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Since Stellar is based on simple starch, it can be marketed without obtaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The product is the first serious competitor to Nutrasweet's dairy-derived Simplesse, which simulates high-fat flavor and "mouth-feel" in the company's Simple Pleasures frozen dessert by mimicking the shape of fat particles...
...difference. Because making coffee is part of the daily Ethiopian ritual, the arrivals are allowed to boil their own brew in their hotel rooms, where some may live for up to a year while taking language classes. Other problems are more insidious. The sudden switch to a high-fat and high-sugar diet is likely to increase the incidence of heart disease and cavities, which until now have been unusually rare among Ethiopians...
...only problem with this marketing ploy is that it is nonsense. Cholesterol is found only in foods from animals, and thus putting "no cholesterol" on a vegetable-oil label is misleading. More pertinent to the consumer is the fact that the oils are a liquid form of fat -- pure fat. And high-fat diets have been linked to heart disease, breast cancer and a variety of other ailments. So hold the French fries...
...Disease Control Division. "We are eating more animal fat and less fiber." Cancer of the breast is not the only ailment rising with the larding of the Japanese diet. Heart disease is also surging, as is cancer of the colon, ovaries and prostate. All have been linked to a high-fat diet. On the other hand, stomach cancer, historically the ! most common cancer in Japan, is falling as the nation moves away from its traditional diet of salty, pickled and smoked foods. "If the current trend continues," predicts Eboshida, "breast cancer will replace stomach cancer as the No. 1 killer...
Researchers believe something in the Western way of life increases the risk of the malignancy. Could it be high-fat diets? A lack of research funds is thwarting efforts to find out. Meanwhile, inquiries into the genetics of the disease and new therapies are raising hopes for patients...