4 ms·
Lack of convenience is a major hurdle to eating healthy, however I'm not convinced that a highly-processed food supplement like Soylent is the best way to do it
by dxhdr 11y ago
Lack of convenience is a major hurdle to eating healthy, however I'm not convinced that a highly-processed food supplement like Soylent is the best way to do it.
I have found that pre-packaged salads from Trader Joes are a decent tradeoff between price, quality, and convenience, at least for fast lunches and dinners. They are well portioned and easy to supplement with other ingredients like additional meat. Plus (most) salads have the benefit of low sugars and carbs which after a while will help cut cravings for less healthy foods altogether. The downside is that they don't keep for very long so you still have to make a trip to the store every few days.
- Varcht 11y agoI've been meaning to give Soylent a try, currently I am in a pretty bad fast food habit. It's just so convenient! I really don't feel like standing in line after a day at work. Why aren't there any healthy fast food chains? Seems like there would be plenty of demand, is it just too expensive? Too hard to keep things fresh? Or preparation takes too long? I don't require too much, just a drive through Subway would be a great start.
- tormeh 11y agoThought the same thing. I have no idea why there's none.
- drewblaisdell 11y agoChipotle is good. A burrito bowl with black beans, chicken, lettuce, salsa, guacamole and cheese is 660 calories with ~50g of protein.
- mojoe 11y agoI think healthy fast food is starting to arrive -- I live in Colorado, and we've got quite a few good places (like "Mad Greens" http://www.madgreens.com/ http://www.madgreens.com/ "the Protein Bar" http://www.theproteinbar.com/ http://www.theproteinbar.com/, "Modmarket" http://modmarket.com/ http://modmarket.com/, etc.). Many of them are expanding to other markets, so hopefully this trend will grow! They're generally 2-4 dollars more expensive than other fast food options, however.
- vijayr 11y agoWe've always had the best fast food - fruits. We can eat as much fruit as we want (most fruits anyway). They are super healthy, digest fast etc etc. Just peel a couple of bananas and eat it, takes two mins. Only problem is they are expensive. Here in NYC, a watermelon costs me 8 dollars at whole foods. For 8$, I can buy a ton of junk food. Most food sold in supermarkets are optimized for storage and profit, not for health.
- bhayden 11y agoWhat is wrong the processed nature of Soylent? It's less processed than bread, and no one slams bread for being unhealthy for being highly processed.
- hollerith 11y agoThere are plenty of people who slam bread for being unhealthy for being highly processed. In particular, they maintain that the milling process discards the fiber- and vitamin-containing bran and germ, leaving empty quickly-absorbed calories.