A number of fortunate souls who never have heard the call of unneeded calories or felt the shame of unwanted pounds will feel quite removed from such debate. This tendency reflects one of the great injustices of the fat-free trend. It preys only on those who are unable to healthily eat real foods. The people most attracted to products like Olestra are those who should learn how not to eat the whole bag of chips. If producers of fat-free foods had to depend on the thin and the healthy, they would have no business.
Lucrative profits come less from meeting consumers' needs and more from exploiting their weaknesses.
While most countries are searching for ways to feed their populations adequately, we struggle to create foods with less and less nutritional value. I wonder how an innovator of Olestra would explain the concept of fat-free fat to a North Korean peasant. Food not only is a means of sustenance but a reflection of culture as well. The French are famous for their love of decadent delicacies. The stereotype of the Jewish Mother's heaping portions has become a restaurant theme.