The Fat Free Revolution That Gave America Diarrhea

> And in 2011, a Purdue study hammered the final nail in the olestra coffin. It found that olestra incites weight gain by tricking the body into thinking it doesn’t need to metabolize fatty foods. Once your body is accustomed to olestra fat that has no calories, the body is surprised by the calories of real fat.

I wonder if the same applies to zero calorie sugar substitutes?

Another good read that's akin to Pricenomics is Tedium: http://tedium.co. I get it about once a week in my inbox, and unlike most email newsletters I actually read this one.