But was it made in Sherman?
This is a neat story out of Brandeis:
Snackaholics rejoice! Brandeis University biology professor K.C. Hayes and Senior Research Associate Andy Pronczuk at the school’s Foster Biomedical Research Laboratory, and Senior Scientist Daniel Perlman in the Physics Department have discovered a way to produce chips and other snack foods that can actually lower your cholesterol while you eat them - without having any impact on taste. The Brandeis research team found that soybean-derived phytosterols (natural sterols that occur in plants) helped block cholesterol uptake (present in animal fat). When added to the cooking oil used to prepare snack chips and other foods, these natural sterols lowered LDL (the so-called “bad” cholesterol). In a clinical study chronicled in the American Society for Nutritional Sciences’ Journal of Nutrition, the Hayes team followed 10 subjects who achieved a 15 percent decrease in their LDL cholesterol and a 10 percent drop in total cholesterol after eating two one-ounce servings of phytosterol-enriched tortilla chips each day over a four-week period. “If you have a really high cholesterol, LDL would likely decline even more,” Hayes said.
More on the story from Brandeis’ website and the AP wire
don’t get too excited. My grandmother uses smart balance butter which has a formula designed by Brandeis researchers. It is good for you but it is the lowest quality butter you could eat. I personall pass on it when i visit.
Comment by Matt — 1/31/2005 @ 5:20 pm
Personally, I’m going to pass on the chips. The only “Smart Balance” product I’ve had to date is the “cheese”, I actually just bought a pack of it (’twas on sale + triple coupon special) and it wasn’t too bad, nor was it anything special.
I’d definitely not eat anything that was cooked up in the Brandeis science complex though
Comment by jaws — 1/31/2005 @ 10:00 pm
just remember, olestra was developed at a brandeis lab … and it causes anal leakage.
Comment by LilB — 2/7/2005 @ 6:18 pm
Olestra was invented at Brandeis too?
That wou;d explain a lot of the problems with dining services
Comment by jaws — 2/7/2005 @ 10:54 pm