Doritos

[Pootle]

A friend of mine told me last night that there is a warning on the back of Doritos sold in the US which reads in small lettering a sentence not unlike 'eating too many Doritos may give you anal leakage.' Is there any truth in this whatsoever?

[Ethel]

Yes. Some doritos contain olestra. Read this:

http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/08/16 /olestra/print.html

http://www.annecollins.com/dietary-fat/olestra -fat-effects.htm

http://www.cspinet.org/nah/marolest.htm

[Ethel]

Sorbitol is another product to be wary of. It is a sugar substitute common in sugar free chewing gum, low calorie ice creams and other such foodstuffs - sugar free polo mints for example.

Sorbitol has a definite laxative effect if too much is consumed - the warnings are on the packets;

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowle dge_base/kb/sorbitol.htm

[heathfield]

I remember reading about this in...Ooops! Excuse me...

[joko]

says somehting similar on pringles

[Postdog]

Anal Leakage - what a polite term....