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How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by jychang »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #273
timr wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah yes...the "McDonald's is bad, so let's feed people glop instead" argument. How about this: let's help people get access to, appreciate, and learn how to prepare "real" food, instead of jumping to the lowest common denominator. That's what I'd call "disruption".

You said that, and its silly. Nobody's 'feeding people glop', Soylent is a choice. Strident complaints are out of place. Go ahead and learn to prepare 'real' food, that's your choice.

"Soylent is a choice"

So is airlines offering tickets that aren't bound by the lowest denominator of price. Those airlines went out of business.

If there's a good chance that Soylent becomes popular and a good percentage of the population uses it on a day to day basis, it's not a "choice" in the same way as avoiding all technology and being Amish is a "choice". Setting good practices like not having mold in your food, and following regulations, would be good before it gets to that point.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by avenger123 »

gtaylor wrote: post #276
avenger123 wrote: post #197

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Have you ever looked into getting any testing done with regards to your sense of taste? It would be interesting to see if this is an issue for you.

I've suspected this is probably part of it, but wouldn't know where to begin proving/testing it. At this point, I'm not sure I even care. There are some definite positives, though. I'm not tempted at all by junk food/soft drinks.

I get where you are coming from.

It's only in the last year that I've actually realized that I have no sense of smell. I didn't even know such a thing existed.

I've always noticed that something was off and smelling a flower, or coffee, etc. didn't hold any meaning to me.

Now I know that its due to my practically non-existent sense of smell. I don't know when this happened but I was either born with it or it occurred at an early age.

It's tough to feel you are missing something when you've never experienced it.

I do know its much much harder for people that have had some kind of nose issue and lose their sense of smell.

Curiously, I do tend to really enjoy food.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by jacques_chester »

mikeyouse wrote: post #3

There are some fairly stringent regulations that ensure food products are made in a GMP environment.[1] Flaunting those rules is extremely dangerous, both from a health perspective and from a legal one. There are numerous instances where those in charge of food operations have gone to prison for failing to maintain hygienic standards.[2] Soylent better get their shit together. Food safety is nothing to play around wi…

Just a nitpick: flout, not flaunt.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by kamaal »

soperj wrote: post #182
yuvadam wrote: post #119

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I accept that fact that some people like yourself find a product such as Soylent to be convenient, and I am in no position to criticize such personal choices. But there are lots of existing products on the market, that have been available for quite some time now, everything from nutrition shakes to complete food replacements for people with chronic diseases (Crohn's, IBS, etc...), and Soylent seems to be more of the…

I broke my jaw twice and had to subsist on this stuff for 2 months at a time. It just plain sucks, and after 2 months of not chewing your teeth feel soft, and everything hurts when you do (eventually) chew. Also lost weight really quickly, went from 183 to 127 in 2 months.

>>It just plain sucks, and after 2 months of not chewing your teeth feel soft

I'm wondering what other damage it can do. If you stop eating real food for long times, will your ability to digest(secrete digestive juices etc) real food go away.

If that is the case. I don't think soylent is worth anything on earth. That extra an hour that you wish to save by not cooking and eating, can cripple you for life.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by kamaal »

w1ntermute wrote: post #204
soperj wrote: post #182

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I broke my jaw twice and had to subsist on this stuff for 2 months at a time. It just plain sucks, and after 2 months of not chewing your teeth feel soft, and everything hurts when you do (eventually) chew. Also lost weight really quickly, went from 183 to 127 in 2 months.

I recall reading that it's recommended that you chew gum if you are on Soylent, in order to offset the effects of not chewing.

But chewing is just one of the many phases of digesting food. What about swallowing, digesting stuff in the stomach, functioning of liver, pancreas, spleen. Small intestines, large intestines.

Surely you can't chew gum to keep these organs functioning.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by epsylon »

fleitz wrote: post #112
stinkytaco wrote: post #90

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OK, so I like cooking and eating food. I think soylent is a scam, or at the very least just another in a long line of unappetizing "diet replacement shakes". But just allow me a moment to conduct a thought experiment, or at least play devil's advocate. For years you've been walking to get where you are going and you've been plowing your fields with a couple of very high maintenance animals that are costly and risky.…

The breaking of bread is one of the most important social aspects of humanity. Soylent is perfect for the disconnected from humanity factory worker. I fully appreciate that it's cheaper than food, and might be nutritionally healthy for you. Mental healthwise, it seems like a disaster.

> The breaking of bread is one of the most important social aspects of humanity.

It's even in our languages: etymologically, a companion is literally a person with whom you share bread.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by wil421 »

foobarqux wrote: post #194
wil421 wrote: post #33

People dont realize what little regulations supplements face compared to "food". Most products you buy at nutrition/health stores (like GNC/Vitamin Shoppe/etc.) are not really tested. You can pretty much be getting chalk and no one will know. Or you get an overdose of Ephedra and die.

See superdrol (anabolic steroid with high liver toxicity) and Craze (meth analog)

This was exactly what I was talking about. Muscle building supplements and bath salts.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by w1ntermute »

kamaal wrote: post #285
w1ntermute wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recall reading that it's recommended that you chew gum if you are on Soylent, in order to offset the effects of not chewing.

But chewing is just one of the many phases of digesting food. What about swallowing, digesting stuff in the stomach, functioning of liver, pancreas, spleen. Small intestines, large intestines. Surely you can't chew gum to keep these organs functioning.

Those other digestive functions are used/required by Soylent.

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by mikeyouse »

jacques_chester wrote: post #283
mikeyouse wrote: post #3

There are some fairly stringent regulations that ensure food products are made in a GMP environment.[1] Flaunting those rules is extremely dangerous, both from a health perspective and from a legal one. There are numerous instances where those in charge of food operations have gone to prison for failing to maintain hygienic standards.[2] Soylent better get their shit together. Food safety is nothing to play around wi…

Just a nitpick: flout, not flaunt.

Thanks for the correction. (It's hard to type that without sounding sarcastic, but I really do appreciate it)

Re: How I Ate No Food for 30 Days

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Post by kamaal »

w1ntermute wrote: post #288
kamaal wrote: post #285

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But chewing is just one of the many phases of digesting food. What about swallowing, digesting stuff in the stomach, functioning of liver, pancreas, spleen. Small intestines, large intestines. Surely you can't chew gum to keep these organs functioning.

Those other digestive functions are used/required by Soylent.

How?

Soylent is all liquid. Pretty much everything I eat is semi solid.

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