Any experiences with Olestra/Olean?

[MaxDSP]

I saw the WOW chips and they had 0 fat and look pretty good, but Ive heard of some nasty stories of Olestra in the past. Have they improved the product any or is it still bad?

 

[StageLeft]

They rock. We get them sometimes and eat a whole bag each, but you better be ready to crap the next day cause you'll be crapping like a mule all day and it may smell like motor oil.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Olestra/Olean was never "bad" to begin with. The media just went ape about a topic they didn't understand. Yes, there is the posibility that Olestra can make you crap and have other side effects (especially if you eat a lot of it), but that's no different than an other artifical substitute (or even naturally occuing substances). Everything has the potential to produce a side effect w/a certain % of the population. My sister get stomache cramps if she has Nutrasweet (fake sugar in diet cola and such) and I'm mildly lactose intolerant does that mean that Nutrasweet and milk are bad? Flawed in some sort of inhumane way that requires the FDA to ban those substances from ever reaching mortal mouths again? No. It just means if you are one of the few to experience side effects stop eating it.


Lethal

 

[SoylentGreen]

I don't know, I know one guy that has problems keeping regular. Instead of taking his prescription he picks up a bag of wow lays.

 

[vi edit]

two words: ANAL LEAKAGE

 

[Pliablemoose]

I refuse to purchase a food product that lists Anal Leakage as a side effect...

(vi_edit beat me to it)

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
two words: ANAL LEAKAGE

yeeeesh, taking a crap in the crusted stale-piss stall they call a toilet at work is hard enough when I need to take a regular sh!t, but getting diarrhea at work would be about as much fun as a colorectomy


No WOW for me...I guess I'll stick with my Baked Lays and Pace Picante salsa

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I refuse to purchase a food product that lists Anal Leakage as a side effect...

(vi_edit beat me to it)

soooooo true

and I speak from experience on this one.

i eat 1 WOW chip and 10 min later im in the bathroom spray painting the toilet

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I refuse to purchase a food product that lists Anal Leakage as a side effect...

(vi_edit beat me to it)

soooooo true

and I speak from experience on this one.

i eat 1 WOW chip and 10 min later im in the bathroom spray painting the toilet

pi....nevermind

 

[Amused]

This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Amused
This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

But fruit doesn't come in nacho cheese or sour cream and onion flavor

But....you can get them in baked flavor now. Yay! Baked doritos are goood.

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: Amused
This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

I eat fruit but I get chip-urges every once in a while. Im gonna stick to the 1.5g/fat Baked Lays

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Amused
This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

But fruit doesn't come in nacho cheese or sour cream and onion flavor

But....you can get them in baked flavor now. Yay! Baked doritos are goood.

Thats also a GREAT point. Besides, what fruit would go good with some salsa?

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Originally posted by: Amused
This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

Indeed! I love fruit...however, sometimes I simply crave chips and not the baked kind either!

We mainly keep popcorn and pretzels here. I have cut off the wow from my last explosion.

 

[Anubis]

i dont eat that many chips but every now and then they are good. i just picked up the wrong bag in the store once BIG MISTAKE

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
i dont eat that many chips but every now and then they are good. i just picked up the wrong bag in the store once BIG MISTAKE

damnit, you noticed the typo...

 

[ScottyB]

My retarded friend says that "Pringles cause diarrhea? and I am like "no that's Wow! Chips" and he's "no, your stupid it's Pringles." and he won't believe me, he won't even read the containers.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
i dont eat that many chips but every now and then they are good. i just picked up the wrong bag in the store once BIG MISTAKE

damnit, you noticed the typo...

yea eatin "ships" would be somethin else wouldent it

hehehehe

 

[vi edit]

yea eatin "ships" would be somethin else wouldent it

Well, if they were wooden ships, I'm sure you'd get enough fiber in your diet to cause some anal leakage as well

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb

Originally posted by: Amused
This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

Indeed! I love fruit...however, sometimes I simply crave chips and not the baked kind either!

We mainly keep popcorn and pretzels here. I have cut off the wow from my last explosion.

Far, FAR too much information.



Viper GTS

 

[Amused]

Oh, I know about the craving for chips. But my craving used to lean towards Cheez-Its. You just gotta break the addiction for starchy fried foods. It took me over a month, but I just don't crave those things that much any more. And stopping them REALLY helped me lose a lot of the spare tire I had.

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Amused
This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

But fruit doesn't come in nacho cheese or sour cream and onion flavor

But....you can get them in baked flavor now. Yay! Baked doritos are goood.

Amen. Baked Doritos rock!

I've had the WOW stuff before and never had any major problems (thought I was going to, but didn't.) One of the guys I work with was one of the main account reps for another ad agency at the time they were trying to push Olestra as the biggest breakthrough since NutraSweet. He says he's got some good (and not so good from a business standpoint) stories on Olestra.

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: ScottyB
My retarded friend says that "Pringles cause diarrhea? and I am like "no that's Wow! Chips" and he's "no, your stupid it's Pringles." and he won't believe me, he won't even read the containers.

Bet $10 to have him eat 5 bags of the WOW chips...then sit way, way, way back and watch the fireworks...

 

[Lola]

If you don't consume a whole bag, they are fine. They taste just as good!

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb

Originally posted by: Amused
This amazes me. Did anyone ever think of eating some fruit instead of chips?

If you're trying to cut back on bad fat, just stay away from anything fried. If you need starchy munchies, buy baked chips or pretzels.

Indeed! I love fruit...however, sometimes I simply crave chips and not the baked kind either!

We mainly keep popcorn and pretzels here. I have cut off the wow from my last explosion.

Far, FAR too much information.



Viper GTS

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