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Soylent was originally touted as a meal replacement but I (and others) have found that it works best as a "plan B" to nutrition. It changes the way you look at
by gfodor 11y ago
Soylent was originally touted as a meal replacement but I (and others) have found that it works best as a "plan B" to nutrition. It changes the way you look at food if you always have an option to just get the nutrition you need quickly and easily: a lot of meals you'd normally skip you don't, and a lot of meals you eat that are less than nutritious you can either opt-out of or can supplement with proper nutrition with soylent.
I've also found it to be pretty transformative that it turns hunger into something as easily solved as thirst and puts it into the same mental framework.
- ggnore 11y agoWhere Soylent falls short in this respect is that it's nutrition is only ideal given that the rest of your diet is Soylent too. It has a ton of carbs, and if you're anything like most Americans, you already have way too many carbs in your diet. Unless you're doing a lot of physical activity and you need those carbs, most people would do better just drinking a regular whey protein shake.
- sneak 11y agoSoylent and other meal replacement shakes are a lot more than just protein and carbohydrates.
- Cushman 11y agoJust in case you aren't aware, the latest update of Soylent (v1.4) has upped the fat. Carbs now account for 43% of the calorie count, which is (slightly) less than you'll see any mainstream source recommending. Still nothing that counts as "low carb", but not exactly "a ton" either.
- ShotgunSnipist 11y agoSoylent 1.4 (the most recent formulation) is 40/43/17 fat/carbs/protein and the carbohydrates that is supplies are slow digesting. So I would say supplementation of Soylent to an average diet would improve it overall.
- tormeh 11y agoYeah, but there's no better solution. They could offer versions that correct your diet given a proportion of avg. American diet to Soylent intake, but it would be complicated and very inaccurate.
- shanusmagnus 11y agoThe thing that keeps me from really jumping in on Soylent is the lack of a low-carb option. I've made my own LC version, based on recipes online, but it takes a long time and is a pain in the ass, which is a killer considering Soylent's main virtue is that you dump it on the shaker, shake it up, and are done. I'm hopeful that if things keep going well for the company eventually they'll offer a LC version; or maybe a competitor will. [I know there are things like Keto fuel, but these all require buying a bunch of oil and stuff and mixing it in, which is not the seamless solution I really want.]
- throwaway12309 11y agomulti vitamin/mineral + fish oil capsules (a few depending on quality) + normal decent quality protein powder. If you don't eat any fiber rich foods, add a spoon of fiber (phylum husks or something) Unless you go 100% soylent (why though?) that will sort pretty much any deficiencies you may have from the rest of your meals.
- patcheudor 11y agoI found myself using Soylent as a "plan B" and drinking it when I'd normally skip a meal. Within the first two weeks of drinking Soylent I gained five pounds. I've never gained five pounds in the course of two weeks. It turns out skipping those meals was keeping my weight stable. I'm now careful to skip the meals I normally would and now use Soylent to replace the occasional meal I'd otherwise eat.
- in_cahoots 11y ago5 pounds in two weeks comes out to around 1,250 extra calories a day, or 2.5 Soylent meals. Are you sure you were using the correct serving sizes?
- patcheudor 11y agoEach pouch (one days worth) is 4 servings at 500 calories each so it's not that difficult to over eat when using Soylent as a supplement.
- BrainInAJar 11y agoSo, here's a question; If you're using it as a supplement rather than a total meal replacement, why spend the exorbitant amount for Soylent specifically when you could get 90% of the way by getting some whey, mixing in a bit of cheap oil, and taking a multivitamin?
- bane 11y agoI wouldn't call Soylent "exorbitant". It works out to like $3 a meal.
- BrainInAJar 11y agoRight, but whey protein is less than a dollar per serving.
- Kirth 11y agoAnd a supplement at best -- not a meal.
- BrainInAJar 11y agoWhat's the distinction?
- bane 11y agoA supplement is something you take to complete the nutrition an otherwise incomplete meal provides.
- NeutronBoy 11y agoIsn't the entire point of Soylent that it's just a mixture of supplements with the appropriate calorie content?
- Kirth 11y ago