2022年2月3日 · Olestra can cause diarrhea and loose stools, abdominal cramps, flatulence, and other adverse effects. Those symptoms are sometimes severe. Olestra reduces the body's ability to absorb fat-soluble carotenoids (such as alpha and beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, and canthaxanthin) from fruits and vegetables, but an occasional serving wouldn't be a ...

2002年4月16日 · Chips and P&G’s Fat Free Pringles, the second-place olestra-containing snack line, have dropped steeply since their late-‘90s peaks. “Olestra may be circling the drain, but even with its dwindling market share, olestra is causing far too much pain, embarrassment, and inconvenience, ” CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson said.

2003年7月15日 · The fat substitute olestra may cause severe gastrointestinal disease, according to a letter published in the July issue of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Dr. Dr. Tamar Barlam, of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and Dr. Eric McCloud, of Miller’s Children’s Hospital in Long Beach, California ...

2004年10月25日 · CSPI says the move increases the odds that unwitting consumers will experience the cramps, diarrhea, bleeding, stained underwear, or incontinence associated with olestra. Today CSPI sent nearly 300 individual reports of olestra-related adverse reactions to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA had already received more than 20,000 ...

According to Dr. Klontz, olestra caused a statistically significant increase in diarrhea. The key phase of the study involved 16 people who believed they previously had reacted to olestra. Dr. Klontz said that six of the 11 subjects who experienced diarrhea while eating 20 grams of olestra per day reported the diarrhea as "severe."

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This could be the FDA’s worst blunder since Olestra.” Quorn’s labels identify mycoprotein as “mushroom in origin” and as an “unassuming member of the mushroom family”—claims that are highly deceptive and that should not be permitted, according to CSPI.

olestra. #10-45 [12/4/04] A 25-year-old man had severe abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and vomiting after eating chips made with olestra. #10-51 [12/5/04] A 24-year-old woman driving a car was forced to pull off the road suddenly while trying to find a restroom after eating olestra.

CSPI's Chemical Cuisine database rates additives—used to preserve foods or affect their taste, texture, or appearance—from 'safe' to 'avoid.'

2016年3月15日 · In regards to olestra, the FDA’s principal concern in requiring a warning label was not related to the severity of the symptoms caused by its ingestion. In fact, the FDA repeatedly stated that it found “no safety concerns with respect to the effect of olestra on the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract.” 9. FDA stated: