On 7/15/05, Leigh Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> The company Proctor and Gamble spent more than 200 million dollars
> to develop a food fat which is not digested. They succeeded in binding
> eight fatty acids to groupings OH of a saccharose. The new molecule,
> baptized Olestra, is sold under the mark of Olean trade.

I used to watch "MAD TV," a generally bad show. But there was one
routine that stuck in my mind. An ad was selling potato chips with
artificial non-digestible fat in them. The slogan, repeated again and
again: "Causes 10% less anal leakage!"

-- 
Jim Devine
"Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let
people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.

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