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There is also the question of bioavailability, which applies to drug as well as vitamin intake. Just because Soylent claims to give you all of these vitamins a
by alphanumeric0 10y ago
There is also the question of bioavailability, which applies to drug as well as vitamin intake.
Just because Soylent claims to give you all of these vitamins at once, that does not mean your body is actually adsorbing them all at once. You need a varied diet. You can't just eat one thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioavailability#Factors_influencing_bioavailability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioavailability#Factors_influe...
- bertiewhykovich 10y agoSoylent also uses the cheapest vitamers available. While the jury is still out on the difference between some of these compounds and their natural (read: biochemically native) analogues, it's cause for consideration, and possibly concern. The choice of dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate as a vitamin E seems particularly concerning to me -- there's a discussion thread on that here: https://discourse.soylent.com/t/why-does-soylent-not-contain-gamma-tocopherol-in-addition-to-alpha-tocopherol/24757 https://discourse.soylent.com/t/why-does-soylent-not-contain... While a lot of questionable notions about nutrition circulate in the tech community, this concern doesn't seem without grounds.
- kazagistar 10y agoThey specifically mention bio-availability in their promotional material, for what its worth.
- dimino 10y agoI also need balanced humors and the occasional bloodletting, in addition to a "varied diet". You realize what you're saying is completely unrelated to the actual article, right?