Word: olestra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
WASHINGTON: The Food and Drug Administration approved the controversial fat substitute olestra. "This product is an example of the country's never-ending quest to have their fat and eat it, too," says medical writer Christine Gorman. "But as with all promises that you can get something for nothing, it is too good to be true. Moderation is the key. If people eat products made with olestra along with a sensible diet, then they should be fine. Besides, the side effects of diarrhea and other gastrointestinal problems kind of give olestra a built in safety valve against overeating its products...
...there is an aftertaste. Not of chemicals and not really unpleasant. With beer and football, you wouldn't notice it much. But it's there. The olestra chips don't slide down the pallet like regular chips. "Cloggy," says one woman tester...
...that's it. There's not much more to say. There will be other olestra products, if and when the FDA gives P&G the green light. But right now the chips are all we have, and the chips are all right. Nobody experiences digestive uproar, so we don't get to find out whether Doc Sweeney is really standing by his phone...
...have sacrificed our bodies without ill effects that anyone admits to. Western civilization may founder, but olestra won't be the cause. On the way home, there is a Sabrett cart near the Time & Life Building. I buy a hot dog for an urgently needed grease...