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Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by ojkelly »

sanswork wrote: post #64
ojkelly wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone with a herb allergy, I cook basically every single meal I eat. It gets old quickly. Take away is almost a non option bar the maccas cheeseburger. Soylent is one of the most freeing things for me. It means I don't need to worry about my next meal, and I can just gulp down an tasty drink. Sure I love a well cooked steak, but sometimes you need a break from cooking.

Guessing you're in Australia by the maccas. Which Soylent do you drink? I've tried multiple flavours of a few local ones and they all universally taste like liquid sawdust.

1.4 and 1.5 but I've switched to aussielent and 2.0 because they're so much nicer. 2.0 is really expensive to get here in Aus though.

Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by nkozyra »

beedogs wrote: post #33
nkozyra wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't advocate for or against liquid diets necessarily - and I realize this is overtly a throwaway account - but this sounds pretty pseudo-sciency to me, anecdote notwithstanding. At bare minimum, include some citation here.

He just told you what he lived through, and you're asking for a citation? Never change, HN.

A throwaway account gave us a wholly unsupported anecdote. This isn't gospel and it's not taboo to ask for some scientific support.

Even if the anecdotes are 100% true, they have no causative evidence.

Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by thejacenxpress »

LA Times did a bad job of reporting this.

> warning that a handful of customers reported stomach sickness after consuming it.

It's actually less than 0.1%

The blog article is clearer: http://blog.soylent.com/post/152400464282/soylent-bar-powder...

Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by timdorr »

throwaway898908 wrote: post #14

Not putting solid food into your system for long periods of time (months, years) will destroy your ability to digest solid food when you start refeeding. I've seen people in eating disorder facilities who have lived on diets of liquid food (historically Ensure, basically the same thing) who have not defecated for months, and when they start eating again suffer for weeks and weeks from horrendous constipation, often r…

Having entirely lived on Soylent for a full year and having went back to solid foods with no weaning period and no ill effects, I doubt the veracity of your unsubstantiated claims.

Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by jdavis703 »

throwaway898908 wrote: post #14

Not putting solid food into your system for long periods of time (months, years) will destroy your ability to digest solid food when you start refeeding. I've seen people in eating disorder facilities who have lived on diets of liquid food (historically Ensure, basically the same thing) who have not defecated for months, and when they start eating again suffer for weeks and weeks from horrendous constipation, often r…

I've been drinking only protein shakes for breakfast for years, and recently the Coffiest product from Soylent. My poops are coming out just fine (of course I'm having regular solid food for lunch and dinner, and for all my meals on the weekend).

Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by ramyasree »

throwaway898908 wrote: post #14

Not putting solid food into your system for long periods of time (months, years) will destroy your ability to digest solid food when you start refeeding. I've seen people in eating disorder facilities who have lived on diets of liquid food (historically Ensure, basically the same thing) who have not defecated for months, and when they start eating again suffer for weeks and weeks from horrendous constipation, often r…

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Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by nemo44x »

mbenjaminsmith wrote: post #58
nemo44x wrote: post #44

A well cooked meal and wine - my greatest joys in life. Simple, romantic and fulfilling. Add butter. Add cream. A beautiful pan sauce from a well timed reduction. A cool glass of white wine in the hot kitchen as all the flavors come together. The scent of fresh cut shallots still lingering as the garlic in the pan sweats. I don't judge anyone for making food and drink a footnote in their life. I enjoy cooking as much…

"Deconstructed essence of cuisine"? I couldn't agree more. Food is one of the most accessible luxuries. The most expensive meals, with fine wine, cost less than most business class tickets (to wherever). On the other hand, a soft cooked egg on a piece of toasted bread after a workout can be just as delicious and costs pennies, available to all. Next they're going to tell us they've found a way to eliminate that pesky…

I agree so much! Many chefs, when asked what they love most the answer is simple. It's almost always some form of an egg. Great food doesn't have to be expensive or with win or be complex. In fact, very often the best things are simple and fast.

We live in an era where these things are readily available and they're really easy to make and to be delicious thanks to an abundance of spices and endless styles of fats.

I enjoy so much an egg fried in a small amount of butter until the edges are crispy on a piece of rye toast. A slice of tomato with a dash of ground pepper on top. Total cost: 50 cents tops? Total time: 4 minutes? Dishes: A non-stick pan that takes 10 seconds to clean?

It has never been more accessible or easy to not only cook but discover how to cook thanks to global shipping and the Internet than today. And we are left with a slurry of questionable nutrients as the future? OK fine - but I refuse.

Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by refurb »

bertiewhykovich wrote: post #43
Apreche wrote: post #18

How come the FDA hasn't taken any action against them?

because the FDA can only regulate food

The FDA regulates more than just food: drugs, cosmetics, vitamins, supplements.

How are the getting around it? Is it classified as a supplement? "Not for human consumption"?

Re: Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

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Post by ramyasree »

throwaway898908 wrote: post #14

Not putting solid food into your system for long periods of time (months, years) will destroy your ability to digest solid food when you start refeeding. I've seen people in eating disorder facilities who have lived on diets of liquid food (historically Ensure, basically the same thing) who have not defecated for months, and when they start eating again suffer for weeks and weeks from horrendous constipation, often r…

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