Olestra

[Guest guest]

hi ken, all, promblem with olestra removes all fat soulable vitamins from

body.... so need to replinsh and replete if using for detox as ken suggested.

ellice

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Olestra

Olestra, the fake fat made by Procter and Gamble, is both unsafe and

unnecessary. Olestra was approved over the objection of dozens of leading

scientists.

The additive may be fat-free but it has a fatal side-effect: it attaches to

valuable nutrients and flushes them out of the body. Some of these nutrients

-- called carotenoids -- appear to protect us from such diseases as lung

cancer, prostate cancer, heart disease, and macular degeneration. The

Harvard School of Public Health states that " the long-term consumption of

olestra snack foods might therefore result in several thousand unnecessary

deaths each year from lung and prostate cancers and heart disease, and

hundreds of additional cases of blindness in the elderly due to macular

degeneration. Besides contributing to disease, olestra causes diarrhea and

other serious gastrointestinal problems, even at low doses. "

FDA certified olestra despite the fact that there are safe low-fat snacks

already on the market. There is no evidence to show that olestra will have

any significant effect on reducing obesity in America.

Despite being approved as safe by the FDA, all snacks containing olestra

must carry a warning label (similar to one found on cigarettes) that states:

This Product Contains Olestra. Olestra may cause abdominal cramping and

loose stools. Olestra inhibits the absorption of some vitamins and other

nutrients. Vitamins A, D, E, and K have been added.

As of May 2000, more than 18,000 consumers have submitted to the FDA reports

of adverse reactions that they attributed to olestra. That¹s more reports

than the FDA has received for all other additives in history -- combined.