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Food Additives To Avoid
Olestra (Olean)
What is it: Olestra is Procter & Gamble’s synthetic fat that is not absorbed by the body, but runs right through it. Procter & Gamble suggests that replacing regular fat with olestra will help people lose weight and lower the risk of heart disease.
Found in: Diet chips and crackers.
Why you may want to avoid it: Olestra can cause diarrhea and loose stools, abdominal cramps, flatulence, and other adverse effects. Even more importantly, olestra reduces the body’s ability to absorb fat-soluble carotenoids (such as alpha and beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, and canthaxanthin) from fruits and vegetables. Those nutrients are thought by many experts to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.
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hehe wasn't that the reason they were used in chips called "WOW"? you ate them and said WOW, i'm so sick now.
1Fit, do you know if the effect of Olestra (the part about not absorbing nutrients from fruits and veggies) is long term, or only for a period of time after you eat the chips. I love Light doritios and tostitos. they taste the most like the real thing, and I don't have any of the other side effects.
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