1.   As with fat-free products and artificial sweeteners, people will probably compensate for olestra by eating more calories elsewhere in their diets.

2.   You pin up a wall chart listing how many calories you eat each day.

3.   The fewer calories they eat, short of actual starvation, and the longer they go on doing so, the longer they live.

4.   And everyone knows that if you eat enough calories, even those that do not come from fat, they will lead to flab.

5.   And they show no letup in the effort to get Americans to slim down, eat fewer calories, and consume less saturated fat.

6.   As a result, you eat fewer calories.

7.   By reaching for starch and sugar instead of fat, many Americans end up eating more calories.

8.   Eat more calories than your body uses and you will gain weight.

9.   Eat fewer calories.