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A Big, Fat Headache for P&G?

The skinny on Olestra.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Wait a minute. You mean to tell me that eating bags upon bags of potato chips laced with a fat-substitute might still make folks fat? Ummm, yup! Purde University conducted a study in which some rats were given just high-fat Pringle’s and others a mix of chips, including some with Olestra. Those that had the Olestra chips consumed more food and got fat. Worse, they kept consuming more food even after being taken off the Olestra chips, and stayed fat. Of course, Olestra is no long...

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