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Soylent also uses the cheapest vitamers available. While the jury is still out on the difference between some of these compounds and their natural (read: bioche
by bertiewhykovich 10y ago
Soylent 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.