Incomplete Absorption of the Carbohydrate in All-Purpose Wheat Flour

H. Anderson, Isabel; S. Levine, Allen; Levitt, Michael

doi:10.1056/nejm198104093041507

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Incomplete Absorption of the Carbohydrate in All-Purpose Wheat Flour

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 9, 1981

Authors:

Isabel H. Anderson

Allen S. Levine

Michael Levitt

Abstract

MALABSORPTION of the carbohydrate lactose is a common cause of flatulence, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea in otherwise healthy persons. The possibility that such symptoms could result from malabsorption of the other major dietary carbohydrates (sucrose or starch) has received little consideratio...

Subject

Flatulence

Malabsorption

Carbohydrate

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