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Incomplete carbohydrate absorption from fruit juice consumption after acute diarrhea
H Ribeiro1, T C Ribeiro, S Valois
1Departamento de Pediatria da Escola de Medicina da Univerisidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|August 7, 2001
Abstract:
We carried out a double-blind, randomized study in 60 children with acute diarrhea to determine their capacity to tolerate commonly consumed fruit juices. Feedings of juice with high fructose/glucose ratios and sorbitol resulted in incomplete carbohydrate absorption and recurrence of diarrhea during the phase immediately after improvement of the illness.