<Li> Conditions producing intestinal malabsorption . These include celiac disease, bacterial overgrowth, tropical sprue, Giardiasis (a protozoan parasite infection), Zollinger - Ellison syndrome, short bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and abetalipoproteinemia . </Li> <Li> Other causes . Drugs that can produce steatorrhea include orlistat, a slimming pill, or as adverse effect of octreotide or lanreotide, used to treat acromegaly or other neuroendocrine tumors . It can be found in Graves' disease / hyperthyroidism . </Li> <P> Orlistat (also known by trade names Xenical and Alli) is a diet pill that works by blocking the enzymes that digest fat . As a result, some fat cannot be absorbed from the gut and is excreted in the feces instead of being metabolically digested, sometimes causing oily anal leakage . Vytorin (ezetimibe / simvastatin) tablets can cause steatorrhea in some people . </P> <P> There are anecdotal reports on the internet describing oily droplets in feces after eating large amounts of cashews or other whole nuts . They agree with studies showing that stool lipids are greatest when whole nuts are eaten, compared to their nut butters, oils or flour and that lipids from whole nuts are significantly less well absorbed . </P>

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