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Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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If you're in Europe I suggest you try Joylent. Great many flavors, nice texture, and comparably cheap. I am not on it now but I used it to replace one meal per day for weeks at a time with no adverse effects.

But yeah, I've also heared many Soylent-Horror-Stories.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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Ingredients are typically listed from highest percentage down.

I see: Filtered Water, Soy Protein Isolate, ...

Soy Protein

I can take a guess where the problem lies.

YMMV, but when I try something like this, I for one stick to Whey-based products. Soy doesn't agree with everyone.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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post #4

If you're in Europe I suggest you try Joylent. Great many flavors, nice texture, and comparably cheap. I am not on it now but I used it to replace one meal per day for weeks at a time with no adverse effects. But yeah, I've also heared many Soylent-Horror-Stories.

I hear they renamed Joylent to Jimmy Joy. I have never tried it, but know someone at work who says good things about it. My own meal replacement drink of choice is Keto Chow.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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post #4

If you're in Europe I suggest you try Joylent. Great many flavors, nice texture, and comparably cheap. I am not on it now but I used it to replace one meal per day for weeks at a time with no adverse effects. But yeah, I've also heared many Soylent-Horror-Stories.

To make it a sample-size of two, I can also confirm that I did not have any adverse effects, it just tastes funny.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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My wife has some stomach issues that we think are related to allergies (to what? the elimination diet gave us some suspects, but no convictions). After reading this, I think I'm going to stop suggesting she try Soylent as an alternative option.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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post #4

If you're in Europe I suggest you try Joylent. Great many flavors, nice texture, and comparably cheap. I am not on it now but I used it to replace one meal per day for weeks at a time with no adverse effects. But yeah, I've also heared many Soylent-Horror-Stories.

I live in Spain. We have good food at cheap prices and restaurants everywhere. I see absolutely no reason to try overly processed crap like that.
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