# Stupid News: Diet Dr Pepper does not cause weight loss **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 30, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635 "2019-12-30T22:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635/21 "2020-01-02T01:00:37Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Can’t remember the brand but I remember years ago a “diet bread” being marketed years ago. Its slices had, indeed, fewer calories than slices of ordinary bread – because they were thinner slices. Nimble? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635/22 "2020-01-02T05:41:45Z")
> [@atimnie](#): > > So you’re saying an actual debate couldn’t be derived from this? Had the English rule required plaintiff Shana Becerra, and her attorney John Weston, to pay Dr. Pepper/7-Up’s legal fees (and refund taxpayers for administrative court costs), this inanity would’ve never seen the light of day. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635/23 "2020-01-02T14:34:55Z")
I have it on [del]good[/del] extremely dubious authority that diet soda causes weight gain. Kevin Trudeau says so, and do not drink it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635/24 "2020-01-02T14:39:25Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Can’t remember the brand but I remember years ago a “diet bread” being marketed years ago. Its slices had, indeed, fewer calories than slices of ordinary bread – because they were thinner slices. Roman Meal Bread? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635/25 "2020-01-02T22:35:34Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Had the English rule required plaintiff Shana Becerra, and her attorney John Weston, to pay Dr. Pepper/7-Up’s legal fees (and refund taxpayers for administrative court costs), this inanity would’ve never seen the light of day. I wonder who paid; did she have to pay her attorney or did he take the case on contingency in hopes of a [del]Monster[/del] (Oops, wrong beverage) large payout at the end? If the former, is that ethical\*? - A lawyer & ethics, what was I thinking? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635/26 "2020-01-03T00:49:10Z")
Thread title reminds me of one of the early Vicente Fox anti-Trump videos. “Donald, I notice you drink a lot of Diet Coke – which, by the way, is not working…” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635/27 "2020-01-03T03:23:55Z")
So many folks think “diet” automatically means “reducing diet”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-news-diet-dr-pepper-does-not-cause-weight-loss/845635.md?page=1)