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It may yet not be there for most (not necessarily because of inherent nutrient-biology issues but because of lack of long term testing) but it will be a damn good alternative for a few hundred million across the world: http://southasia.oneworld.net/news/food-shortage-forcing-chi...
This is pure hubris! This idea has been pursued for decades by people who have dedicated themselves to scientific rigour.
I'll say it again. The founders of Soylent have Engineer's Disease. They think because they're engineers they're experts in food science. That's delusional.
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Are you hearing what you are saying? One person with a vested interest said it works...therefore it must be good? Do you buy stuff from infomercials?
There's no reason why it wouldn't work. If a multivitamin works then this works too.
God, you are just embarrassing yourself now. Please just stop.
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The founder has been doing this for 4 months and he is healthier than when he started. What makes you think this is a bad idea other than "waaahh they are not food scientists!"?
The founder claims he is healthier than when he started. That's confirmation bias. We have no way of telling because this "experiment" is not at all scientific. When he started and people pointed out just how hopeless the experiment was we were told to shut up and let him get on with it because it was only him being affected and if he wanted to do it let him go ahead. But now we see the problem - that hopeless experiment is being used to sell this product.
I can point you to a range of crack pots who claim their supplement makes them feel much better. One example is all the blue people with colloidal silver. (Do a Google Images search for [colloidal silver] to see.)
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The founder has been doing this for 4 months and he is healthier than when he started. What makes you think this is a bad idea other than "waaahh they are not food scientists!"?
Wow, 4 months really is a long time! I always thought drug companies were slow testing new drugs out for years! He is healthier than when he started? By what metric and for how long will that last?
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The founder has been doing this for 4 months and he is healthier than when he started. What makes you think this is a bad idea other than "waaahh they are not food scientists!"?
do you think that 4 months is an adequate time scale to know all the effects of switching to this type of "diet"? humans have been eating whole foods for ~100k years.
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Doesn't whey protein contain lactose?
There are two types of Whey protein, concentrate and isolate. Whey protein isolate is a more "pure" form or whey protein that does not contain lactose. Whey concentrate is cheaper, but does contain some lactose. The site mentions that the formula is lactose free, so I imagine they are using Whey Isolate.