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A few points of warning to the creators of Soylent: 1. Chewing is important. It helps trigger the brain to stimulate the digestive process. http://news.bbc.co.

A few points of warning to the creators of Soylent: 1. Chewing is important. It helps trigger the brain to stimulate the digestive process. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7568724.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7568724.stm 2. "Meal time" appears to be an important social construct. For example, the single strongest predictor of school achievement scores was the frequency and duration of family meals. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/73393/j.1741-3737.2001.00295.x.pdf?sequence=1 http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/73393... 3. Scientists are just now discovering the importance of bacteria in food consumption. Bacteria can be difficult due to the need for some of them to be refrigerated. NYT ran a great article recently on the problems with baby formula (arguably an infant-stage competitor :)). http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-100-trillion-bacteria-that-make-up-your-microbiome.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-... 4. Finally, getting the right mix of nutrients can be fairly difficult. I was surprised to find the "dark side of antioxidants". Thus far, in the studies I've read, it has been extremely difficult to "beat" a "whole" foods diet. http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/the-dark-side-of-antioxidants http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/the-dark-side-of-antio... No kickbacks, but the best "drink" I've found in this arena so far has been Xymogen's i5: https://www.xymogen.com/products/product-detail.aspx?pid=78 https://www.xymogen.com/products/product-detail.aspx?pid=78. I use it for reasons alluded to below in background. Background: wife is a food and travel writer. Some major life hurdles have required us to study and be extremely cognizant of what we eat.

marknutter 13y ago
1. So click your teeth together a few times while you drink Soylent. Or better yet, chew some gum afterwards! 2. Don't replace your family dinners with Soylent then. Just replace the meals you typically eat alone. Problem solved. 3. Don't replace every meal with Soylent. Only the ones for which the preparation is inconvenient for you. Again, problem solved. 4. Getting the right mix of nutrients is difficult whether or not you're drinking Soylent. I would argue most, if not all people are deficient in one nutrient or another. Adding Soylent to your diet would probably ensure (no pun intended) that you'd get more nutrients than you do now, not less.

marknutter 13y ago

1. So click your teeth together a few times while you drink Soylent. Or better yet, chew some gum afterwards! 2. Don't replace your family dinners with Soylent then. Just replace the meals you typically eat alone. Problem solved. 3. Don't replace every meal with Soylent. Only the ones for which the preparation is inconvenient for you. Again, problem solved. 4. Getting the right mix of nutrients is difficult whether or not you're drinking Soylent. I would argue most, if not all people are deficient in one nutrient or another. Adding Soylent to your diet would probably ensure (no pun intended) that you'd get more nutrients than you do now, not less.