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Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by papa_bear » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:22 PM UTC

This is kind of what I wanted to accomplish by building Eat This Much[1], ideally making eating and staying healthy at the same time less of a chore.

I'm really on board with the idea, but what got me interested was the notion that it would be easy to adjust the formula to my needs, e.g. choose a different ratio of various powders if I want to gain weight, lose weight, or compensate for some genetic difference.

[1] http://www.eatthismuch.com

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by petercooper » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:22 PM UTC

I hope they eventually state all of the potential allergens that are in this. As I've gotten older I've become very sensitive to various foods (especially anything with lactose in it) and this sort of thing appeals to me, but if it had lactose in it, say, it could be.. interesting ;-) Ditto for people with peanut allergies and the like.

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by angersock » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:22 PM UTC

Xanza wrote: post #29

I'm actually really pissed off at this product -- as with many, I've had both high hopes and reservations since the start of this whole ordeal. With me being a college student with a VERY limited budget I get very little nutrition that's needed for my body to operate normally. I was so turned on to this product because it was initially advertised to cost the creator between $50 and $100 per month. Now, all of a sudde…

Spent one summer living off of ramen, eggs, carrots, and celery. It's like tenbux for a week of food, and can be filling--poaching an egg into the ramen with a sliced up carrot and celery stalk is where it's at.

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by MyNewAccount99 » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:22 PM UTC

is this a joke? video was funny.

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by angkec » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

It's interesting to see everything went from supportive on soylent to very negative after they published this campaign. I wonder what has changed?

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by imperialWicket » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

Xanza wrote: post #29

I'm actually really pissed off at this product -- as with many, I've had both high hopes and reservations since the start of this whole ordeal. With me being a college student with a VERY limited budget I get very little nutrition that's needed for my body to operate normally. I was so turned on to this product because it was initially advertised to cost the creator between $50 and $100 per month. Now, all of a sudde…

It was always pretty clear that the early costs represented ingredients only, and the ingredients themselves have changed over time. There's also processing, containers, shipping, etc. when you're interested in someone making it for you.

The ingredients list is published and available, there's even a spreadsheet up with online locations where you can buy everything.

I can understand being dissatisfied about cost - but it was never claimed that you could receive this delivered to your door for $100/mo.

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by sp332 » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

volandovengo wrote: post #38

sp332 wrote: post #11

I got curious about this statement: 2 million people are killed annually by smoke inhalation from indoor cooking stoves alone. This is just wrong enough to be misleading, since that figure actually includes heating, not just cooking. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs292/en/ So soylent wouldn't help in the cases where indoor pollution is caused by heating.

Really?? From all the comments about this idea/execution/etc, this is what you chose to focus your attention on?!

Yes, a claim that 0.2% of the world population dies every year from their own stoves caught my attention. The WHO report is striking to me, because that's a lot of people dying from causes they don't understand and don't see coming.

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by Afforess » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

mc-lovin wrote: post #10

gcb0 wrote: post #8

Still doesn't answer how this is much different than just another kind of diet shake.

It's a diet shake where the seller goes "you know what, fuck it, I don't recommend that you eat a balanced diet, and I do recommend you replace all your meals with this shake"

Really? He said he has replaced most meals, but I haven't seen where he recommends that strategy to others.

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by typicalrunt » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

Is soylent vegan available yet?

Not yet. This first run will be the regular vegetarian soylent, but it is lactose free, kosher, halal, and absent of all known allergens

I believe soy is an allergy to some people. What does "absent of all known allergens" mean then?

Re: Soylent Campaign

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Post by smacktoward » Tue, May 21, 2013, 7:23 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #17

Some people said that it was only a matter of time before this person started charging money for this crank product, and I guess this proves them right. He's making a number of health claims on that page. I'm curious about the legality of doing so; it's not legal in the UK unless he meets some pretty strict criteria. > If not for this waste there would be plenty of food to adequately nourish everyone alive. Waste foo…

Yeah really. If that figure is incorrect, building a better cook stove would be an excellent place to apply some engineering know-how. Reinventing food is less so.