White vs wholegrain babyrice

[kate]

Hi all,

Well, turns out baby no 2 also seems to have significant issues with fructose and she, interestingly, is refusing all things containing fructose after her first taste whereas her older sister would happily eat things and then react but happily still eat the same thing again.

Anyway, my question is this, would baby rice made from "wholegrain rice" contain more fructose than baby rice made with "white rice"? When I checked nutritiondata for white and brown rice it said there was no fructose in either but I'm sure I remember hearing that brown rice contains fructose. If it does then that would answer a few questions and resolve a few recent frustrations.

Thanks.

Read more: www.fructosemalabsorb.proboards.com/thread/174/wholegrain-white-babyrice#ixzz2ab1PT8k1

[Tammy]

Brown rice does indeed contain fructose. I believe it's in the "germ" of the rice. You'd do better to stick to the white rice. Its much more safe.

At least with baby #2 you already know what you have to do. yeh! And now baby #1 and #2 can share all they eat. They won't be as alone. It might actually make it easier on them as they grow up. They can be "partners in food" ;D

[ukbill]

Also you have the digestible fiber issue in the Brown rice.

Digestible Fiber breaks down to Sucrose in the gut and will cause IBS type symptoms, gas, bloating, abdominal pain and assoc issues.

The same is true for all high fiber foods. In order to keep both children "regular" you need to find a none digestible soluble fiber that suits them, and keep them on as low a fiber diet as possible.



Keep up the good work

[nicoleh]

sodium ascorbate powder taken on an empty stomach also loosens stools. and a good probiotic but check ingredients first - they're a minefield of fructose and fructo-oligosaccharides! I've managed to find 3 that are ok however, so they do exist.

rice is also extremely hard to digest for a baby. they have digestive enzymes for milk as that is what they are supposed to eat (protein and fat enzymes) - the only digestive enzyme they possess for carbohydrates is lactase for the lactose in milk. other foods are new and the enzymes take quite a while to come online so to speak. In fact many experts think that grain digestion doesn't really start until age 1. so she may just be better altogether with broths, meats, eggs, seafood and any veg she can tolerate (I'm presuming here she's FM and not HFI, just from my memory). These things require less carb digesting enzymes (the veg not so much) and more closely resemble milk in their makeup.

[kate]

Thanks so much for your replies everyone. That's a good point Tammy about them being able to go through it together. I hadn't thought of it in that way.

I've returned to just white baby rice and white rice. She is 11 months but we're still on the baby rice as she doesn't tolerate oats and she reacted badly to wheat and corn in my diet after I'd weaned her and she was still partially breastfed. We've also ended up in A&E after dairy and she's had a similar reaction to legumes - peas, kidney beans, and lentils so far. And she is reacting to all the fruit and veg that I've tried so far, even spinach, with a red patchy rash on her face to the point that her skin breaks down plus the runs and the grumps. Currently her diet consists of white rice, meat and soy formula. I haven't tried broths. Maybe I'll make some to add to the rice.

Thanks again.