MAIL ONLINE: My love of apples left me feeling rotten to the core

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‘Fructose is poorly absorbed by most of us,’ says Peter Whorwell, a professor of medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Manchester. ‘Despite this, a lot of people can eat fruit without any problem — but if you have a particularly oversensitive gut, it will result in a lot of gurgling.’ This is due to wind moving in the gut.

Period14 Mar 2017

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  • TitleMy love of apples left me feeling rotten to the core: Sixty per cent of us can't properly digest sugar in fruit - and it can leave some, like writer ROSS CLARK, in misery for years
    Media name/outletMail Online
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date14/03/17
    Description‘Fructose is poorly absorbed by most of us,’ says Peter Whorwell, a professor of medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Manchester. ‘Despite this, a lot of people can eat fruit without any problem — but if you have a particularly oversensitive gut, it will result in a lot of gurgling.’ This is due to wind moving in the gut.
    URLwww.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4311012/My-love-apples-left-feeling-rotten-core.html
    PersonsPeter Whorwell
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  • digestion
  • fruit