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I got my order a month or two back and finally had my first 'meal ' yesterday. Chalky and bland even with a teaspoon of vanilla flavoring, but not too bad.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Chalky and bland even with a teaspoon of vanilla flavoring, but not too bad.
it's supposed to be chalky and bland, it's made of bone and hair.
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Did I mention I have this for breakfast every day now? Solves a lifelong problem, takes minimal time to consume, and is fairly inexpensive. Been using coffee syrups to flavor it, which adds some sugar, but looking into sugar-free ones.
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I still don't see how this is better than drinking a couple of Ensures in the morning.
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"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
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Originally Posted by subego
****in score!
I saw Little Debbie over the weekend, they're $3.99 now, fer crissake.
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Games Meister
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Feel free to say crazy. Because he is.
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Clinically Insane
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Seems more autistic to me.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Feel free to say crazy. Because he is.
Originally Posted by subego
Seems more autistic to me.
He may be crazy, but this post ( Who Owns Los Angeles? | Mostly Harmless) shows his intelligence.
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Kaczynski was bright too.
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"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
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Posting Junkie
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
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Games Meister
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Thanks for the heads up. The comments give some good perspective on the matter.
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I like lead with my breakfast. But those doses are quite low, you have to consume pack after pack after pack to really get the lead high going.
Sometimes I just chew on an old fishing weight.
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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I've been wary of this stuff because I remember reading that the act of chewing and the interaction with saliva is something that's helpful nutrition wise but if all your food goes straight down, you're missing out on that process. Maybe a compromise would be eat soylent once a day and the other two "real meals".
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Clinically Insane
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My blood sugar is out of whack, so I'm back on the cold cuts/salad diet.
I know I touted the superiority of this diet to Soylent, but now I remember I supplemented it with low-carb shakes.
It was mentioned earlier in the thread the store bought versions of "food shakes" have nasty stuff in them, which one can avoid with the Soylent. What are those?
I'm hopeful, because I assume most of the bad things are carb filler, which get replaced with good, old-fashioned fat in a low-carb deal.
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Clinically Insane
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I'm looking for the opposite. Soylent is way too carby for me, so I'm getting store-bought stuff.
IOW, what were you trying to avoid which drove you to Soylent in the first place? So I can see if it's in what I'm drinking.
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Games Meister
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Originally Posted by subego
IOW, what were you trying to avoid which drove you to Soylent in the first place?
Making breakfast, having an unhealthy breakfast, drinking nutritional drink based mostly on sugars, and buying an expensive breakfast.
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Clinically Insane
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So, in terms of actual food intake, what bothers you about a pre-made shake is sugar?
That comes off as incredulous, but I'm just confirming.
If it is, then I'm set. Almost no sugar in low carb stuff.
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Games Meister
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Originally Posted by subego
So, in terms of actual food intake, what bothers you about a pre-made shake is sugar?
It's not actual nutrition. I'm looking for something to supplement my shitty eating habits, not exacerbate them.
Originally Posted by subego
If it is, then I'm set. Almost no sugar in low carb stuff.
They tend to go hand-and-hand.
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Originally Posted by subego
So, in terms of actual food intake, what bothers you about a pre-made shake is sugar?
That comes off as incredulous, but I'm just confirming.
If it is, then I'm set. Almost no sugar in low carb stuff.
I'm not an expert and haven't looked further into Soylent at all, although I'm interested - but I thought the touted benefit was that it is an actually nutritionally balanced meal. I didn't think the average meal replacement drinks were nearly as thoroughly engineered?
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Games Meister
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Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton
I'm not an expert and haven't looked further into Soylent at all, although I'm interested - but I thought the touted benefit was that it is an actually nutritionally balanced meal. I didn't think the average meal replacement drinks were nearly as thoroughly engineered?
Not mainstream ones. They do have stuff for people in comas apparently. Which, I imagine, does not taste good.
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Clinically Insane
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I wonder how much balance becomes an issue once you get rid of the carbs.
The stuff I'm drinking appears to be cream, oil, soy protein, and Splenda.
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Games Meister
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I'm under impression people don't get enough fiber and protein. It's one of the points of contention with soylent because they've reduced fiber content not for dietary reasons, but because it made some people too gassy.
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Clinically Insane
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Interesting.
In theory, shouldn't they should offer both? Regular, and for those with sensitive tummies.
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Games Meister
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Originally Posted by subego
Interesting.
In theory, shouldn't they should offer both? Regular, and for those with sensitive tummies.
I think customers are hoping they get to that place. This is still a start-up and just 6 months ago it was taking a month for them to fill orders. They now do turn-arounds in 24 hours and are expanding into premixed bottles so one would hope that's coming down the line.
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Clinically Insane
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The irony is a good probiotic would probably take care of it, but I imagine wouldn't survive being powdered.
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You can get probiotic capsules that are powdered.
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Clinically Insane
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I could be wrong, but I get the impression that makes it less effective.
"Wouldn't survive" was overstating my case.
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Posting Junkie
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I was listening to a radio programme that said that its now thought that gut bacteria is everything when it comes to nutrition. People who eat a wider variety of foods live longer due to the more varied bacterial fauna in their guts. People will begin to tailor their diets to their own unique bacterial profile in the coming years.
Its a matter of time until your Apple watch tells your phone how many miles you walked today, so the phone dials home to your fridge which dispenses an appropriate meal to your smart oven which has it all ready for when you walk in the door.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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That sounds awesome. As long as the oven isn't cooking Soylent...
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