Letters to the Editor
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Don't worry - It's only the first month.
Wait three months and then see if this stuff is still flying off the shelf. If it is, I bet it will be flying at a much slower rate, and in 6 months, it'll just be a trickle - the people that still haven't heard from their friends and family about the amusing side effects. The only reason it IS flying off the shelves right now is because they're not using the phrase "anal leakage" like Olestra did!
One note about the low fat diet, though. The article mentioned limiting each meal to 15 grams of fat, and said that would only save 36 calories per meal. But, that would be 108 calories per day. At that rate you would lose an extra 10 pounds in a year - beyond what you're already losing by switching to a lower-fat diet. And/or, it helps you get to your goal weight that much quicker. So, compared with the 50 pounds per year saved by cutting out 55 grams of fat per day, plus the extra 10 pounds from the pill, that's an additional 20% of pounds lost. For only a minor risk of anal leakage.