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olestra
[ oh-les-truh ]
noun
- a synthetic oil used as a substitute for dietary fat: not digested or absorbed by the human body.
Word History and Origins
Origin of olestra1
Example Sentences
Remember olestra, the Paleo diet and celery juice?
She told the court Ms Skana's sister, Olestra, turned up at the unit, "distressed".
"Wow" potato chips from Frito Lay were made with Olean, a brand name for Olestra.
No, my math didn’t spit out the obvious choice, and when I say spit out, I mean it in the same way Olestra works its way through the body: Quick, and, well, curious and ultimately and unfortunately unstoppable.
And then there are the failures that are objectively, unforgivably bad: Kayla, the bluetooth-equipped talking doll that gathered information on consumer habits in children, or Olestra, the diarrhea-inducing fat substitute.
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