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I trust Abbott far more than some random startup with zero experience in long-term production of food supplements and replacements. I'm sorry, but living off o
by mbreese 13y ago
I trust Abbott far more than some random startup with zero experience in long-term production of food supplements and replacements.
I'm sorry, but living off of a concoction for a few months and then claiming that it is better for you than X is crazy.
Look, Soylent may not kill you. It might actually be good for you. But until there have been multiple, years-long studies, this just isn't going to fly. Hell, get some actual nutritionists (PhDs) and doctors (MDs) on board and maybe you have a shot at convincing people.
Say what you want about Abbott, but they produce baby-formula. Baby-formula that has been around for decades, so they have a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn't.
- sard420 13y agoAbbott would be the first to tell you not to try and use Ensure as a substitute for food. Some YC kid thinks you can live off his stuff, hope he doesn't kill too many people.
- cLeEOGPw 13y agoI'm willing to take the risk and test it for a conservatives like you.
- DanBC 13y agoBut that's useless unless it's a large, controlled, randomised, double blind, trial. So far we have people selling stuff telling us "it's okay". I'd be really interested to see what the FDA has to say about Soylent. Have any of the Soylent team got legal advice?
- cLeEOGPw 13y agoFor me at least it would not be useless, because soylent wold be 10x better food than what I eat now.
- vidarh 13y agoIt's not useless. It will shake out any number of "obvious" problems. It is just not sufficient to deem the product generally safe as a food substitute for everyone and/or for prolonged use.