinegars, apple cider vinegar, fruit liquors, citric acid, acetic acid, cranberries, coconut, coconut sugar, avocado, dates, date sugar, cashews, allspice, cloves, balsamic vinegar, bergamot, cream of tartar, olives, papaya, palm, and all oils, barks, peels, etc. from these fruits. This includes any food cooked or flavored with fruit or fruit extracts. Italian wines are considered fruits. It is illegal in Italy to add sugar during the termination process.

 

Fruit does not include pineapple (cactus), melons (gourds), monk fruit, tomatoes, and rhubarb which are vegetables.

List of Foods Containing Reactive Sugars

 

My Carroll Method ND’s specific instructions about sugar. These are reactive sugars that cause intolerant reactions when mixed with fruit.

 

Reactive Sugar means white, brown, turbinado and raw sugar, molasses, sucrose, sucralose, sucanat, dried cane juice, evaporated cane juice, or any sugar cane (even organic), or sugar beet product. Do not use artificial sweeteners, such as saccharine or NutraSweet. Rum and most wines contain sugar.

List of Foods Containing Neutral Sugars

Neutral sugars can be combined with fruit and do not drive reactions for most. 

 

        Neutral sugar means agave, honey, maple sugar and syrup, date sugar, coconut sugar, and                barely malt (not for the gluten intolerant). 

 

If you have this combination intolerance, test yourself by eating fruit and neutral sugars on an empty stomach and monitor reactions. Do not bake with honey.

Fruit and Sugar Combo Intolerance - My Pro Tips

Finally, I am following my favorite experts advice and cutting all reactive sugars. The neutral sugars are even more enjoyable than reactive sugars. High glycemic foods cause digestion issues, inflame my body and itchy feet. A plus, neutral sugars have lower glycemic indexes.

 

I need four hours to completely digest fruit or sugar per the Carroll Method. Some may need more time, up to eight hours, between fruit and sugar for proper digestion.

 

The fruit and sugar combination intolerance is an area full of pitfalls. Not a lot of information is available. Of course, there would be no pitfalls if reactive sugars are eliminated sugar completely. Many experts recommend cutting sugar, especially for gut healing. Cutting all reactive sugar is great advice for everyone.

Fruit and Sugar Combo Substitues

 
  • Fruits are better eaten whole, not juiced, we need the fiber.
  • Know the fruit list and don’t mix with reactive sugars, review list above.
  • Use neutral sugars when possible.
  • Enjoy fruit for dessert.
  • Pies made with veggies can be combined with reactive sugars, i.e., pumpkin, sweet potato, and rhubarb.
  • Tarts made with fruits can be combined with neutral sugars.
  • Indulge occasionally with sorbets and gelatos made with pineapple, melons, or monk fruit.
  • Drink Kombucha.
  • Enjoy dark chocolate. An 85% chocolate bar has significantly less sugar than even a 70% bar.
  • Drink Italian wines. It is illegal in Italy to ferment wineswith sugar.
  • Enjoy wine in small infrequent amounts and not with sugar.
  • Better, cut all alcohol.
  • Best, cut the sugar!

Fruit and Sugar Combo Pitfalls

  • Don’t eat vegan desserts containing fruit and sugar, unless it is a neutral sugar.

  • Don’t eat jams and pies made with fruit and sugar, unless it is a neutral sugar.

  • Do not eat fruit salads made with added sugar, i.e., dried fruits containing sugar

  • Don’t eat dried fruits, i.e., raisins and craisins, made with added sugar.

  • Don’t consume fruit juices with added sugar, i.e., lemonade.

  • Do not eat dishes containing fruits like olives and/or balsamic vinegars followed by sugar.

  • Don’t eat plant based ice creams made from cashew or coconut.

  • Be aware of combining avocado and coconut oils with sugar.

  • Do not use artificial sugars.

  • Don’t drink wines and champagnes fermented with sugar. 

  • Don’t drink fruit cider beers.

  • Do not consume mixed drinks made from fruit and sugar. Rum is made with sugar.

    Shots, anyone?! JK.

     

Fruit and Sugar Combo Intolerance Combined with Alcohol is Toxic

Combining alcohol with a fruit and sugar intolerance, is toxic. This combination drains all my energy and can make my stomach very upset. Rum is made with sugar. Most wines are fermented with sugar. The only exception is Italian wines, it is illegal to ferment wines with sugar in Italy. Fruit cider beers are made with fruit and sugar.

 

Alcohol always makes food intolerance symptoms worse.

Fruit and Sugar Intolerance - Simple Test

Here is my simple test. If consuming anything on the fruit list combined with reactive sugars result in symptoms, you may be intolerant to fruit and sugar eaten together. Some need four hours between fruit and sugar, some up to eight hours. Do a test, eat fruit combined with sugar on an empty stomach. Be aware of immediate reactions, i.e., bloating, gas, reddening of facial skin, or lower energy. Simply eliminate this combination, better yet, eliminate reactive sugars completely. Leave plenty of time between fruits and sugars. For a thorough test, get the Carroll Food Intolerance Test.

Cut the Sugar - Best Advice

Finally, I cut all reactive sugars at age 62. I cut the dark chocolate bars too, so many brands contain heavy metals. I enjoy small amounts of neutral sugars. My cholesterol is normal and dropped 15 points as a result. My skin is clear, no pimples, for the first time in my adult life. The cravings stop a few days after cutting sugar, really.

Fruit and Sugar Combination Intolerance - Expert Advice

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