ONCE YOU POP... (via Jim Yates):

The Olestra Detox Diet?: Fake fat appears to spur body's excretion of toxins
Betterhumans, 12/17/2004)

The fake fat olestra spurs the excretion of toxins from the body, report researchers who have treated a PCB-laden woman with fat-free Pringles.

Some studies have shown that olestra, used as a fat substitute in some foods, can help eliminate fat-soluble pollutants such as dioxin.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in Ohio and the University of Western Australia, in a not-yet-published study, say they have treated a woman with PCB toxicity over a two-year period using olestra in the form of fat-free Pringles. They report that the woman's chloracne disappeared and the levels of PCB in her fat tissue dropped dramatically.

As Mr. Yates points out, this raises the prospect of treating Viktor Yushchenko with a fat-free Pringles diet.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 18, 2004 9:03 AM