esmee
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Post by esmee on Jan 17, 2012 18:02:48 GMT -5
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Post by ukbill on Jan 17, 2012 20:58:52 GMT -5
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esmee
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Post by esmee on Jan 17, 2012 22:41:26 GMT -5
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Post by colormist on Jan 18, 2012 9:13:53 GMT -5
Very nice. I hope you'll add to the document with your findings from Dr. Tolan.  |
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esmee
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Post by esmee on Jan 18, 2012 11:28:57 GMT -5
yes, i will. absoultely.  |
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Post by gretchen on Jan 21, 2012 20:52:04 GMT -5
What a great resource! You've summed it up so well, Esmee. I'm so glad I could help shed light on the mysteries of your health challenges, and I in turn am very grateful to you for helping me figure out mine.
I don't understand all the metabolic details, but Dr. Lyons in Fructose Exposed says that there are two metabolic pathways that the body uses to process the excess fructose once it has filled up the glycogen stores and converted the amount that it can into glucose. One pathway creates triglycerides and LDL, and the other uric acid. (see p. 117 of Fructose Exposed).
Dr. Lyons doesn't discuss hereditary fructose intolerance or what happens in the bodies of people who lack the enzymes to break down fructose. I'm wondering whether these pathways (to triglycerides and uric acid) are even issues for people with HFI. I mean, triglycerides and uric acid aren't healthful in excess, but they are probably much easier for the body to process than the toxic metabolic byproducts when fructose isn't completely broken down. So if we lack those enzymes, will the body even have a chance to create triglycerides and uric acid from fructose? I'm thinking that it won't, and that the fructose decomposition gets stuck at an earlier stage. Does that make sense?
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esmee
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Post by esmee on Jan 21, 2012 21:22:47 GMT -5
Yes, it makes sense, and I have been wondering the same thing, gretchen.
I would like to know how many people with HFI had issue with cholesterol and triglycerides. tikitavi says she has high cholesterol, but she has not been tested to confirm HFI, so that does not help us. However, i did read somewhere (perhaps on Dr. Tolan's site) that people with HFI do produce a lot of uric acid when they ingest fructose, but it may be through an entirely different pathway.
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