"CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
has been buried in one of the iconic cans."

More he http://tinyurl.com/5vcmzc
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"modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>
> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> More he http://tinyurl.com/5vcmzc
> --
>
> modom


LOL just heard that on the news this afternoon. And why not.

Arri wrote on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:30:53 -0600:


> "modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>>
>> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
>> packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a
>> portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic
>> cans."
>>
>> More he http://tinyurl.com/5vcmzc
>> --
>>
>> modom


Why not indeed! It was his money even if I consider it damned
stupidity.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> has been buried in one of the iconic cans."

That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in literally
decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like something died.

nb

notbob wrote:

> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
> > packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion
> > of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
> literally decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like
> something died.

I like Pringles.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

On 2008-06-02, Default User > wrote:

> I like Pringles.

I'm sure they love you.

nb

On Jun 2, 6:17*pm, "Default User" > wrote:
> notbob wrote:
> > On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> > > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
> > > packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion
> > > of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> > That explains it. *I just happened to buy, for the first time in
> > literally decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. *Tastes like
> > something died.

Pringles : potato chips :: Arby's meat : roast beef

There's a reason why the taste like they're made from powdered instant
potatoes. It's because they are.
>
> I like Pringles.

You also like process cheese on pizza.
>
> Brian
>

--Bryan

On Mon 02 Jun 2008 03:48:30p, notbob told us...

> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
>> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
>> system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
>> has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in literally
> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like something died.
>
> nb

You must have gotten the "lucky" can!

--
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A religion! How weird! But you
shouldn't have laughed.
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Default User wrote:
>
> notbob wrote:
>
> > On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> > > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
> > > packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion
> > > of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
> >
> > That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
> > literally decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like
> > something died.
>
> I like Pringles.

I like Pringles for what they are. Those who can only compare them to
conventional potato chips miss the mark.

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> More he http://tinyurl.com/5vcmzc

Will he be vacuum-packed so in 50 years, the can would go 'whoosh!'?

-sw

notbob wrote:

> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> > system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in literally
> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like something died.
>


Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it gave
Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!

Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
seems to have disappeared pretty fast...

--
Best
Greg

On Mon 02 Jun 2008 08:39:45p, Gregory Morrow told us...

>
> notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
>> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
>> > system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
>> > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>>
>> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
literally
>> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like something died.
>>
>
>
> Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
gave
> Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!

Do they still make Sal Hepatica?

> Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
> seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>

Olestra? I believe Ruffles still uses that in the "Wow" potato chips.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Monday, 06(VI)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
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Some minds should be cultivated,
others plowed under...
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 02 Jun 2008 08:39:45p, Gregory Morrow told us...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > notbob wrote:
>
> >> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> >> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> >> > system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> >> > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> >> That explains it. *I just happened to buy, for the first time in
> literally
> >> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. *Tastes like something died..
>
> > Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
> gave
> > Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>
> Do they still make Sal Hepatica?


I don't know, it's one of those brands that used to be ubiquitous,
like Serutan...

You, like myself, like old - time radio and such stuff...it's AMAZING
how many tonics were around in the 30's - 40's to "promote
regularity". If you take a gander at old popular magazines from that
era it seems like most every other ad is for such nostrums...

I have an RCA CD set of Sinatra's output with the Tommy Dorsey Band
from the early 40's, it's called _The Song Is You_. It includes a
whole CD of a typical radio show, it's sponsored by a laxative
company. This was a show that was targeted to the young 'uns of the
day. I guess folks ate a lot less roughage in those days or
something...

From what I gather, laxative companies provided a big segment of the
ad dollar back then...

In a wartime _Life_ I have there's a Sal Hepatica ad featuring the
very popular star Betty Hutton, it shows her with a bottle of the
stuff, with her saying, "I'm HEP to PEP!"...


> > Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
> > seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>
> Olestra? *I believe Ruffles still uses that in the "Wow" potato chips.
>


Yeah, that's it, at the time it was touted as the Next Big Thing...I
haven't even seen it or heard of it for a long whiles now...

Nothing like a hangover bang - out of cheap luncheon meat sammiches
washed down with a whole can of those Olestra Pringles....WOWIE...!!!


--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
>>> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
>>> system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
>>> has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in literally
>> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like something died.
>>
>
>
> Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it gave
> Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>
> Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
> seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>

Olestra. Yeah, the "food product" whose motto should've been, "You
*will* shit yourself."

Serene

On Mon 02 Jun 2008 09:03:47p, Greg Morrow told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Mon 02 Jun 2008 08:39:45p, Gregory Morrow told us...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > notbob wrote:
>>
>> >> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
>> >> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
packagin
>> >> > g system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his
>> >> > ashes
>
>> >> > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>>
>> >> That explains it. *I just happened to buy, for the first time in
>> >> literally decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. *Tastes like
>> >> something died .
>>
>> > Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
>> > gave Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>>
>> Do they still make Sal Hepatica?
>
>
> I don't know, it's one of those brands that used to be ubiquitous,
> like Serutan...

Ah, yes, Serutan... "Natures" spelled backwards was part of their sales
pitch.

> You, like myself, like old - time radio and such stuff...it's AMAZING
> how many tonics were around in the 30's - 40's to "promote
> regularity". If you take a gander at old popular magazines from that
> era it seems like most every other ad is for such nostrums...

Yes, there were many. I recall "Dr. Caldwell's Syrup of Pepsis", "Black
Draught", "Bile Salts Tablets", "Fletcher's Castoria", all of which were
more evil than Sal Hepatica. The response to taking any of these products
was quite "violent". It was also common even thru the 50s to "purge"
oneself or one's children on a regular basis, usually monthly, but
sometimes more often. A good periodic "cleaning out" was supposed to be
very healthy. :-) My dad was an advocate of Sal Hipatica (for himself, not
for me).

> I have an RCA CD set of Sinatra's output with the Tommy Dorsey Band
> from the early 40's, it's called _The Song Is You_. It includes a
> whole CD of a typical radio show, it's sponsored by a laxative
> company. This was a show that was targeted to the young 'uns of the
> day. I guess folks ate a lot less roughage in those days or
> something...

I've heard some old transcriptions where laxatives were the sponsors, and
of course the magazines were full of those ads.

> From what I gather, laxative companies provided a big segment of the
> ad dollar back then...
>
> In a wartime _Life_ I have there's a Sal Hepatica ad featuring the
> very popular star Betty Hutton, it shows her with a bottle of the
> stuff, with her saying, "I'm HEP to PEP!"...

Various liniments were very common in those days, too. The only one that
immediately comes to mind was "MI-31". My great grandmother used to use it
for aches and pains. It had a horrible smell.

>> > Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name],
it
>> > seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>>
>> Olestra? *I believe Ruffles still uses that in the "Wow" potato chips.
>>
>
>
> Yeah, that's it, at the time it was touted as the Next Big Thing...I
> haven't even seen it or heard of it for a long whiles now...

It's still used in Ruffles, but it's in fairly fine print on the label.
People who were sensitive to it usually ended up spending a significant
time on the toilet. :-)

> Nothing like a hangover bang - out of cheap luncheon meat sammiches
> washed down with a whole can of those Olestra Pringles....WOWIE...!!!

Ugh!

> --
> Best
> Greg
>
>



--
Wayne Boatwright
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On Mon 02 Jun 2008 09:20:32p, Serene Vannoy told us...

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>> notbob wrote:
>>
>>> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
>>>> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
>>>> packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of
>>>> his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>>> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
>>> literally decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like
>>> something died.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
>> gave Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>>
>> Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
>> seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>>
>
> Olestra. Yeah, the "food product" whose motto should've been, "You
> *will* shit yourself."
>
> Serene
>

For some reason I'm complete immune to those effects of Olestra. However,
there is an artificial sweetner (can't remember which one) that will
certainly do that to me every time I eat candy that contains it. Might be
Sorbitol, but I'm not sure.

