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Wickerman
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Maybe you will after having some of this!

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/11/high-fiber-pepsi-the-choice-of-a-new-weird-generation/265094/

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""Fat blocking" Pepsi Special will be released tomorrow in Japan.



You might be familiar with wheat dextrin as the supplement that's sold as Benefiber in the U.S. It's a soluble fiber that absorbs water as it moves through our intestines. That promotes movement of food through the bowel, and contraction of the bowel wall itself (bowel movement, if you will).

Pepsi distributors in Japan are leveraging this mechanism, less explicitly, in adding dextrin to their new product, Pepsi Special. It's being reported and marketed as a "fat blocking soda."

They base that claim in part on a 2006 study by Japan's National Institute of Health and Nutrition that found rats that ate dextrin absorbed less fat from their food. Because it essentially moved right through them. So, with the blessing of the NIHN, the product is designated a "food for specified health use.

A few months ago, Kirin (of beer fame) released Mets Cola, which contains dextrin. It's been selling well, and they clearly targeted it as a healthy weight-loss soda. Their commercial (at left) doesn't show the protagonist hurrying for the bathroom, but it does imply that he can eat the burger and pizza and chips, and the angry dude without the cool haircut is in the wrong. Why is he freaking out about "poor dietary decisions"? The situation is clearly under control. Mets Cola control.

Is high-fiber cola healthier than regular cola? Sure. Dextrin has been found to have several health benefits: It "may increase micronutrient absorption, stabilize[s] blood glucose, lower[s] serum lipids, may prevent several gastrointestinal disorders, and ha[s] an accepted role in prevention of cardiovascular disease." But pairing it with soda and looking at the end product as healthy is insidious. If it leads us to justify drinking more soda, the benefits will be negated.

The November 13 release of Pepsi Special comes on the heels of other Japan-unique Pepsi cloaks; like Pepsi Cucumber, Pepsi White, and Pepsi Black. (All Pepsi is black, though, right? Yes, but it doesn't all taste like "almost nothingness.") If the translation of these other Pepsi abstractions to U.S. markets is any indication, don't expect to see Pepsi Special here any time soon.

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[Edited on November 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM. Reason : .]

11/14/2012 2:30:29 PM

ncsuapex
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So that means you'll shit fat?

11/14/2012 2:31:48 PM

Krallum
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maybe they should focus on making it taste as good as coke

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11/14/2012 2:32:20 PM

quagmire02
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you shit fat, anyway

11/14/2012 2:33:19 PM

dman32md
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^Coke is a Rum deliverer. Pepsi>

11/14/2012 2:33:48 PM

wdprice3
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Pepsi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coke

11/14/2012 2:35:54 PM

Krallum
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you guys are joking right?

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11/14/2012 2:36:40 PM

wolfpackgrrr
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"maybe they should focus on making it taste as good as coke
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11/14/2012 2:39:38 PM

Krallum
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seriously pepsi tastes like coke sweetened with sweet & low

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11/14/2012 2:40:12 PM

Wickerman
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How anyone can wash down their food with a bunch of chemicals that are good for nothing but removing rust is beyond me..

11/14/2012 2:42:16 PM

Krallum
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yeah i only drink beer, 100% juice or water.

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11/14/2012 2:43:07 PM

sumfoo1
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^!

if i can't tell what it came from... i don't put it in my body.

11/14/2012 2:47:54 PM

HockeyRoman
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Is this similar to that Olestra junk they had in chips a decade ago?

11/14/2012 2:51:23 PM

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"Pepsi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coke"


11/14/2012 2:55:40 PM

Str8BacardiL
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WONT THIS MAKE YOU BLOW ASS EXPLOSIVELY?

11/14/2012 2:56:17 PM

paerabol
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gooood lord keep that out of the usa

then we'll just have a bunch of wideloads that use it as another excuse to eat whatever the fuck they want while absorbing even less nutrients from the crap they eat as they mercilessly fuck up handicapped stalls nationwide

11/14/2012 2:57:05 PM

quagmire02
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"Is this similar to that Olestra junk they had in chips a decade ago? "

they still make and sell chips with olestra

11/14/2012 2:59:28 PM

TKE-Teg
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"maybe they should focus on making it taste as good as coke"

11/14/2012 2:59:34 PM

acraw
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I too like Pepsi better than coke.

11/14/2012 3:03:56 PM

gunzz
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I too like Pepsi better than coke.

its the taste born in the carolinas ... all you coke heads need to move to atlanta

[Edited on November 14, 2012 at 3:16 PM. Reason : sdf]

11/14/2012 3:15:44 PM

nacstate
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Isn't this basically what that diet shit Alli does? You don't absorb fat in foods or something and just shit it back out?

11/14/2012 3:27:49 PM

acraw
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The leakage ain't no joke. And hair thinning.

11/14/2012 3:29:39 PM

Krallum
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fuck pepsi and fuck pepsi fans and fuck soda and fuck anyone who drinks soda

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11/14/2012 3:32:27 PM

lewisje
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"maybe they should focus on making it taste as good as coke"
coke sux

11/14/2012 3:35:34 PM

Wickerman
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"gooood lord keep that out of the usa

then we'll just have a bunch of wideloads that use it as another excuse to eat whatever the fuck they want while absorbing even less nutrients from the crap they eat as they mercilessly fuck up handicapped stalls nationwide
"


+1

11/14/2012 3:37:35 PM

Krallum
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seriously I thought pepsi was for people who didn't go to college. no joke.

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11/14/2012 3:38:20 PM

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