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sucrose intolerance.

Digestive Health | Last Active: Mar 24, 2023 | Replies (7)
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@ceciliat

Is there anything natural that may be able to help with GSID? I am told that I can use honey to sweeten drinks but is there anything else besides a special diet. I am hoping for natural herbs or medicine.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 10, 2020

Hi @ceciliat, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. While we wait for @sue6408 @elle1233 @lelia @saucy and others to join, I did a quick internet search. According to this website https://www.csidcares.org/treatment/sugars/, honey is tolerated only by some people with genetic sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (GSID) or congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID). Note the website is by the manufacturs of Sucraid® (sacrosidase).

You may also be interested in this related discussion:
- Fructose Malabsorption https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/fructose-malabsorption-1/

I recommend reviewing the resources listed on this website from NIH https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/congenital-sucrase-isomaltase-deficiency

Cecilia, what foods can you tolerate?

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