Hi mrs. D.,

Thanks so much for the advice. It is great that you realized that this was causing such difficulty for you. It is interesting because I would have never made the Fructose association with Gatorade.

Several years ago my daughter had hydrogen breath tests done for fructose & lactose intolerance. If I remember correctly, they came back o.k. with the only insight provided was that she was a "rare non hydrogen producer" ... something I really didn't have an explanation for until Sarah started seeing her new doctor. She had been taking Protonex, and thus the lack of stomach acid was likely the explanation. She took this med for 10 months, something I am now reading can do lot more harm than good to the gut. Now that I think about it, I wonder if those tests would provide an accurate result for this reason??

Over the past four years, Sarah has unintentionally been on an "elimination diet" as she has discovered that many things do not agree with her. She has a very difficult time getting enough calories with solids, so the majority of her calories come from GNC Weight Gainer Shakes. We even add flax oil to those as they do not provide enough fat. I am suspecting that there is lots of Fructose in those?

I very much appreciate your input. There is so much to be learned from others ... and with an illness with so few answers ... that is invaluable.

Thanks again,
Jeanne