I find it very interesting that about a third of Europeans have this  
disorder. It is darned close to being the norm.

And while you have a point about apples -- though they are far higher  
in sugar and lower in fiber than their wild counterparts -- 2/3rds a  
cup of raisins would put someone who is sensitive into fructose  
overload.

Jim Swayze
www.fireholecanyon.com
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Robert Kesterson <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:51:12 -0500, Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask] 
> > wrote:
>>
>> This is a very interesting read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
>> Fructose_malabsorption
>
> Indeed.  Thanks for the reference (I'd never heard of that disorder).
>
> It also shows that if you had that disorder, you wouldn't want to  
> eat more than about five or six average-sized apples at once to  
> avoid fructose overload.  Personally, one apple at a time, or two if  
> I'm really starved for apples, is plenty.  :-)
>
> -- 
>  Robert Kesterson
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