[HPFGU-OTChatter] AYDS ... AIDS

[Doreen]

SML wrote:

The only other food I remember that tasted as yummy as Space Sticks was the
AYDS Diet squares, which were about twice the size of a sugar cube,
chocolate flavor.  You were supposed to eat only two with an 8-oz glass of
water (instead of lunch), and slimness was sure to follow.  Well, they
tasted so good that I ate them like candy.  This was many years ago -- when
the AIDS epidemic started showing up in the news, the AYDS diet food either
vanished or was renamed.  I haven't come across those little squares in a
long time.
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Doreen wrote:
I remember reading that the AYDS company was asked if they were going to
change their name, in view of the AIDS epidemic. The company spokesman said,
"We were here first. Let them change their name."