Baaahahaha.

[Cory Wolfe]

Clicky

[daves87rs]

:rotflmao:

[G. David Felt]

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I just died laughing to the point of Tears, that was so freaking funny!!!

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[ocnblu]

Holy $h!

[DetroitNut90]

Ah, the things I learned in my Elements of Nutrition class. Olean is the trade name for olestra, a noncaloric artificial fat. It's indigestable and excessive amounts (e.g. 1 can of Pringles/day) cause a laxative effect.

Poor guy.

Edited June 4, 2009 by DetroitNut90

[FAPTurbo]

LMFAO!!

[Intrepidation]

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[Robert Hall]

Truly LOL material...hilarious... Olestra, eh? Hmm.... this may explain some mysterious, unexpected shartage I've had before.

[Camino LS6]

That's rough.

[A Horse With No Name]

Wow...

Chris

[Justin Bimmer]

marshmellow fluff?

[Robert Hall]

From the Wikipedia article on Olestra--

Olestra was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as a food additive in 1996 and was initially used in potato chips under the WOW brand by Frito Lay. In 1998, which was the first year Olestra products were marketed nationally after the FDA’s Food Advisory Committee confirmed a judgment it made 2 years earlier, sales were over $400 million.[5] However, by 2000 sales slowed to $200 million, largely caused by the unappealing side effects described on the FDA-mandated health warning label "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."[6]

This condition (normally occurring only by excessive consumption in a short period of time) became popularly known as "anal leakage," which can be embarrassing. Sales were so slow that P&G gave up on attempts to widen the uses of Olestra, and even sold off their Cincinnati-based Olestra factory to Twin Rivers Technologies in February 2002.[4]

The FDA removed the warning requirement in 2003 as it had "conducted a scientific review of several post-market studies submitted by P&G, as well as adverse event reports submitted by P&G and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (a particularly outspoken critic). The FDA concluded that the label statement was no longer warranted",[7] in spite of having received over 20,000 complaints.[8] When removing the Olestra warning label, the FDA cited a 6-week Procter & Gamble (makers of Olestra) study of more than 3000 people showing that an Olestra-eating group experienced only a small increase in bowel movement frequency.[7]

P&G also worked hard in its publicity campaigns to highlight the positives of the additive, even working directly with the health-care community.[9] But, outside of the popular culture disapproval of the product, many consumers simply did not see the speedy results for which they had hoped from a product they saw as being a cure all. This was because Olestra only dealt with the fat component of the overall dietary pattern of Americans. Foods containing olestra do contain calories and many Americans believed that they could just eat more of them to compensate for the fat calories "saved".[10] Eating olestra chips was not a particularly effective way to improve one's diet overall..

...

Proctor and Gamble are marketing their sucrose ester products under the brand "Sefose" for use as an industrial lubricant and paint additive.[15] Because Olestra is made by chemically combining sugar and vegetable oil, it releases no toxic fumes and could potentially become a safe and environmentally-friendly replacement for petrochemicals in these applications.[16] It is currently used as a base for deck stains and a lubricant for small power tools, and there are plans to use it on larger machinery.

Olestra FTL!

Edited June 4, 2009 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Chris_Doane]

[16] It is currently used as a base for deck stains and a lubricant for small power tools, and there are plans to use it on larger machinery.

Olestra FTL!

You should always prime your colon before you paint it.

[toesuf94]

I laughed...then my mind went: "What the HELL was this person searching for on Craigslist that netted him a story on ANAL LEAKAGE???"