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How about actually clicking the links in those search results. Nothing in the first few pages even attempts to provide a food replacement. None of them provid

by asdasf 13y ago

How about actually clicking the links in those search results. Nothing in the first few pages even attempts to provide a food replacement. None of them provide 100% of known essential nutrients. You will develop a vitamin deficiency consuming any of those exclusively. That is in no way accomplishing what soylent claims to do.

jacques_chester 13y ago
Does Soylent explicitly and specifically claim to be a total food replacement? Or do we all just think that because of the original blog post?
lsc 13y ago
>None of them provide 100% of known essential nutrients. You will develop a vitamin deficiency consuming any of those exclusively. That is in no way accomplishing what soylent claims to do. Personally? I dismiss those claims as marketing fluff. I am not competent to evaluate those claims; I'm not saying that the guy is lying or anything, soylent may in fact be perfect. I don't know. but the claims sound so out there that I don't think they are worth evaluating. I am treating them as marketing fluff until/unless credible people do a credible study. I suspect that none of the other meal replacement drinks make such claims due to fear of legal liability. "A delicious shake for breakfast, lunch, and a sensible dinner" is the standard formula, which is reasonable; I'm sure Soylent would work just fine on a similar plan. (hell, for most of us, water would work just fine.) I bet that as Soylent accumulates money (and lawyers) they will move towards a model where they emphasize 'And a sensible dinner'
- asdasf 13y ago
  I am not talking about claims, I am talking about the nutrition info required to be provided by law. We know that there are a bunch of chemical compounds we call "vitamins" which are required to maintain our health. Soylent provides 100% of all of them. Meal replacement drinks do not.
  - lsc 13y ago
    http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/products/ensure-plus-retail http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/products/ensure-plus-retai... And really, if you think that the RDA is good enough, just take your vitamin pills.

by asdasf 13y ago

jacques_chester 13y ago

Does Soylent explicitly and specifically claim to be a total food replacement? Or do we all just think that because of the original blog post?

lsc 13y ago

>None of them provide 100% of known essential nutrients. You will develop a vitamin deficiency consuming any of those exclusively. That is in no way accomplishing what soylent claims to do. Personally? I dismiss those claims as marketing fluff. I am not competent to evaluate those claims; I'm not saying that the guy is lying or anything, soylent may in fact be perfect. I don't know. but the claims sound so out there that I don't think they are worth evaluating. I am treating them as marketing fluff until/unless credible people do a credible study. I suspect that none of the other meal replacement drinks make such claims due to fear of legal liability. "A delicious shake for breakfast, lunch, and a sensible dinner" is the standard formula, which is reasonable; I'm sure Soylent would work just fine on a similar plan. (hell, for most of us, water would work just fine.) I bet that as Soylent accumulates money (and lawyers) they will move towards a model where they emphasize 'And a sensible dinner'

asdasf 13y ago
I am not talking about claims, I am talking about the nutrition info required to be provided by law. We know that there are a bunch of chemical compounds we call "vitamins" which are required to maintain our health. Soylent provides 100% of all of them. Meal replacement drinks do not.
- lsc 13y ago
  http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/products/ensure-plus-retail http://abbottnutrition.com/brands/products/ensure-plus-retai... And really, if you think that the RDA is good enough, just take your vitamin pills.