--
Wayne Boatwright
-------------------------------------------
Monday, 06(VI)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
Confucius say: Man who abuse his
computer get bad bytes!
-------------------------------------------

On Mon 02 Jun 2008 10:29:04p, Mark Thorson told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> It was also common even thru the 50s to "purge"
>> oneself or one's children on a regular basis, usually monthly, but
>> sometimes more often. A good periodic "cleaning out" was supposed to
>> be very healthy. :-)
>
> That's still a common belief, though it's retreated
> into alternative medicine now that it's rejected
> by real medicine.
>
> The claim is that you're carrying around some
> huge quantity of undigested food clinging
> to the inside of your intestines, where it
> putrifies, releasing unnamed toxins. Or that
> it provides a home for nasty parasites.
>
> There's whole books on the subject. I saw
> the loony author of one on The 700 Club a few
> days ago. For some reason, TV preachers,
> quack medicine, and multi-level marketing scams
> all seem to appeal to the same audience.
>

I suppose that's also where the practice of high colonics comes from, too.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Monday, 06(VI)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
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-------------------------------------------
Oh dear, I've gone and inflated my ego.
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> It was also common even thru the 50s to "purge"
> oneself or one's children on a regular basis, usually monthly,
> but sometimes more often. A good periodic "cleaning out"
> was supposed to be very healthy. :-)

That's still a common belief, though it's retreated
into alternative medicine now that it's rejected
by real medicine.

The claim is that you're carrying around some
huge quantity of undigested food clinging
to the inside of your intestines, where it
putrifies, releasing unnamed toxins. Or that
it provides a home for nasty parasites.

There's whole books on the subject. I saw
the loony author of one on The 700 Club a few
days ago. For some reason, TV preachers,
quack medicine, and multi-level marketing scams
all seem to appeal to the same audience.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> For some reason I'm complete immune to those effects of Olestra.
> However, there is an artificial sweetner (can't remember which one) that
> will certainly do that to me every time I eat candy that contains it.
> Might be Sorbitol, but I'm not sure.

Sorbitol does function as a laxative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbitol#Laxative

Could also be maltitol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltitol#Metabolism

On Mon 02 Jun 2008 10:35:56p, Mark Thorson told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> For some reason I'm complete immune to those effects of Olestra.
>> However, there is an artificial sweetner (can't remember which one) that
>> will certainly do that to me every time I eat candy that contains it.
>> Might be Sorbitol, but I'm not sure.
>
> Sorbitol does function as a laxative.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbitol#Laxative
>
> Could also be maltitol.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltitol#Metabolism
>

Now hat you mention it, I think it was maltitol.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Monday, 06(VI)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
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'You know, for a lovable dolphin, he's
pretty hostile...' -The Tick
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> I suppose that's also where the practice of
> high colonics comes from, too.

That's not where it came from. It came from
19th century medicine that was considered
respectable practice at that time -- John
Harvey Kellogg in particular popularized it
in the U.S.

But as it transitioned from conventional
medicine to quackery, it found refuge among
the ignorant, where it survives today.

On Jun 2, 10:39*pm, "Gregory Morrow" >
wrote:
> notbob wrote:
> > On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> > > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> > > system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> > > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> > That explains it. *I just happened to buy, for the first time in literally
> > decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. *Tastes like something died.
>
> Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it gave
> Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>
> Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
> seems to have disappeared pretty fast...

