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Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by ghaff »

always_good wrote: post #24
cisanti wrote: post #17

Are that kind of drinks popular in North America and if, then why..? I'm having problems understanding why would anyone want to consume something like that.

It's a somewhat bland, filling drink that tastes pretty good blended with a banana on the way out the door. Have you ever eaten anything unhealthy in a pinch? I'm sure Soylent is better than Cheetos in that situation. Go to the frozen section of the grocery store to see all sorts of, imo, weirder shit that people eat regularly and feed their kids.

Pretty much. If Soylent were marketed as a sometimes meal replacement for when you’re too busy to eat a proper meal as an alternative to grabbing fast food or a bag of potato chips it would be utterly unobjectionable. Instead it plays like a parody of all things SV.

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by mcguire »

freeflight wrote: post #39
cisanti wrote: post #17

Are that kind of drinks popular in North America and if, then why..? I'm having problems understanding why would anyone want to consume something like that.

> I'm having problems understanding why would anyone want to consume something like that. Nothing of what Soylent Green does is new, companies like Fresenius, Nestle, Abbot and whatnot have been manufacturing balanced liquid nutrition for medical needs for decades. I'm far more surprised these established players in the enteral nutrition market haven't started their own push for something like this, trying to sell th…

"Balanced liquid nutrition for medical needs" is not exactly what comes to mind when Soylent is mentioned.

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by riffraff »

rhinoceraptor wrote: post #103
riffraff wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OTOH, it's not like fat was so abundant before, neither from meat nor dairy.

That's only true if you have the peculiar western idea that meat is just the lean muscle tissue of the animal. If you count bone marrow, brain, organ meats, blood, etc. an animal is pretty high fat.

the problem is that "animal" was not the most common food anyway, overshadowed by plants, not that it doesn't contain enough fat.

EDIT: I'm also not sure about this western culture bias you're talking about, I am italian and we eat innards, blood and marrow. I am fairly sure every culture in europe does.

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by DiThi »

ThrowawayR2 wrote: post #74
simonsarris wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My argument isn't scary chemical names. It's that you face a bad omega 3:6 ratio. I already said that in the first comment.

> My argument isn't scary chemical names. Isn't it? You're the one bandying about phrases like " ...strange synthetic meal... " and touting the ingredient lists of one meal over another. As for bad omega 3:6 ratio, that's easily solved by eating something else that contains omega-3. Nobody says that Soylent is the only thing a person is permitted to eat.

> Nobody says that Soylent is the only thing a person is permitted to eat.

But it's supposed to be able to be used that way, if one wants. AFAIK it doesn't warn to get omega-3 from time to time.

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by qyv »

mmrezaie wrote: post #98
scott_karana wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's only outlawing keto diets marketed as general purpose meal replacements .

So they relabel it and it would be fine?

If you read the link these rules only apply to labeling for anything marked as a "Meal Replacement" product, like soylent.

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by rusty__ »

Maybe when it comes back to Canada they can do something about their ridiculous Canadian pricing system where the same product for a Canadian shipment is charged more in USD than a US shipment. 'Free Shipping' though (-__-)

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by mrgoldenbrown »

d0lph wrote: post #102
freeflight wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm having problems understanding why would anyone want to consume something like that. Nothing of what Soylent Green does is new, companies like Fresenius, Nestle, Abbot and whatnot have been manufacturing balanced liquid nutrition for medical needs for decades. I'm far more surprised these established players in the enteral nutrition market haven't started their own push for something like this, trying to sell th…

Do you have any examples of products that are meant to be a meal replacement, and that contain all necessary nutrients? > random guys buying bulk ingredients on Amazon and mixing them up in moldy warehouses Is this based on something, because I highly doubt they are sourcing ingredients from amazon, this is needlessly inflammatory. And moldy warehouses, do you really have so little to say about Soylent you have to ma…

Soylent has had multiple, well publicized problems with mold and at least one instance of journalists finding rats running around the factory floor. https://www.google.com/search?q=soylent+moldy

https://www.google.com/search?q=soylent+rats

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by DiThi »

tree_of_item wrote: post #70
simonsarris wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't know anyone was afraid of dietary cholesterol in 2017. Remember, I'm advocating: > Pasteurized Whole Milk, Pasteurized Cream, Live Active Cultures Over: > Filtered water, soy protein isolate, maltodextrin, high oleic sunflower oil, isomaltulose, canola oil, rice starch, oat fiber, isomaltooligosaccharide, soy lecithin, potassium chloride, calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, natural & artificial flavors,…

> I didn't know anyone was afraid of dietary cholesterol in 2017. You didn't know, or you don't think they should be? The jury is still out on dietary cholesterol, and there are plenty of people, some on this very forum, who consider it a health hazard. I'm aware of recent research suggesting it isn't all that bad, but there's no telling if that's going to be reversed as well in a couple of years.

Is there any study that shows any adverse effects of dietary cholesterol in a ketogenic diet?

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by quickben »

pumpaction wrote: post #53
simonsarris wrote: post #47

Serious questions for people that drink this stuff: My breakfast is often Siggi's 4% skyr (thick yogurt): http://siggisdairy.com/product/plain-whole-milk-24oz/ Plus Organic valley heavy cream: https://www.organicvalley.coop/products/cream/ Ususally about 300g + 100g, then sometimes some granola (oats, almonds, sometimes honey), for body. Soylent is: * 37g carb * 21g fats * 20g protein What I'm eating is much healthie…

I suspect that long-term acolytes of Soylent are victims of marketing, rather than having made rational nutritional choices. Their product does seem to be targeted toward a particular psychological niche.

Few of my co-workers went partially or fully on it, and they all look less healthy. But that's just a small random sample. Idk, who am I to tell them what to eat and that they actually need way more finer to dodge potential colon cancer/other nasty stuff.

Re: Soylent can no longer ship to Canada

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Post by garyrichardson »

KitDuncan wrote: post #87
garyrichardson wrote: post #77

Field Roast Vegan Sausages ( https://fieldroast.com/product-family/sausages/ ) were temporarily banned a couple of years ago ( http://fieldroast.com/blog/field-roast-coming-back-canada/ ). I'm a vegetarian, not vegan, but I was pretty angry when they disappeared from our shelves. There was also some scuttlebutt that Field Roast was reported to the CFIA by a competitor. As a left leaning Canadian. But don't tell me wh…

Completly off topic, but everybody should try the field roast apple sage sausages. They are absolutely amazing.

The Apple Sage are the only ones I don't like, but I'm definitely in the minority. The Chipolte ones are an acquired taste, but amazing on a hotdog bun with some mozza while camping.
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