The chips for diarrhea trade-off: remember Olestra?

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I believe there are still snacks on the market with Olestra.

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Really? Wiiiiild.

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Years ago I was at a family gathering and was munching on a chip and noticed the bag on the kitchen counter and it was the Olestra kind so I immediately desisted and no anal leakage occurred, although I was on the lookout for it even though I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to happen after eating one chip.

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Hey Apu, got any of those potato chips that cause diarrhea? I need to do a little spring cleaning.

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According to wikipedia the FDA removed the warning requirement in the early 2000s after follow up studies showed that those risks were extremely unlikely and minor. But today it could probably be marketed as an advantage…

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These days it’s the carbohydrates that are the enemy…has someone created carbohydrate-free chips yet?

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It is hard to find a comprehensive list, but yes, here are a few.

I think once the hype died down they re-introduced quietly, it as the side effects weren’t bad for everyone.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lay-s-Light-Original-Potato-Chips-6-5-Oz/10900068

I can’t find these for sale, but they were on the market recently:

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By some accounts the threats are widely overblown.

And after all, you can still very easily buy “diet candies” containing maltitol. That’s the stuff in those sugar-free gummy bears. Remember those? After you’ve had some, you probably won’t forget.

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Good fun! Now do sugar alcohols, like Lycasin.

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GGgL4tU

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Just rebrand as a colon cleanse superfood.

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There’s a city named Olean here in western New York (pronounced OH-lee-ann), and I think of this every time I drive through it.

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Ole Olestra!

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Much like the weight loss med alli it gloms onto fat cells in your body so they are then to big to be absorbed and you end up with root beer butt, I guess the way it works is you either get tired of the assplosions and change your diet or just stop taking alli and try some new weight loss trick

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From Amazon reviews:

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3P35NL8AIA3GS

(It’s worth checking out James O Thach’s other reviews - they are amazing, especially for the lube and the giant gummy snake).

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Yes. There are chips made to be high in protein and with little to no carbs.

https://www.amazon.com/carb-free-tortilla-chips/s?k=carb+free+tortilla+chips

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Back when those chips came on the market, the guy who filled our snack machines at work dumped a giant pile of snack bags of them on the table in the breakroom. I actually ate about six bags out of curiosity, for science! Nothing happened.

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I used to love their music, but after their disappointing sophomore album, I feel like Anal Leakage has lost their edge and gone too commercial.

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