Olestra. It had a huge detrimental effect on the absorption of fat
soluble nutrients, and in a sizeable minority of folks, it caused
"anal leakage."
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

--Bryan

Phideaux wrote:
>
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 3.184...
>> On Mon 02 Jun 2008 09:20:32p, Serene Vannoy told us...
>>
>>> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>>> notbob wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
>>>>>> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
>>>>>> packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of
>>>>>> his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>>>>> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
>>>>> literally decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like
>>>>> something died.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
>>>> gave Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>>>>
>>>> Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
>>>> seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Olestra. Yeah, the "food product" whose motto should've been, "You
>>> *will* shit yourself."
>>>
>>> Serene
>>>
>>
>> For some reason I'm complete immune to those effects of Olestra.
>> However,
>> there is an artificial sweetner (can't remember which one) that will
>> certainly do that to me every time I eat candy that contains it.
>> Might be
>> Sorbitol, but I'm not sure.
>
>
> Does "Erythritol" ring a bell? It makes me fart nonstop for several
> hours everytime I ingest it.
>
> Phideaux

I am thinking she means maltitol. I guess ?lactitol? is also renowned
for ill effects. Ugh to both. I love erythritol!

--
Jean B.

On Jun 3, 6:20*am, "Phideaux" > wrote:
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
>
> m...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > notbob wrote:
>
> >> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> >> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> >> > system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> >> > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> >> That explains it. *I just happened to buy, for the first time in
> >> literally
> >> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. *Tastes like something died..
>
> > Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
> > gave
> > Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>
> > Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
> > seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>
> Here's a fat blocking diet aid that would appear to give olestra a run for
> it's money.
>
> http://www.thewvsr.com/alli.htm

A quote from that site: "The website mentions seeing the undigested
fat in a toilet, but that’s clearly a best case scenario. You might
also see it on the tops of your shoes, across the hood of a car, or
way up the shower curtain, near the loops."

When I ran a cleaning crew at a discount store, sometimes one of my
guys would complain to me about having to clean droplets of liquid
poop off off the wall behind the toilets. Sometimes the stuff was up
so high that it's hard to imagine how it got up there. I would show
them that and tell them that obviously, that customer must have his/
her asshole on the wrong part of their body. I'd say that as much as
it sucks to have to clean it off the wall, at least you aren't the one
who has your asshole in the wrong place.
>
> Phideaux

--Bryan

In article >,
says...
>
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 3.184...
> > On Mon 02 Jun 2008 09:20:32p, Serene Vannoy told us...
> >
> >> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> >>> notbob wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> >>>>> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp
> >>>>> packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of
> >>>>> his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
> >>>> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
> >>>> literally decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like
> >>>> something died.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
> >>> gave Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
> >>>
> >>> Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
> >>> seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
> >>>
> >>
> >> Olestra. Yeah, the "food product" whose motto should've been, "You
> >> *will* shit yourself."
> >>
> >> Serene
> >>
> >
> > For some reason I'm complete immune to those effects of Olestra. However,
> > there is an artificial sweetner (can't remember which one) that will
> > certainly do that to me every time I eat candy that contains it. Might be
> > Sorbitol, but I'm not sure.
>
>
> Does "Erythritol" ring a bell? It makes me fart nonstop for several hours
> everytime I ingest it.
>
> Phideaux
>
>

Ah, gas formation. It's when the little bacteria in our gut much happily
away on things we can't easily digest.

I've heard it said that we cannot get a clear picture of a the whole
human by simple genetic sequencing of the human genes, we also have to
fully sequence the flora and fauna in the gut because we've long had a
symbiotic relationship with them.

In article >,
says...
>
>
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
> m...
> >
> > notbob wrote:
> >
> >> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
> >> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> >> > system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> >> > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
> >>
> >> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
> >> literally
> >> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like something died.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
> > gave
> > Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
> >
> > Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
> > seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>
>
> Here's a fat blocking diet aid that would appear to give olestra a run for
> it's money.
>
> http://www.thewvsr.com/alli.htm
>
>
> Phideaux
>
>

The whole fat blocking thing is interesting. From what I recall about
the digestive process it mostly takes place in the ileum and fat
transfer occurs via the hepatic portal. It's foggy in my head but the
liver produces enzymes that break down the fats into LDL and HDL. The
drug must either limit liver enzymatic production, or it attaches to
fats so that the enzymes aren't able to to break it down and absorb via
the portal.

