Really? Like? Why do I get the inclination to think about the fact that you need supplements, and the liver needs sulpher in order to product the digestive juices you need for proper digestion and gut flora...
Sounds like a 'fructose mal-absorption', incorrect problem diagnosis to me. (FM is a symptom, not the problem)
Drea: your experience sounds more like mine. So are you saying that you've still continued having onions and, in your case garlic? ( with me it's onions and ginger ).
I eat all three on a regular basis. I choose to follow my SWAMI; it's been working for me the best of all the "food therapies" I've tried. And, even before I found the BTD, I've had heat in my liver (according to TCM); it seems like it's part of my constitution.