"James Silverton" > wrote in
news:7De1k.2362$BY1.1492@trnddc06:

> Default wrote on 3 Jun 2008 16:22:53 GMT:
>
>>> Olestra. Yeah, the "food product" whose motto should've been,
>>> "You will shit yourself."
>
>> The effects of that were way overblown. A small percentage of
>> people had any negative results from it.
>
>> Brian
>
>
> The worries about digestive upsets were greatly exaggerated but
> it seems that they had a large effect on the popularity of
> Olestra. I looked for the Pringles no-fat "chips" but did not
> see them recently.

And if you do they cost twice as much. I still buy them when I see them.
There is a more expensive Lays version of fat-free but it is pretty hard
to see on the package.

> In general, the variety and popularity of
> no-fat foods has much diminished.

Yes. I only find vanilla fat-free ice cream now. Can't find fat free
sherbet. Now I have to buy low-fat ice cream or regular sherbet. Many
other fat-free products have disappeared as well. Looking at people on
the street it is fairly obvious few are concerned.

> I must see if my cardiologist
> has changed his dietary recommendations.
>
> There were some other makes of chips using Olestra and I might
> mention that I never detected any digestive upsets myself.

Nor have I and I've eaten them since they first came out.

Ken




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