# How much would you pay for the Perfect Weight Loss Pill?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-perfect-weight-loss-pill/916965 "2020-08-01T06:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-perfect-weight-loss-pill/916965/21 "2020-08-04T01:43:41Z")

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Let’s see, I could use maybe 300 of those pills, and I don’t actually care that much that I’m overweight. (Which is why I’m overweight.) So, say… fifty cents a pill. No, wait, I’ll splurge. A buck a pill. That’s right, a whole entire dollar.

Yep, that’s right. I really don’t care, and each pill’s effect is so small I’d have to buy a cartload. I’m not invested enough to trash my finances just to make my doctor happy.

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-perfect-weight-loss-pill/916965/22 "2020-08-04T02:13:15Z")

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yeah 8 oz a day isnt going t be worth my time or money …especially since id more than make that up with 2 cans of mt dew …

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-perfect-weight-loss-pill/916965/23 "2020-08-04T03:04:58Z")

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Not unless each can of Mt Dew has more than 875 calories.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-perfect-weight-loss-pill/916965/24 "2020-08-04T19:00:21Z")

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> yeah 8 oz a day isnt going t be worth my time or money …especially since id more than make that up with 2 cans of mt dew …

Mountain Dew is mostly water; that isn’t real weight gain. To gain back eight ounces of weight, you would have to consume an **additional** 10 cans of Mountain Dew every day.

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-perfect-weight-loss-pill/916965/25 "2020-08-04T19:05:37Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> Mountain Dew is mostly water; that isn’t real weight gain. To gain back eight ounces of weight, you would have to consume an **additional** 10 cans of Mountain Dew every day.

On the other hand, bags of potato chips…

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