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...SYNTHETIC OIL CALLED OLESTRA may be the Holy Grail of fat substitutes [HEALTH, Jan. 8], but to suggest that its introduction will have an impact on the health of Americans is naive. It is not the fat in the food we eat that is necessarily the cause of our maladies; it is our life-style and our attitude toward food and eating. The answer is not to take the fat out of the fatty foods we eat but to take the fat out of our diets by selecting naturally low-fat foods and then to get off the sofa...
...trout, fried soft-shell crawfish, salad with vinaigrette dressing and--for those who had room left for it--Mardi Gras cake. Every dish was prepared the old-fashioned Louisiana way, with generous dollops of oil; every bite tasted heavenly. Yet the whole thing, from soup to dessert, was a low-fat meal. That's because Chef Folse had cooked it not with conventional oil but rather with an experimental--and as yet unapproved--synthetic oil called olestra. Olestra is the stealth missile of fat molecules; it passes through the gastrointestinal tract without being digested or absorbed...
They are examining the effects of hormone replacement therapy, low-fat diets and calcium and vitamin D supplements in women aged...
...part of her participation in the dietary trial, the slender D'Alessandro has attended regular private and group sessions with a nutritionist for the past year, discussing eating habits and sampling low-fat dishes...
...eggs a day for three months shows that the effect on their cholesterol level was negligible. The report has prompted many scientists to reconsider the common assumption that eggs contribute to high cholesterol levels and, indirectly, to heart disease. "Ultimately, the most important thing is is to maintain a low-fat diet," says TIME's Janice Horowitz. "That means staying away from the butter and the bacon." So, by all means, have that eggs benedict--- just skip the hollandaise. The study, like most egg research, was financed by the Egg Nutrition Board. But the researchers stress it was designed...