It's extremely hard to avoid maltose....now rice chex took out BHT and now the thing now flares me tremendously (because it doesn't preserve as well) so I'm running out of options.
Maltose Intolerance
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Maltose Intolerance
Finally found out after research I do not have the enzymes for maltose. After tons of testing with different types of carbohydrates, it seems I only lost the ability to digest maltose. The only way I can have starch is making sure theres tons of amylose for extremely slow digestion of maltose (if any happens at all) . Is there anyway to deal with the lack of enzymes or is it best to avoid them altogether? Can I still heal even though i consume it in small amounts or do i have to take em off completely out of my diet to get my small intestine back into shape?
It's extremely hard to avoid maltose....now rice chex took out BHT and now the thing now flares me tremendously (because it doesn't preserve as well) so I'm running out of options.
It's extremely hard to avoid maltose....now rice chex took out BHT and now the thing now flares me tremendously (because it doesn't preserve as well) so I'm running out of options.
As I'm sure you're well aware (but some people reading this may not be) maltose is simply malt sugar and it's the least common disaccharide to occur in nature. Malt sugar can be found in germinating grain (primarily in barley malt), and a small amount can be found in corn syrup. But as you note, during the starch digestion (hydrolysis) process, one of the intermediate stages is maltose.
It would be rather easy to avoid germinating grain, because this almost always turns out to be barley malt, and barley malt is a source of gluten, anyway, so it's off limits to most of us. It's not as easy to avoid corn syrup, but it can certainly be done. Avoiding the maltose issue during the digestion of starch in general though will pretty much require the total avoidance of carbohydrates in the diet, if I'm looking at this problem correctly.
Fortunately carbohydrates is the only major food category that is not essential to human health. Humans absolutely have to have protein and fat in the diet, but they can live quite well (and maintain excellent health) without any carbohydrates of any type in the diet.
Tex
It would be rather easy to avoid germinating grain, because this almost always turns out to be barley malt, and barley malt is a source of gluten, anyway, so it's off limits to most of us. It's not as easy to avoid corn syrup, but it can certainly be done. Avoiding the maltose issue during the digestion of starch in general though will pretty much require the total avoidance of carbohydrates in the diet, if I'm looking at this problem correctly.
Fortunately carbohydrates is the only major food category that is not essential to human health. Humans absolutely have to have protein and fat in the diet, but they can live quite well (and maintain excellent health) without any carbohydrates of any type in the diet.
Tex
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