I read this as a thinly veiled "eat whole foods" argument. Same criticism applies to such arguments as was voiced in previous articles about soylent. Just as a

I read this as a thinly veiled "eat whole foods" argument. Same criticism applies to such arguments as was voiced in previous articles about soylent. Just as a simple counter example, I don't like tomatoes and therefore don't eat them, so far I'm doing just fine, so clearly whatever "phytonutrients" exist in tomatoes, the human body clearly doesn't "need" them. I'm still far more interested in whatever the results of the Soylent guys experiment turn out to be than whatever the results of this guys fad diet turn out to be because at the end of the day, what's being done with Soylent is at least marginally scientific in nature.