Aliment Pharmacol Ther 29 (supplement 1): 1 - 49, 2009. doi: 10.1111 / j.1365 - 2036.2009.03951.x Treatment of Carbohydrate Intolerance Dietary restriction Carbohydrate malabsorption is readily controlled by avoiding dietary sugars that cannot be absorbed (ie, following a lactose-free diet in cases of lactase deficiency).