Nancy, Good post, but I saw one thing that caught my eye. I see your reasoning here regarding Olestra, but there are some subtle differences. From what I understand, Olestra is an additive that apparently has not been subject to the same long term studies required for many other additives. Olestra apparently causes very severe abdominal distress in some people in small quantities, thus the labeling is deceptive and fails to accurately portray the type of symptoms that some might experience. Finally, most people (some children excused for obvious reasons) realize that raisins, prunes and most other fruits can and will cause diarrhea and abdominal distress. Olestra is not a familiar "food" and probably is not recognizable to the majority of the people eating it. If anything, the industry has underlabeled and inadequately warned those who are using the products with Olestra. Anyhow, I'm sure that you already know and realize all of this. I just thought I'd add a point of clarification for some who may not have had exposure to Olestra.
Vern -----Original Message----- From: Nancy B. <silverwo...@bigfoot.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> Date: Monday, June 22, 1998 8:33 AM Subject: A Closer Look at Silver & Argyria: was Re: Colloidal Silver (The Jacobs story) >Reminds me of the Olestra conflict too. Should raisins & >prunes carry a warning label that they may cause abdominal >pain & diarrhea if Olestra has too? >Sincerely, >Nancy > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
