"The future of food"? Boy this is depressing. Man-made lab food and they think this is how the future should look? How about ending factory farming and just going back to eating plant based foods that's not made up in that lab somewhere. Wow what a f*cked up concept.
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#122It's a pity no one on the team has any experience in a relevant field, and the "Is it safe?" answer is absurd. You could say the same thing to deem cigarettes safe.
Zero food scientists on staff but hey they have a COO, VP of Business Development/Sales and a CTO who does the website.
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#123"Soylent is perfectly balanced and optimized for your body and lifestyle, meaning it automatically puts you at an optimal weight, makes you feel full, and improves your focus and cognition." Bull-fucking-shit. This is a product made by four twenty-somethings, none of whom appears to have a background in nutrition or any kind of health studies. To trust your health to these people would be fucking stupid. Jesus. Also:…
They've got to be violating some kind of FDA rules. Like what? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration#Fo... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_food_and_dietary_... "The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 mandated that the FDA regulate dietary supplements as foods, rather than as drugs. Therefore, dietary supplements are not subject to safety and efficacy testing and there a…
IANAL, but at a minimum, it's likely they should include the standard supplement disclaimer of "This product is not intended to cure, prevent, or treat any disease" [1]. This protects them from liability depending on how the FDA decides to classify the product.
Regardless of legality, they are making some very bold claims that would benefit from some scientific study. Preferably, expert, peer-reviewed, published scientific study.
[1] http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRs...
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
Several people have tried the recipe and can vouch for it. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
The study you cite confirming their claims sounds bulletproof.
I don't see you citing anything. Also, I never confirmed or denied their "claims", I simply stated others have tried it and it's not going to "kill" you or anything.
Your original post's attitude seemed to imply it was almost risky to consume this as it's made by people aged "20 or so". Not only do I find your age discrimination shocking, I also take issue with your sarcastic tone.
If you want evidence, I can think of two sources:
[1] http://discourse.soylent.me/ -- Plenty of people on the discussion boards
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WpksPED_Q -- Week long study
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, it's like the "Hacker News Is Depressing" Article didn't happen. I trust the Soylent folks more than I trust myself purchasing frozen meals in a grocery store. It's hard to be worse than that benchmark.
Its not like one article would change the behavior of everyone on here. HN has pessimism in its culture, and most of the best comments are the critical ones.
I agree, but you don't need to emulate Linus's rants to share criticism. There is a difference between constructive criticism and spreading FUD.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
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"
and "of course it's safe, I've been eating it for, like, months now"
"And I've only noticed a single deficiency! So far."
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#127You guys are f* crazy. This has a place in the world because many people don't know how to eat or don't even know what is good food. Free piece of advice: Move to a southern country and spend less money in health treatments
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#128Still doesn't answer how this is much different than just another kind of diet shake.
It probably isn't much different--but after reading about Soylent, I bought a few six-packs of Ensure just to try out the "don't feel like cooking/eating and would ordinarily eat something bad for you? drink a meal!" concept. I ended up crashing--hard--a few hours after my "breakfast." It was absurdly sugary. Basically it felt like marketing had demanded a product that "tasted good," so the ingredients list got a giant extra helping of sugar. If Soylent were just a version of Ensure that is focused on a sane balance of calories between carbs, fat, and protein, I'd personally be very happy with it.
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#129is it people?
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where is the ingredients list and/or spreadsheet?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsEKV0eF0YrqdHR... I'm not certain who's maintaining or how up to date this is; but here is the one I'd previously seen. There may be better data sources around.
Thanks. I do think this is outdated... the video mentions "nootropics" for instance.