Drinking Pepsi to Lose Weight? Now Foks in Japan You Can Do Just That

By David Lazarus, LOS ANGELES TIMES

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Pepsi Special

November 12, 2012 Updated Nov 12, 2012 at 12:24 PM PDT

You've heard of diet soda. Try this on for size.

Pepsi-Cola in Japan is unveiling a fiber-infused drink, Pepsi Special, that contains dextrin, a fiber that distributor Suntory claims will help reduce fat levels in the body.

That's right: Soda pop that actually battles obesity. Or so it's claimed.

Pepsi Special isn't the first dextrin-enhanced drink in Japan. There's also Kirin Mets Cola, which doesn't in fact have anything to do with a certain New York baseball team.

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