Originally Posted by
Pi**{ie
I've got a GI doc, and a GP I think they'll consider 2 dumping issues, and 2 instances of gastrointestinal distress a good sign of diasaccharide intolorance. What they choose to do from there is their choice.
It wouldn't be classic disaccharide intolerance since you appear to have no problem with ordinary table sugar (sucrose) which is a disaccharide (i.e. two sugar). Maltodextrin is a multi-saccharide, i.e. it's a whole chain of glucose molecules strung together. Apparently your body does produce the necessary enzyme to split two sugars (like the glucose-fructose pair in sucrose) but has trouble with the longer chain in maltodextrin. At least you know what to avoid although it's unfortunate that so many processed foods have such long ingredient lists.