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Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by Nickoladze » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:52 PM UTC

sigma2015 wrote: post #42

My favorite argument for food being more than just a percentual composition of nutrients is the fact that your gut is effectively able to smell. > Olfactory receptor responding to gut microbiota-derived signals plays a role in renin secretion and blood pressure regulation [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600440/ ] Beyond my scepticism regarding the long-term benefit of a simplification of eating down to…

My mindset is that I live alone and I heavily dislike cooking food. When not consuming soylent, I live entirely off of take-out and delivery food. There is almost no way that Soylent isn't more healthy than the stuff I would otherwise eat.

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by geofft » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:55 PM UTC

deegles wrote: post #5

It seems like such a waste of plastic and cardboard. Makes me think of Keurig k-cups and how it's been deemed an environmental mess. I'm sure the Soylent bottles are recyclable but it's still a waste to be shipping all that weight around (including the water). I hope they make a vending machine that mixes it on the spot.

You can just donate the used plastic and cardboard to charity alongside your dirty laundry. Charities can use these things without further cleaning, so you're not harming the environment.

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:55 PM UTC

deegles wrote: post #5

It seems like such a waste of plastic and cardboard. Makes me think of Keurig k-cups and how it's been deemed an environmental mess. I'm sure the Soylent bottles are recyclable but it's still a waste to be shipping all that weight around (including the water). I hope they make a vending machine that mixes it on the spot.

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Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by adultSwim » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:55 PM UTC

deegles wrote: post #5

It seems like such a waste of plastic and cardboard. Makes me think of Keurig k-cups and how it's been deemed an environmental mess. I'm sure the Soylent bottles are recyclable but it's still a waste to be shipping all that weight around (including the water). I hope they make a vending machine that mixes it on the spot.

Do you have the same criticism for all bottled drinks?

For instance if you were buying juice would you get a regular carton or a concentrate? (not exactly the same - not adding water vs removing it)

I think your point is a valid one; this just wouldn't be the first place I would apply it. There are countless examples of wasteful products. Excessive packaging alone generates so much garbage.

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by nosuchthing » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:56 PM UTC

Nadya wrote: post #25

farnsworth wrote: post #15

If you buy the powder, it's easy to blend in some fruit or other flavoring, which gives it more variety and a better taste. Or by itself, it's pretty easy to prepare even in just a shaker bottle if you don't have a blender. I'm curious to see how the texture of 2.0 will compare to way it turns out when I make it at home, though. I assume we'll see the bottled form in stores whenever they're able to produce enough, an…

I've tried cinnamon, peanut butter powder, cocoa powder, Nesquik, banana, mango, chocolate syrup, vanilla extract, and even tried to mix coffee in after the initial mixing. Nothing has gotten rid of the horribly overpowering taste. I have 3 weeks of 1.5 sitting in my cabinets because I'm unable to stomach it. I don't have overly sensitive taste buds (I will eat almost anything) but simply cannot stomach Soylent. I fe…

Orgain is brown rice based, soy free, dairy free. They carry them at whole foods usually. Often ≤$3 per bottle.

http://orgain.com/products/organic-vegan-nutritional-shakes/

Nutritional Info: http://orgain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NFP-Vegan-Choco...

Ingredients: http://orgain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/LOI-Vegan-Choco...

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by adultSwim » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:56 PM UTC

seizethecheese wrote: post #32

deegles wrote: post #5

It seems like such a waste of plastic and cardboard. Makes me think of Keurig k-cups and how it's been deemed an environmental mess. I'm sure the Soylent bottles are recyclable but it's still a waste to be shipping all that weight around (including the water). I hope they make a vending machine that mixes it on the spot.

Each bottle replaces a traditional meal. How much water/plastic/cardboard is needed for most normal meals?

I'm not sure that's the appropriate comparison. Why not compare directly with powdered soylent?

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by geofft » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:56 PM UTC

X-Istence wrote: post #45

bpodgursky wrote: post #4

At this point, I'm not sure how bottled Soylent can distinguish itself from other bottled dietary replacements like Ensure, aside from the name.

Ensure is not a proper meal replacement.

Ensure markets itself as a meal replacement, and plenty of people use it that way. In what way is it improper?

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by marincounty » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:57 PM UTC

omouse wrote: post #11

deegles wrote: post #5

It seems like such a waste of plastic and cardboard. Makes me think of Keurig k-cups and how it's been deemed an environmental mess. I'm sure the Soylent bottles are recyclable but it's still a waste to be shipping all that weight around (including the water). I hope they make a vending machine that mixes it on the spot.

The problem with Keurig k-cups is that you can't use them for anything else and you can't use them with other coffee machines. These bottles look like you could save them as water bottles in the worst case.

After seeing a dead albatross with a bunch of plastic in its stomach; I look at all this, non essential, for convince sake--plastic garbage in a worse light than before.

I am guilty of using those plastic tooth picks, actually know the spoiled brat who made millions from his dad's invention, and seed money 30 years ago. I now see them disguarded everywhere. They must make it into the oceans?

Anyways, I hope consumers stop buying products that aren't reusable?

http://ocean.si.edu/slideshow/laysan-albatrosses’-plastic-pr...

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by timdeneau » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:57 PM UTC

The plastic bottles are wasteful. This makes sense for retail locations, but not for home delivery.

For someone who drinks a fair amount weekly, I have to mix soylent with something to stomach it. If you remove that option I'm not really sure who they are targeting this at.

Also interesting the powder wasn't updated to the 2.0 formula.

Re: Now Shipping Soylent 2.0

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Post by geofft » Wed, Sep 09, 2015, 7:58 PM UTC

omouse wrote: post #39

bpodgursky wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, ensure is designed to be a sole-source nutrition. When someone is in the hospital and can't eat, they are given Ensure as a sole food source.

Not from what I saw, it looks like you can easily go over board on some of the vitamins and minerals if you have a few bottles of it.

Which vitamins and minerals?

Given the number of people under close medical supervision who are using Ensure for meal replacement, why hasn't vitamin poisoning from Ensure been observed or reported?