Fats

[CK]

I have been having more GI tests over the past couple of weeks at Mayo Clinic, and found I am also having motility problems (rapid gastric emptying/dumping syndrome) which doesn't allow foods to digest since it travels too quickly through my system. It explains why I have so many other food issues besides just the fructose intolerance. I was doing some research, and found this link about fat intolerance, cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1691266 and wanted to post it in case it may be of help to you Kristen, for Coley. I know he experiences some neurological things as well. My doctor is trying to correlate all the digestive issues, fructose, and neurological things, and this motility issue helped explain some things since it affects so much in the body. This may or may not be what he is going through, but I thought I would pass it along just in case it may be of help.

[CK]

Hi,

I'll copy & paste this bit of information: (when I clicked on the link it was in a couple languages- who knows what happened with the plain English I found earlier.) I was searching under Dumping Syndrome & rapid gastric emptying when I found information on fat intolerance.

Here is some info.

Document title
Fat intolerance depends on rapid gastric emptying
Authors
LIN H. C. ; VAN CITTERS G. W. ; ZHAO X.-T. ; WAXMAN A
Departments of Medicine and Nuclear Medicine, CSMC Burns & Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, ETATS-UNIS
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, ETATS-UNIS
Abstract
Patients with fat intolerance complain of early satiety, bloating, nausea, and vomiting. Since these symptoms are similar to those of patients with postgastrectomy dumping syndrome, we hypothesized that fat intolerance may be associated with early, rapid gastric emptying. Using a three-meal gastric emptying study, we compared gastric emptying in nine patients with a history of fat intolerance and nine normal volunteers. On three separate days, 500-ml radiolabeled test meals containing 0, 15, or 60 g of fat were studied. The percentages of the test meal emptied at 15 and 60 min were analyzed by repeated measures two-way ANOVA. At 15 min (p < 0.05) but not 60 min, gastric emptying was faster in patients than normals. Gastric emptying at 15 min (p < 0.001) and 60 min (p < 0.001) depended on the dose of fat. We conclude that fat intolerance is associated with early, rapid gastric emptying.
Journal Title
Digestive diseases and sciences (Dig. dis. sci.) ISSN 0163-2116 CODEN DDSCDJ

Rapid Gastric Emptying:
Rapid Gastric Emptying (Dumping Syndrome) healthlink.mcw.edu/article/930606151.html
Rapid gastric emptying, or dumping syndrome, happens when the lower end of the small intestine (jejunum) fills too quickly with undigested food from the stomach. "Early" dumping begins during or right after a meal. Symptoms of early dumping include nausea, vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, and shortness of breath. "Late" dumping happens 1 to 3 hours after eating. Symptoms of late dumping include weakness, sweating, and dizziness. Many people have both types.

Dumping syndrome is a relatively rare disorder in which the stomach's contents are delivered too quickly to the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and dizziness. In addition, people with this syndrome often suffer from low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, because the rapid "dumping" of food triggers the pancreas to release excessive amounts of insulin into the bloodstream.