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Right, but whey protein is less than a dollar per serving.
by BrainInAJar 11y ago
Right, 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 agoAnd that's what makes it a meal (replacement). You can't survive on whey protein shakes alone. If the malnutrition doesn't kill you, the smell of your farts surely will.
- frakkingcylons 11y agoWith meal replacements, convenience is the killer feature. Buying whey protein, some oil, and a multivitamin is undoubtedly cheaper, but there's the non-negligible overhead of purchasing the ingredients (instead of just a Soylent subscription), and measuring ingredients for every serving.
- bane 11y agoYou should probably look at the nutrition information in Soylent (or similar) and compare it to your notional proposal. If your proposal is better, give it a go and do a write-up on it. From a quick look-see, whey protein seems to carry only ~100 calories per serving, offers almost no carbohydrates or fiber and provides almost no other vitamins or minerals. So you'd need about six servings to hit a meal's worth of calories, still have to make up for the lack of carbs and fiber sources and still have to find a good multi to take with. If a serving is $1, then we're already at around $5-6 per meal with whey protein.