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There are two types of foods I find depicted in those documents : - "Emergency" foods used to prevent malnutrition - Supplements in order to balance an unhealt

There are two types of foods I find depicted in those documents : - "Emergency" foods used to prevent malnutrition - Supplements in order to balance an unhealthy diet and/or reach individual needs It seems that these goals are completely different from the one of Soylent, which is to provide a food replacement altogether (meaning people will expect it to taste good, make them feel replenished and won't use it as part of a treatment).

jacques_chester 13y ago
Then buy a commercial MRP. There are cheap ones around.
- kirualex 13y ago
  Most of the MRP I found are ultra-high on protein and overall aimed toward muscle development. A comparison with Soylent (once its out) could be very interesting though.
  - jacques_chester 13y ago
    If you're eating at a deficit, high protein is good idea, actually. It helps preserve lean mass, which has important downstream health effects.
    - kirualex 13y ago
      I'm not eating about any deficit eating, but normal eating. And high protein is not always a good idea. Everybody doesnt have the same needs. Also there can be long term effect, some of which are still being studied. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-protein-diets/AN00847 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-protein-diets/AN00847
      - DanBC 13y ago
        There are a wide variety of meal replacement products. Some have high protein, others don't. Some have high calories, some have even higher calories, some don't. There is plenty of variety in the meal replacement product marketplace. Here are the brands made by one company (http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/abbott-brands http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/abbott-brands) - they cover just about anything you'd need.
- masukomi 13y ago
  It is my impression that Meal Replacement Plans aren't generally designed to be lived off of exclusively, but as intermittent substitutes to normal meals, or temporary replacements for them. That is a very different goal than what Soylent is trying to accomplish.
  - DanBC 13y ago
    There are plenty of meal replacement products that can be used as a sole source of nutrition. The manufacturers don't heavily promote that aspect because they are cautious and careful.
  - batemanesque 13y ago
    given that we don't yet know the full range of nutrients the human body needs to function, it'll be completely impossible to live off Soylent & stay healthy in the long term. it's really that simple.
- asdasf 13y ago
  Why does everyone insist on recommending people consume completely inappropriate "alternatives" to soylent that will cause health problems with 100% certainty?
  - DanBC 13y ago
    Wait, what? Commercial providers have been making and supplying these foods for many years, and they've been used in a variety of settings for a long time. How are these worse than Soylent, a product created by people who don't know what they're doing in their kitchens and advertised with a variety of probably illegal claims used with no medical supervision?
    - asdasf 13y ago
      They have been making and supplying them for many years, but they are not designed as a replacement for food, and do not contain 100% of known essential nutrients. Recommending something that we absolutely know for certain is not complete because you have an irrational hate-boner for soylent is absurd. Your claims about soylent are false by the way, which really doesn't help your case at all.
      - DanBC 13y ago
        > but they are not designed as a replacement for food, and do not contain 100% of known essential nutrients. This is wrong. I'm not sure what products you're talking about. But there are products that are designed to be used as a sole source of nutrition. > Recommending something that we absolutely know for certain is not complete because you have an irrational hate-boner for soylent is absurd. > Your claims about soylent are false by the way, which really doesn't help your case at all. Feel free to rebut anything I've said with links. Soylent have no dieticians on staff, or anyone with any nutrition qualifications. So far all product has been produced in their kitchen. Several mistakes in formulation have been made. Errors in mixing (not taking fineness of powers into account, for example) have been shown.
        13y ago

jacques_chester 13y ago

Then buy a commercial MRP. There are cheap ones around.

kirualex 13y ago
Most of the MRP I found are ultra-high on protein and overall aimed toward muscle development. A comparison with Soylent (once its out) could be very interesting though.
- jacques_chester 13y ago
  If you're eating at a deficit, high protein is good idea, actually. It helps preserve lean mass, which has important downstream health effects.
  - kirualex 13y ago
    I'm not eating about any deficit eating, but normal eating. And high protein is not always a good idea. Everybody doesnt have the same needs. Also there can be long term effect, some of which are still being studied. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-protein-diets/AN00847 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-protein-diets/AN00847
    - DanBC 13y ago
      There are a wide variety of meal replacement products. Some have high protein, others don't. Some have high calories, some have even higher calories, some don't. There is plenty of variety in the meal replacement product marketplace. Here are the brands made by one company (http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/abbott-brands http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/abbott-brands) - they cover just about anything you'd need.
masukomi 13y ago
It is my impression that Meal Replacement Plans aren't generally designed to be lived off of exclusively, but as intermittent substitutes to normal meals, or temporary replacements for them. That is a very different goal than what Soylent is trying to accomplish.
- DanBC 13y ago
  There are plenty of meal replacement products that can be used as a sole source of nutrition. The manufacturers don't heavily promote that aspect because they are cautious and careful.
- batemanesque 13y ago
  given that we don't yet know the full range of nutrients the human body needs to function, it'll be completely impossible to live off Soylent & stay healthy in the long term. it's really that simple.
asdasf 13y ago
Why does everyone insist on recommending people consume completely inappropriate "alternatives" to soylent that will cause health problems with 100% certainty?
- DanBC 13y ago
  Wait, what? Commercial providers have been making and supplying these foods for many years, and they've been used in a variety of settings for a long time. How are these worse than Soylent, a product created by people who don't know what they're doing in their kitchens and advertised with a variety of probably illegal claims used with no medical supervision?
  - asdasf 13y ago
    They have been making and supplying them for many years, but they are not designed as a replacement for food, and do not contain 100% of known essential nutrients. Recommending something that we absolutely know for certain is not complete because you have an irrational hate-boner for soylent is absurd. Your claims about soylent are false by the way, which really doesn't help your case at all.
    - DanBC 13y ago
      > but they are not designed as a replacement for food, and do not contain 100% of known essential nutrients. This is wrong. I'm not sure what products you're talking about. But there are products that are designed to be used as a sole source of nutrition. > Recommending something that we absolutely know for certain is not complete because you have an irrational hate-boner for soylent is absurd. > Your claims about soylent are false by the way, which really doesn't help your case at all. Feel free to rebut anything I've said with links. Soylent have no dieticians on staff, or anyone with any nutrition qualifications. So far all product has been produced in their kitchen. Several mistakes in formulation have been made. Errors in mixing (not taking fineness of powers into account, for example) have been shown.
      - 13y ago