Metrecal
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Metrecal
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#2A bit sobering, especially "F.D.A. WARNS DIETERS ABOUT LIQUID PROTEIN; Commissioner, Citing 16 Deaths"
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#3Also see Abbott Ensure ( http://ensure.com/products/ensure-powder ) and Nestle's Boost - ( http://www.boost.com/healthcare-professionals )
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#4Soylent isn't a "diet" product. Therefore it contains 2400 calories, and doesn't compromise on any macronutrients (fats, protein, carbs) for the sake of creating a "diet" product. If you're looking for existing commercial analogues, it's much closer to Ensure (for example).
That said, it's attracted quite a crowd of haters--who, it seems, would like nothing more than for Rhinehart et al. to be repeating mistakes that would be obvious to anyone who had done an hour of research on the history of nutritional drinks...
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#5A bit sobering, especially "F.D.A. WARNS DIETERS ABOUT LIQUID PROTEIN; Commissioner, Citing 16 Deaths"
Yeah I saw that too, anyone know what directly caused these 16 deaths?
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#6The original wingsuit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt
The original computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine
The original steam engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile
Just because something similar has been tried before doesn't mean the basics are wrong.
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#7You could almost certainly live indefinitely on Boost or Ensure, because they are essentially flavored versions of the same products used medically in tube feeds. You could also simply drink tube feed, with or without flavoring. Liquid nutrition is not a new idea in the medical field, and there are numerous medical conditions that can make a person dependent on liquid feeding. Clinical nutritionists are professionally trained in the management of these regimens, and this makes up a lot of what they do daily in various health care settings.
The accumulated knowledge about liquid diets in the context of health care is undoubtedly vast.
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#8I took metrecal recovering from surgery as a little kid. Yuck.
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#9Soylent isn't a "diet" product. Therefore it contains 2400 calories, and doesn't compromise on any macronutrients (fats, protein, carbs) for the sake of creating a "diet" product. If you're looking for existing commercial analogues, it's much closer to Ensure (for example). That said, it's attracted quite a crowd of haters--who, it seems, would like nothing more than for Rhinehart et al. to be repeating mistakes that…
I think skeptical is a more apt description, in part due to the claims made by the company.
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#10The original wingsuit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt The original computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_Engine The original steam engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile Just because something similar has been tried before doesn't mean the basics are wrong.
Well, to be picky, no one has made a wing suit that does what the Reichelt hoped to do. The current version just lets you have some fun before you open your parachute. Unless you want to count stuff like hang gliders.