Old ad: Drink sugary drinks before meals to lose weight!
A group called "Sugar Information" ran ads in the late 60s and early 70s promoting soft drinks as a way to fill up and suppress your appetite. I suspect that people who followed this advice were disappointed -- the sugar crash from soft drinks is pretty widely believed to make you hungry, not full.
O RLY? I wonder if butter works like this too.
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