Serene Vannoy wrote:

> 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

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

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


--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Phideaux wrote:
>
>
> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
> m...
>>
>> notbob wrote:
>>
>>> On 2008-06-02, modom (palindrome guy) > wrote:
>>> > "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
>>> > system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
>>> > has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>>>
>>> That explains it. I just happened to buy, for the first time in
>>> literally
>>> decades, a can of Pringles, bbq, no less. Tastes like something died.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ya shoulda tried that non - fat version they had a few years back...it
>> gave
>> Sal Hepatica and Ex - Lax a "run" for it's money...gads...!!!
>>
>> Whatever happened to that non - fat substitute [I forget it's name], it
>> seems to have disappeared pretty fast...
>
>
> Here's a fat blocking diet aid that would appear to give olestra a run
> for it's money.
>
> http://www.thewvsr.com/alli.htm

You have to read this article about alli:
http://gracefulflavor.net/2007/06/23...ss-propaganda/

Serene

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> On Tue 03 Jun 2008 04:11:26a, Phideaux told us...
>
> > Does "Erythritol" ring a bell? It makes me fart nonstop for several
> > hours everytime I ingest it.
>
> No, that one I've not heard of, though I'm sure I've consumed it in
> something. It's often hard to escape al lot of these things.

It's a common additive to meat products, such as sausage.
It is the oxidized form of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

It's hard to imagine anyone reacting badly to it
at low doses. I concur that he's probably confused
it with maltitol or sorbitol.

As far as I know, it isn't added to anything that
isn't a processed meat product of some type.

"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




--
"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

In article 4>,
says...
> On Mon 02 Jun 2008 11:07:02p, Mark Thorson told us...
>
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>
> >> I suppose that's also where the practice of high colonics comes from,
> >> too.
> >
> > That's not where it came from. It came from
> > 19th century medicine that was considered
> > respectable practice at that time -- John
> > Harvey Kellogg in particular popularized it
> > in the U.S.
> >
> > But as it transitioned from conventional
> > medicine to quackery, it found refuge among
> > the ignorant, where it survives today.
> >
>
> Thanks, Mark. I vaguely remember this from a bio of Kellogg now that my
> memory is working. :-)
>
>

Yes indeed. Kellog had a huge sanitarium in Michigan during the early
years of the 20th century.

Phideaux wrote:
>
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > It's a common additive to meat products, such as sausage.
> > It is the oxidized form of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
> >
> > It's hard to imagine anyone reacting badly to it
> > at low doses. I concur that he's probably confused
> > it with maltitol or sorbitol.
> >
> > As far as I know, it isn't added to anything that
> > isn't a processed meat product of some type.
>
> I have pictures of the actual product with Erythritol very specifically
> mentioned on the label.
>
> It's candy.
>
> I don't recall mentioning low doses. It takes 5 bags of the candy at 1oz.
> per bag to induce said farting frenzy.
>
> I'm not confused, but I'm pretty sure you're misinformed.

I confused erythritol with erythorbate, the latter
being the meat additive. And it's the stereoisomer,
not the oxidized form.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythorbic_acid

Erythritol is indeed used in candy, and has
a laxative effect in high doses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythri...uman_digestion

On Jun 2, 5:50*pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
> "CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging
> system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes
> has been buried in one of the iconic cans."
>
> More hehttp://tinyurl.com/5vcmzc
> --
>
> modom
> ** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com**

I just hope he's not buried in his back yard or something. I could see
someone looking for buried treasure, finding this can and going...
"hmmm.. a little burnt, but not so bad after all these years!"