Aspartame is one of the sweeteners that is tolerated by intestinal fructose intolerance. And aspartame is one of the sweeteners that is often described as carcinogenic or otherwise hazardous to health. But is that true? I will explore this question in the following blog post. What is aspartame? Aspartame (E951) has been approved as a food additive for around 30 years. It is … [Read more...] about Aspartame: carcinogenic or harmless?
Ask Ingrid: News
Today it's once again about our "Ask Ingrid!" app. In this app, you can enter your intolerances and food is then filtered according to compatibility. There is also a community rating. Over 100,000 reviews from those affected are now included here. As a person affected, you can see how many users with the same intolerances tolerate this food well or badly. What you earn with … [Read more...] about Ask Ingrid: News
Food diary / symptom diary
Keeping a food diary, in which symptoms are also recorded, is very important when searching for an intolerance. Whether histamine intolerance, lactose intolerance or fructose malabsorption. We made such diaries available for download as PDFs back in 2005. Then came the symptom diary app (video in the link), which we unfortunately had to discontinue for cost reasons ... to the … [Read more...] about Food diary / symptom diary
Chocolate Easter bunnies and intolerance?
In the latest newsletter, I addressed this question and presented a few chocolatey or sweet alternatives to the Easter bunny. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. We send it out about 10 times a year, so don't worry about spam! And yes, there are now low-fructose, low-histamine and lactose-free alternatives. How did we come to eat chocolate Easter bunnies in the first … [Read more...] about Chocolate Easter bunnies and intolerance?
Focus on “scrap books”
Do you know "junk books"? This is a term introduced by Jan Höpker in his blog. He defines it like this: Scrap books are how-to books written by cheap ghostwriters with no professional expertise. Fake reviews, pseudonyms with fictitious qualifications and other lies are used in their marketing, creating the false impression that these are high-quality books by real experts, … [Read more...] about Focus on “scrap books”
Cold season – hot drink
I am often asked what hot drinks you can consume in the cold season despite being fructose intolerant. Away from tea and coffee. This usually refers to alcoholic drinks, of course. Because there is no punch and mulled wine. Apart from the low-fructose nmi mulled wine(to be found in this book on page 100). I recently came across something that is really delicious... the Hot … [Read more...] about Cold season – hot drink
Intermittent fasting
This episode deals with the topic of intermittent fasting. Everyone is talking about intermittent fasting. In this episode, we take a look at whether intermittent fasting is healthy at all, whether you can lose weight with it and whether it has healthy or unhealthy effects on us. If the player does not load here, you will find all episodes clearly arranged here on our … [Read more...] about Intermittent fasting
Resistant starch – what is it?
Lately I've been getting a lot of emails wanting to know what resistant starch is and whether it's possible to get flatulence from resistant starch. What is resistant starch? We know strength. We use it as a powder to thicken sauces or know it as an ominous ingredient in pasta, potatoes or rice that supposedly makes us fat. It is the starch that makes risotto, for example, so … [Read more...] about Resistant starch – what is it?
Kiwi chicken
As an intolerant person, you know enzymes... but you can also cook with them. This recipe, which I want to show you very quickly, gives you the taste of kiwis without containing a lot of fructose. The enzymes in the kiwi help us to tenderize the meat. It actually works! I'm not going to make a big deal out of it now, I'll get straight to the point. I hope it tastes as good … [Read more...] about Kiwi chicken
The phenomenon of histaminosis
This is how complex histamine intolerance is I keep reading and hearing adventurous stories about the diagnosis of histaminosis or histamine intolerance. Apart from alternative medical nonsense such as hair analysis, spit analysis or laying on of hands and then measuring the body's counterpressure, there are also conventional medical methods that are used even though they … [Read more...] about The phenomenon of histaminosis
