
My Cure, and Yours
This is a photo of crystalized honey. Chemically speaking, honey is made up of a naturally-occuring sugar called fructose. 2012 marks the year that my digestive health did an about-face when I learned that, for me, fructose is evil. Last fall, on the advice of a doctor, I tried following a gluten-free diet. And I got much, much worse. I dropped nearly ten pounds in a month. My stomach pains became more frequent and debilitating. I developed an H Pylori infection. Clearly, gluten was not the evil culprit. I noticed a pattern to my stomach pains. Usually they happened in … Continue reading My Cure, and Yours