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I have two young kids and a startup. The idea that I should view each meal as an opportunity to be enjoyed is honestly a pipe dream right now. I enjoy as many o
by cknoxrun 10y ago
I have two young kids and a startup. The idea that I should view each meal as an opportunity to be enjoyed is honestly a pipe dream right now. I enjoy as many of my meals as I can with my family. But when the kids are sick or I'm running behind and have a meeting, I grab a soylent and I feel like it's a lot healthier than picking up sugary junk or other alternatives.
- balls187 10y agoI have one kid, and no startup, and sometimes the only meal I get to enjoy is lunch at the office. When going out to eat, I would hold my son in my left hand, as I shoveled food into my mouth with my right hand, taking a break to apologize to whomever was dining with me for having such bad manners.
- eropple 10y agoSoylent has nine grams of sugar per serving. It is sugary junk.
- minitech 10y agoIsn’t it supposed to be a meal or something? Nine grams isn’t that much compared to e.g. a muffin (~30 g).
- adrianN 10y agoA muffin is not a meal though. A juicy steak with a side of grilled vegetables has ~0g sugar.
- gohrt 10y agoI tried that. I got sick after I eat a juicy steak that I put in the trunk of my car last week.
- webscaleizfun 10y agoDid it sit in the trunk of your car for an extended period of time?
- squeaky-clean 10y agoFrom the earlier comment: > But when the kids are sick or I'm running behind and have a meeting, I grab a soylent and I feel like it's a lot healthier than picking up sugary junk or other alternatives. It's not about general meals. It's those situations where you aren't able to make a real meal and have to settle on either nothing, or something fast and convenient. A muffin can be grabbed and eaten immediately. I'm not really sure how you expect them to grill a steak and vegetables.
- Chathamization 10y agoIsn't the WHO recommended sugar intake ~25 grams? 3 meals at 9 grams each is pretty close to that.
- eropple 10y ago3 Soylent drinks is 1200 calories. You're talking five to hit 2000 calories in a day. (And it's 34 total net carbohydrates per bottle, with 3g fiber. Which isn't great, either.)
- delecti 10y agoIt has 9g of Isomaltulose. It's a sugar, but it's not as bad as table sugar or HFCS for your blood sugar levels. So yes, it's not perfect, but it's better than it sounds.
- CydeWeys 10y ago9g of sugar for an entire meal isn't that much. A bottle of Coca-Cola has 67.5g of sugar in it, for comparison. An Apple has 19g. Your expectations of how much sugar people should eat are set unrealistically low.
- eropple 10y agoI average about 30g of carbohydrate and under 5g sugar for an entire day when I'm losing or maintaining my weight. 9g for a small meal (and Soylent is a small meal, it's 400 calories a bottle) is a lot, especially given that it's 34g of non-fiber carbohydrates in the bottle besides jst the sugar count..
- CydeWeys 10y agoYou are eating an extremely low-carb diet that is far from the norm. The average carbohydrate consumption for a normal 2,000-calorie diet is almost ten times as much as what you're eating. So sure, I guess Soylent isn't useful for outlier diets, but it's fine for people with normal diets.
- mtreis86 10y agoHow much longer would an apple and a handful of walnuts take to eat?
- cknoxrun 10y agoI'll have that as well, usually with a soylent. An apple and nuts just doesn't leave you feeling very full for long.