Seems odd that we're at 2.0 now and it's still not available in the EU - is there a legal reason for this?
Atleast there is Joylent..
Soylent 2.0
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#102I tried Soylent 1.5 for about a month (not as my sole food source, but for maybe one meal a day), but I was unable to adjust to it well, my stomach was just constantly upset and I didn't feel great after eating it. I then tried Nutren 1.5 [1] thinking it might be different, but same effect for me, so I guess it is just me. I'm going to try 2.0 again, maybe I'll do it in smaller doses at first and see if I can adjust…
why? why not just eat good food? !
Let them eat cake?
Are you kidding me? Next you'll be telling us that poor people should just "be rich".
Food is not cheap, good (for you) food is even more expensive and not everyone was raised in an environment that taught them how to cook or more importantly how to cook healthy food. Soylent is not the end-all-be-all but I think it's a step in the right direction for those of us who don't have the time/energy/skill/etc to consistently cook healthy meals.
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#103Soy is a big no within the Paleo diet group I know. This is because it's potent with Phytic acid which binds to other nutrients and turn them into waste. Consumers beware.
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#104Is it people yet?
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#105My first thought whenever I see soylent is that we have studies proving that we can't replace breast milk with baby formula. Some of that is due to immune system being passed on to the infant, but we haven't yet mastered the nutritional content of real food to the point where we can confidently say it's safe to eat Soylent or another similar product regularly. It takes me back to the whole issue with processed dog fo…
What worries me is that soylent is 20% based on soy. Some studies indicate that eating a heavily soy based diet leads to increased estrogen levels. Which can have negative side effects regardless of your gender. [0]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074428/ [1]: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303720711...
This sentence gave me pause:
"The protein source is soy, which contains an ideal ratio of amino acids for excellent nutrition ..."
You can argue the merits of one protein source over another, but I think to declare any non-animal protein source as "ideal" in any way would require some evidence to be presented. Unfortunately, it shows that they are glossing over the hard decisions that have to be made in creating a product like this with so much empty marketing-speak.
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#106My first thought whenever I see soylent is that we have studies proving that we can't replace breast milk with baby formula. Some of that is due to immune system being passed on to the infant, but we haven't yet mastered the nutritional content of real food to the point where we can confidently say it's safe to eat Soylent or another similar product regularly. It takes me back to the whole issue with processed dog fo…
What worries me is that soylent is 20% based on soy. Some studies indicate that eating a heavily soy based diet leads to increased estrogen levels. Which can have negative side effects regardless of your gender. [0]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074428/ [1]: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303720711...
There's a lot of misinformation about soy and estrogen levels. This[0] is required reading for soy
[0] http://examine.com/faq/is-soy-good-or-bad-for-me/
Ps thanks sol (the owner of examine)
Re: Soylent 2.0
#107Stop feeding yourself with this shit and start adapting a balanced died with plenty of exercise. If you don't have time, make some!
ok coach.
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#108Why spend energy producing and transporting heavy water and plastic bottles with this pre-mixed Soylent? Everyone already has plentiful water and receptacles at home. Seems like a retrograde step, unless I'm missing something?
From what I've read (I think in the most recent Ars Technica article on it, not counting today's 2.0 one), soylent has to sit for a while in the fridge after you make it or it's absolutely awful.
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a weird psuedo-religious aspect to it too. It's right to spend an hour cooking, and wrong to have a convenient pre-made meal, even if it's nutritionally as good or better.
Couldn't agree more. I completely admit that Soylent is not perfect, and i am also a little worried of the (many?) aspects of nutrition that we're unaware of. But many people live on Fast Food, which scares me far far more than Soylent does. But just because something is not perfect, does not warrant the very odd zealotry that i see for "normal" food and against Soylent (and like products). It's honestly, flat out bi…
It's because you're deleting an entire dimension of human experience and saying it's normal. People who don't like food seem abnormal. It's like asexuality. It takes people aback to hear that a person has no sexual interest of any kind.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Raw meat. Unlike us, they can manufacture all the other vitamins they need.
raw fresh meat works for us too, no supplements needed.
Isn't "rabbit starvation" a problem? Or does raw meat avoid this problem somehow?