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How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by bane »

jules wrote: post #32

This is very interesting and strange to me. Cooking and eating tasty and new food in the company of other people is a major source of enjoyment in my life. I understand that most people may not enjoy cooking, but surely most people enjoy eating tasty food. Why would you give that up for Soylent?

You don't. You just drink it instead of meals when you don't expect to have a a culinary and social experience. Surely not every meal you eat is such a delight. An awful lot of food is just calorie stuffing to maintain energy. Replace those with Soylent and you're also probably getting better nutrition.

Then when you want to have a regular old meal experience just don't drink the Soylent.

It's not a lifestyle choice, it's just a convenient meal replacement.

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by bane »

tsm wrote: post #10
vermontdevil wrote: post #2

Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?

It's simultaneously neutral and filling—sort of like the fullness you get when you have a big bite of oatmeal (except it's a liquid, of course). I compare the taste to pancake batter, but might be in the minority on that. My new thing is to mix it with 1:1:1 coffee:soylent:water (normally it's 1:2 soylent:water) and have it for breakfast, which I've found rather pleasant.

Do you use instant coffee or just mix in a cup of regular 'ol coffee?

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by tsm »

bane wrote: post #53
tsm wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's simultaneously neutral and filling—sort of like the fullness you get when you have a big bite of oatmeal (except it's a liquid, of course). I compare the taste to pancake batter, but might be in the minority on that. My new thing is to mix it with 1:1:1 coffee:soylent:water (normally it's 1:2 soylent:water) and have it for breakfast, which I've found rather pleasant.

Do you use instant coffee or just mix in a cup of regular 'ol coffee?

I use standard coffee because I get it free at work. But I've heard instant coffee is also good.

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by dctoedt »

waynecochran wrote: post #37
vermontdevil wrote: post #2

Has anyone tried the drink? Is it good?

Imagine mixing oatmeal flour in water until you get the texture of pancake mix. Taste is very neutral. I add flavored whey protein which makes it taste better. [Oh -- I forgot to mention -- looks a little like baby barf -- don't think baby barf when you drink it and you'll be fine].

> don't think baby barf when you drink it and you'll be fine

While you're at it, be sure not to think of a purple elephant ....

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by Roodgorf »

a8da6b0c91d wrote: post #49
mcdougle wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that's how most people do it, and the founder has implied in the past that it's kind of how he intends/expects it. The biggest criticism of Soylent seems to be "Who would ever want to give up food for all meals forever?" when that's not really what the point is.

Well then what is the point? If you're eating one or two balanced real meals a day, eating something ready-made for the calories is very easy and cheap. There's no need for anything like soylent. Have a coke and a pickled egg for lunch everyday.

I think the point is that Soylent also accounts for all the various nutrients you would want in a balanced diet, and does so conveniently and affordably.

I would have to consult my doctor, but my guess is that a Coke and pickled egg would meet those requirements.

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by tormeh »

MrUnderhill wrote: post #12

For Europeans wanting to try it, check out Joylent[1] as well, a Soylent fork based in Netherlands. They do a few different tastes too (vanilla, strawberry, banana, chocolate and soon mango). [1] https://joylent.eu

Why is molybdenum at 4x RDI, though? According to Wikipedia, too much molybdenum is rather bad.

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by oconnor663 »

bane wrote: post #50

I've recently become a Soylent convert. I originally got it just as a quick breakfast replacement. It's not life changing, but here's what I think of it and why I use it: - It's quick and cheap. About $3 a meal, and I prepare a whole pouch at a time (just make sure to drink it all within 48 hours). Meal prep and clean-up time amortized across 3 meals is something like 20 seconds per meal. Even microwaves taquitos are…

> if I go above 50% Soylent for my meals, I get ultra-intense dreams -- often about eating meat

I wonder if people who do have nightmares would get the same effect. For $5 a day, replace your nightmares with nightmeats!

Re: How Soylent Ships a Trillion Calories per Month

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Post by bane »

oconnor663 wrote: post #59
bane wrote: post #50

I've recently become a Soylent convert. I originally got it just as a quick breakfast replacement. It's not life changing, but here's what I think of it and why I use it: - It's quick and cheap. About $3 a meal, and I prepare a whole pouch at a time (just make sure to drink it all within 48 hours). Meal prep and clean-up time amortized across 3 meals is something like 20 seconds per meal. Even microwaves taquitos are…

> if I go above 50% Soylent for my meals, I get ultra-intense dreams -- often about eating meat I wonder if people who do have nightmares would get the same effect. For $5 a day, replace your nightmares with nightmeats!

I've checked around various forums and I've found a number of reports that indicate drinking lots of Soylent can bring on intense dreams - I wonder how much more common it is.
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