• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I remember when Olestra came out and it was hailed as this new thing that will allow everyone to eat high-fat foods guilt free.

    Then it turned out it made you shit your pants.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Olestra’s infamous diarrhea is mostly over-hyped.

      Like, yeah, if you eat a lot of it you’ll shit your pants. In reasonable quantities its fine, though.

      But people heard “0 calories? I can eat as much as I want!” and well…