00:00Corinne Lawson studies food labels more intently than most for good reason.
00:07What can happen with too much fructose is you can end up hyperglycemic, end up in a coma.
00:14The Sunshine Coast woman never liked the taste of sugar, fruit and many vegetables made her feel sick.
00:20I got a lot of my energy from just a plain carton of milk growing up.
00:23After countless visits to specialists, she finally discovered she has hereditary fructose intolerance, or HFI, a few years ago.
00:32Those with the genetic disorder can't process fructose, sucrose and sorbitol.
00:37It's in everything, toothpaste, cough lozenges, chewing gum.
00:42Ms Lawson receives treatment at Martyr Health in Brisbane.
00:46Dr Liza Phillips says acute exposure to fructose for HFI patients can lead to death.
00:52Long term exposure to fructose can result in more chronic conditions, so it can cause liver and kidney damage.
01:00Sydney mother Christina Thacker has two children with HFI.
01:04Her son was initially misdiagnosed when he couldn't keep formula down.
01:08It just made him so sick and he would just scream all night long.
01:12An estimated one in 20,000 people worldwide have HFI,
01:17but because it is so rare and many medical professionals are not even aware of it,
01:22that number could be higher.
01:24That's why the women have created the charity HFI Support Australia
01:28to provide information and push for genetic screening and better food labelling.
01:33Seeing first hand how much sugar is put into every single food stuff
01:38has just opened up my eyes and my family's eyes.
01:42They also share fructose free recipes.
01:44It was really important for me that the kids felt like they were included in celebrations,
01:50like everybody else.
01:51Having their cake and eating it too.
01:53Lots of practice.
01:55So we're done talking about it,
01:56keep see how close they have finished their meals then,
01:58at least they are making these colours.
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02:01inside to family.
02:02Here she is a young państwa there,
02:03you can keep using fuels,
02:04especially if they have a good time of wine.
02:06менее,
02:20you get to have harmony with the childcare
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