Olestra References

References Cited

1. Blackburn H. Sounding board - olestra and the FDA. New England Journal of Medicine 1996;334:984-986.
2. Bergholtz CM. Safety evaluation of olestra, a nonabsorbed, fatlike fat replacement. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 1992;32(2):141-146.
3. Mellies MJ, Vitale C, Jandacek RJ, et al. The substitution of sucrose polyester for dietary fat in obese, hypercholesterolemic outpatients. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1985;41:1-12.
4. Fackleman K. Olestra: too good to be true? Researchers flush out health risks of fake fat. Science News 1996;149(4):61-62.
5. Westrate JA, van het hof KH. Sucrose polyester and plasma carotenoid concentrations in healthy subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1995;62:591-597.
6. Rolls BJ, Pirraglia PA, Jones MB, Peters JC. Effects of olestra, a noncaloric fat substitute, on daily energy and fat intakes in lean men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1992;56:84-92.
7. De Graaf C, Hulshof T, Weststrate JA, Hautvast JGAJ. Nonabsorbable fat (sucrose polyester) and the regulation of energy intake and body weight. American Journal of Physiology 1996;270:R1386-R1393.
8. Aggarwal AM, Camilleri M, Phillips SF, et al. Olestra, a nondigestible, nonabsorbable fat. Effects on gastrointestinal and colonic transit. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 1993;38(6):1009-1014.
9. Kelly M, Hunter JO. The effect of a non-absorbable fat substitute, sucrose polyester, on gastrointestinal function. Alimentary Pharmcology and Therapeutics 1996;10(5):715-720.
10. Drewnowski A. The new fat replacements. A strategy for reducing fat consumption. Postgraduate Medicine 1990;87(6):111-121. Cotton JR, Burley VJ, Westrate JA, Blundell JE. Fat substitution and food intake: effect of replacing fat with sucrose polyester at lunch or evening meals. British Journal of Nutrition 1996;75:545-556.
11. Cotton JR, Weststrate JA, Blundell JE. Replacement of dietary fat with sucrose polyester: effects on energy intake and appetite control in nonobese males. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1996;63(6):891-896.
12. Jandacek RJ, Ramirez MM, Crouse JR 3rd. Effects of partial replacement of dietary fat by olestra on dietary cholesterol absorption in man. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental 1990;39(8):848-852.

    Other references

    Correspondence. Olestra and the FDA. New England Journal of Medicine 1996;335:668-670.

    Davidson MH. Food additive approvals: risks vs benefits. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 1996;23:S25-S26.

    Jones DY, Koonsvitsky BP, Ebert ML, et al. Vitamin K status of free-living subjects consuming olestra. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1991;53(4):943-946.

    Jones DY, Miller KW, Koonsvitsky BP, et al. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations of free-living subjects consuming olestra. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1991;53(5):1281-1287.

    Miller KW, Williams DS, Carter SB, et al. The effect of olestra on systemic levels of oral contraceptives. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1990;48(1):34-40.

    Miller KW, Lawson KD, Tallmadge DH, et al. Disposition of olestra in the Fischer 344 rat. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 1995;24:229-237.

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Prepared Summer 1997 by Bernadene Magnuson, Ph.D.
University of Idaho, Dept. of Food Science and Toxicology - EXTOXNET FAQ Team.