What is Fructose Intolerance?
The term fructose intolerance is used to refer to both hereditary fructose intolerance as well as fructose malabsorption. Hereditary fructose intolerance results in an inability of the body to digest fructose, because the appropriate liver enzymes are not able to break down fruit sugar. Fructose malabsorption was previously incorrectly referred to as fructose intolerance, but it is not the same condition. Fructose malabsorption refers to a condition in which intestinal cells needed to absorb the fructose are deficient.
