Blog Dr. Alina Cernea

Fructose is a sugar commonly found in fresh fruit, honey, sugar, vegetables or fructose syrup used as an additive in processed foods. Fructose is absorbed in the small intestine. Some people are unable to completely absorb fructose, a phenomenon known as fructose...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition whose cause is largely unknown. Symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, altered bowel habits (diarrhea and/or constipation). It is a chronic medical condition. It is thought to affect around 15% of the Romanian female...

Autoimmune diseases affect over 60 million persons in Europe, that is over 8% of the European population. Many Europeans live with undetected autoimmune diseases which develop into more serious conditions over time and do not respond to treatment. The most common...