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Trying Soylent didn’t go well

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Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#11
I have been using Soylent for a month now and have no problem. Although I'm using the powder one you have to mix with water not the bottled one which contain caffeine and is made to replace your breakfast + coffee.

Anyway sorry you had such bad experience, living in then toilet is never great :/

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#12
post #4

If you're in Europe I suggest you try Joylent. Great many flavors, nice texture, and comparably cheap. I am not on it now but I used it to replace one meal per day for weeks at a time with no adverse effects. But yeah, I've also heared many Soylent-Horror-Stories.

If you're in Europe, I suggest you eat actual food.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#14
We have a line of products here in Netherlands from a company now called JimmyJoy (formerly Joylent... and the name change was probably inevitable).

I've consumed dozens of their shakes, with banana being my favorite. 700kcal, 45g protein, and about 33% of the usual daily recommended vitamins and minerals. Oh, and vegan.

I can highly recommend them.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#15
post #4

If you're in Europe I suggest you try Joylent. Great many flavors, nice texture, and comparably cheap. I am not on it now but I used it to replace one meal per day for weeks at a time with no adverse effects. But yeah, I've also heared many Soylent-Horror-Stories.

Huel is also great of you are in Europe and are interested in meal replacement powders.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#16
post #10
post #4

If you're in Europe I suggest you try Joylent. Great many flavors, nice texture, and comparably cheap. I am not on it now but I used it to replace one meal per day for weeks at a time with no adverse effects. But yeah, I've also heared many Soylent-Horror-Stories.

I live in Spain. We have good food at cheap prices and restaurants everywhere. I see absolutely no reason to try overly processed crap like that.

Yeah, I guess that's the thing, it's pretty easy to find good food no matter where you live in Europe. Except maybe UK.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#17
The first time she consumed it, it was too much at once. The second time she took her time drinking the bottle.

Sometimes when you take in a load of nutrients, and you are not hungry to death or something, your stomach decides to reject the food because it is more than it can handle.

This also happens when you go through rapid temperature changes or when you lose your appetite.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#18
post #11

I have been using Soylent for a month now and have no problem. Although I'm using the powder one you have to mix with water not the bottled one which contain caffeine and is made to replace your breakfast + coffee. Anyway sorry you had such bad experience, living in then toilet is never great :/

There's multiple kinds of the bottled Soylent, including non-caffeinated ones that are meant to be closer to the powder + water mix. The pictures indicate that she's drinking those.

Re: Trying Soylent didn’t go well

#20
I had / am having a different experience. I wish the author did a bit more research and had laid out some more facts; a guy in the comments says it pretty much perfectly:

> Of all the articles that have talked about soylent, both positively and negatively, this is one of the least informative. Because, guess what? You didn't actually give soylent a try. You just saw an opportunity to make fun of a product that you don't agree with. Anyone who actually wants to learn something about soylent would gain nothing from reading this.

To share my experience: It's been quite the opposite. She complains about the bowel movements, but honestly after I started drinking Soylent exclusively my bowel movements are more healthy and are at a more healthy pace.

I don't think I'm too lazy to heat up a corn dog or some ramen noodles, but I do have issues eating healthy, and those quick meals don't have a whole lot of nutritional value. Soylent solves this problem for me.

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