Soylent 2.0

#1

Post by jbardnz » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:42 PM UTC

Soylent 2.0
blog.soylent.com

Re: Soylent 2.0

#2

Post by deanstag » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:48 PM UTC

Some time back, i had read about a very noticeable flatulence issue for soylent drinkers. Was that ever addressed?

Re: Soylent 2.0

#3

Post by johnatwork » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:50 PM UTC

deanstag wrote: post #2

Some time back, i had read about a very noticeable flatulence issue for soylent drinkers. Was that ever addressed?

I believe so in the last batch

Re: Soylent 2.0

#4

Post by EarthLaunch » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:51 PM UTC

Given that soy is one of the common allergens, this sounds amazing (especially with it being high-fat which matches modern nutritional science) except for the soy. They should make one called "Soylent -1.0" or something. Are there any alternatives?

Re: Soylent 2.0

#5

Post by clamprecht » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:52 PM UTC

This kills me, it means I can no longer bring 20 pounds of soylent back to Argentina with me (in powder form). Or will they continue to sell soylent in powder form?

Re: Soylent 2.0

#6

Post by johnatwork » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:53 PM UTC

Now available in Canada!

I'll finally be able to try this, do current drinkers like the 1.5? Or is 2.0 such an improvement that I should wait for 2.0?

edit - Oh I guess the main thing is that it's a drink now.

Re: Soylent 2.0

#7

Post by Raphmedia » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:53 PM UTC

EarthLaunch wrote: post #4

Given that soy is one of the common allergens, this sounds amazing (especially with it being high-fat which matches modern nutritional science) except for the soy. They should make one called "Soylent -1.0" or something. Are there any alternatives?

Well, the product is named soylent after all... !

Re: Soylent 2.0

#8

Post by codebeaker » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:56 PM UTC

EarthLaunch wrote: post #4

Given that soy is one of the common allergens, this sounds amazing (especially with it being high-fat which matches modern nutritional science) except for the soy. They should make one called "Soylent -1.0" or something. Are there any alternatives?

I also am consistently disappointed by their reliance on wheat and soy proteins, I'm allergic (IgE) to both and struggle horribly to find typical office-lunch type food I can eat. Also being in the EU it's very difficult and expensive to procure Soylent anyway, even the alt. recipes as all of the Amazon shopping lists link to the US stores. Particularly the typical 3lb bag of flour, a couple of bucks in the US store is being sold for €200 on the German amazon store, presumably by someone trying to game people who've clicked a pre-filled-basket link on an Amazon shopping list.

Re: Soylent 2.0

#9

Post by weston » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:58 PM UTC

deanstag wrote: post #2

Some time back, i had read about a very noticeable flatulence issue for soylent drinkers. Was that ever addressed?

I believe it was. Also, anecdotally speaking, it's very common for people who don't get enough protein or fiber in the their diets to have some flatulence when they start adding more. After a short adjustment period their body gets used to it and the flatulence stops.

Re: Soylent 2.0

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Post by eigenvalue » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 12:59 PM UTC

johnatwork wrote: post #3

deanstag wrote: post #2

Some time back, i had read about a very noticeable flatulence issue for soylent drinkers. Was that ever addressed?

I believe so in the last batch

Eh, I can say from personal experience that the problem has not been fully solved in version 1.5 of the powder (and probably can't be). Your gut flora need time to readjust, and until then-- beware!