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In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand

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Re: In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand

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Post by otuutti »

sneak wrote: post #7

I reluctantly replaced about half of my meals with Soylent while stateside for a few months recently on a visit. Jake Shake is an EU competitor and, as far as I can tell, has the same nutritional profile and tastes about a million times better than Soylent on its best day. It also comes in single-serving pouches, which is a big win for me because Soylent has to be refrigerated after making it and the colder it is, th…

If you are looking for alternatives Ambronite (local to Finland) ships both to EU and US. The taste should be quite neutral or nutty-ish, but I can't compare the taste to neither Soylent or Jake Shake since I haven't tried them.

Re: In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand

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Post by Kirth »

NeutronBoy wrote: post #53
bane wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A supplement is something you take to complete the nutrition an otherwise incomplete meal provides.

Isn't the entire point of Soylent that it's just a mixture of supplements with the appropriate calorie content?

And that's what makes it a meal (replacement). You can't survive on whey protein shakes alone. If the malnutrition doesn't kill you, the smell of your farts surely will.

Re: In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand

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Post by gtk40 »

vijayr wrote: post #79
Varcht wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been meaning to give Soylent a try, currently I am in a pretty bad fast food habit. It's just so convenient! I really don't feel like standing in line after a day at work. Why aren't there any healthy fast food chains? Seems like there would be plenty of demand, is it just too expensive? Too hard to keep things fresh? Or preparation takes too long? I don't require too much, just a drive through Subway would be a…

We've always had the best fast food - fruits. We can eat as much fruit as we want (most fruits anyway). They are super healthy, digest fast etc etc. Just peel a couple of bananas and eat it, takes two mins. Only problem is they are expensive. Here in NYC, a watermelon costs me 8 dollars at whole foods. For 8$, I can buy a ton of junk food. Most food sold in supermarkets are optimized for storage and profit, not for h…

Bananas are only 40 to 45 cents a pound (around here). They seem to be cheaper than many fruits in general.

Re: In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand

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Post by durbin »

Whenever I hear anyone talk about Soylent as a utilitarian product made for boring people it always makes me think of the Volkswagen Beetle. Everyone initially thought they were utilitarian cars and only boring people should buy them, until they realized that artists and trendsetters were buying them because a vast majority of people don't use their cars as their main source of artistic expression. There are a lot of people that don't use what they eat as their main artistic expression.

Re: In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand

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Post by glaslong »

akurilin wrote: post #41
gmays wrote: post #23

From 2008-2009 when I was still in the Marine Corps I spent a year in Iraq operating on small teams while embedded with the Iraqi security forces. We'd go out on 6-9 man teams and stay in the field for 1-2 weeks at a time. Since a lot of what we did was clearing operating we were constantly on the move, so we needed something quick that packed a lot of calories since it was hard to keep weight on. What I found that w…

From what I understand, they're not planning to go into the low-carb-high-protein market, as there is already a giant protein powder industry out there to cover that kind of need. I'd love to be wrong though, as I usually do 40P/25C/35F and I would LOVE to not have to spend a hours every weekend doing meal-prep, having to plan just how much food I need delivered, stuffing everything into tuppowerare etc. Would love t…

They have a DIY site so users can trade recipes and check the formulation against a basic nutrition calculator.

Most of them are made to target different goals (weight loss, allergen avoidance, bodybuilding, etc) and come with Amazon links so you can just add all the components to your cart at once.

http://diy.soylent.com/recipes

Re: In Busy Silicon Valley, Protein Powder Is in Demand

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Post by cma »

vijayr wrote: post #79
Varcht wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been meaning to give Soylent a try, currently I am in a pretty bad fast food habit. It's just so convenient! I really don't feel like standing in line after a day at work. Why aren't there any healthy fast food chains? Seems like there would be plenty of demand, is it just too expensive? Too hard to keep things fresh? Or preparation takes too long? I don't require too much, just a drive through Subway would be a…

We've always had the best fast food - fruits. We can eat as much fruit as we want (most fruits anyway). They are super healthy, digest fast etc etc. Just peel a couple of bananas and eat it, takes two mins. Only problem is they are expensive. Here in NYC, a watermelon costs me 8 dollars at whole foods. For 8$, I can buy a ton of junk food. Most food sold in supermarkets are optimized for storage and profit, not for h…

Whole foods is a luxury store, you can find watermelon much cheaper.
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