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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 fusiongyro »

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…

The founder may have thought for a while that maybe he could get away with just Soylent for extended periods of time, but I don't think very many people actually tried using it to the exclusion of all other food.

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 lando2319 »

I've been on soylent for almost 2 years and I love it. It used to be such a pain working from home and dealing with breakfast, which I usually would skip and lunch which I would be reheating leftovers or whatever I could put together. It's so much better to just crack open a soylent, chug it and move on. It's always consistent I don't have to think about it. I do one 'normal food' meal a day, Mon - Fri.

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

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Post by isaacn »

nemo44x wrote: post #55
asimpletune wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soylent is like birth control for food: it lets you choose whether food is going to be for pleasure or for sustenance. I eat it often because it's healthy, quick, and I actually enjoy it. That said, I also very much enjoy food with family and friends. They're too completely different things though, but previously we had to use the same tools for both needs.

Isn't this why we invented the "sandwich"?

+1. I could eat a sandwich every day for every meal. I don't, but I certainly could.

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

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Post by Matachines »

djsumdog wrote: post #11

I'm really amazed by all the supporters on here. When I first heard about Soylent, I thought it was a terrible terrible idea. I mean, there's so much to food. It's not just eating it, it's all the flavours and ingredients and cooking with friends and loved ones and parties and such. I'm guessing most people on here use it as a supplement + regular food, but when I saw it originally, it seemed like it was intended to…

Every time Soylent is on HN people say this.

Why don't people understand? It's so simple: Soylent is for meals you don't care about but need. It's not a) the ONLY food you can eat or b) supposed to replace all meals.

I order a box of Soylent bottles every few weeks—they come in handy while working or for a quick breakfast or if I have little time and am hungry. I also cook meals with my girlfriend a few times a week and go out to dinner every weekend. Both things can exist at the same time.

It's just a nutritious drink you can drink at any time if you need to. If you want to make it most of our meals, sure go ahead. But no one says you must.

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

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Post by intopieces »

pizza wrote: post #29

What %? What % of people normally get sick from food? Just curious, not defensive..

"During our review, we noticed that a handful of consumers (less than 0.1%) who consumed Powder 1.6 over the past several months reported stomach-related symptoms that are consistent with what our Bar customers described."

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

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Post by chrisfosterelli »

antisthenes wrote: post #20

I understand why people get Soylent, but I'm also wondering why people choose to trust a company to provide the powder for them instead of making it themselves. Not only would that save you quite a bit of money (Soylent is a pretty poor value proposition if you need to consume more than 2000 calories), but you would then personally control the freshness of the ingredients. There are so many recipes at diy.soylent.com…

This is just my experience, but in all of the DIY recipes I made I had a really hard time emulating the texture that the bottled Soylent has. The texture is a big deal for me.

I think I could likely get closer by forgetting local components and using some of the recipes that require bulk-ordering rarer components online, but if I'm ordering online I might as just well order the official stuff since I only eat it rarely.

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

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Post by RangerScience »

pyre wrote: post #46
beedogs wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Your dismissive attitude discounts: 1. People lie. 2. People believe things to be true that are not, in fact, true.

"Somone would to that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?"

I grew up with AOL chatrooms. I will believe whatever someone presents about themselves up to the point at which it leave the magic circle of the internet.

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

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Post by greglindahl »

thejacenxpress wrote: post #73

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...

The blog uses the same "handful of customers" language.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

nemo44x wrote: post #55
asimpletune wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soylent is like birth control for food: it lets you choose whether food is going to be for pleasure or for sustenance. I eat it often because it's healthy, quick, and I actually enjoy it. That said, I also very much enjoy food with family and friends. They're too completely different things though, but previously we had to use the same tools for both needs.

Isn't this why we invented the "sandwich"?

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