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They sort of tried this in the '90s — not in the form of suppressing the required enzymes for nutrient absorption, but rather in the form of diet foods that con
by derefr 3y ago
They sort of tried this in the '90s — not in the form of suppressing the required enzymes for nutrient absorption, but rather in the form of diet foods that contained inherently non-absorbable nutrients. The downsides were basically the same — the non-absorbed nutrients had to come out. People didn't generally respond well to these products. See e.g. https://web.archive.org/web/20060113084223/http://www.zug.com/pranks/olestra/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060113084223/http://www.zug.co...
- vrc 3y agoOlestra! I ate a whole bag of the Lay’s with Olean as a kid. They had the audacity to say that they assumed that people would only eat a handful at a time. Of near zero calorie potato chips that taste like potato chips…