Just recently I started getting a pain on the left hand side of my belly next to my navel. No constipation but have had very loose stools.
I've had pain every day for weeks apart from at the weekend when I had virtually no carbs. Over the course of the past few weeks I have cut out orange juice, honey, apples, coca cola and finally sugar which is pretty much the only carbs I would have. Today and yesterday my only carbs were dextrose powder (I mixed it in water and collagen). I still had a little pain but not as much as usual and at least I was able to take in enough calories. I've lost weight that I did not want to lose as I have not been getting enough calories because of the pain. I can eat as much fatty meat and eggs as I please without it causing any belly ache but I feel exhausted when I try to work after eating meat (My work is very physical on construction sites) so my meat eating is just in the evenings which is not problematic at all.
It seems to me that fructose is causing the problem.
I've had pain every day for weeks apart from at the weekend when I had virtually no carbs. Over the course of the past few weeks I have cut out orange juice, honey, apples, coca cola and finally sugar which is pretty much the only carbs I would have. Today and yesterday my only carbs were dextrose powder (I mixed it in water and collagen). I still had a little pain but not as much as usual and at least I was able to take in enough calories. I've lost weight that I did not want to lose as I have not been getting enough calories because of the pain. I can eat as much fatty meat and eggs as I please without it causing any belly ache but I feel exhausted when I try to work after eating meat (My work is very physical on construction sites) so my meat eating is just in the evenings which is not problematic at all.
It seems to me that fructose is causing the problem.
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