Soylent Green is...dinner?

[Jeff7]

So, The Matrix was almost right?


Not like a bowl full of snot...but close.

 

[desura]

https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body

I've read a few magazine articles on it, and you can easily find on a google search.

But it's a pretty good idea. Basically, a liquid shake that's basically nutritionally complete for when you don't really need a tasty meal (think, mid-day) but really just want to "refuel", and don't want to have to deal with like the effects of eating too much sugar or salt or whatever.

Anyone tried it? And, I wonder if there's a comparable easy food that's good enough filler to get on with the day. Oatmeal?

Merged with original thread on topic. AT Mod DAPUNISHER

 

[FleshLight]

Is this viral marketing for an upcoming Charlton Heston remake?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

This has been going on in various forms since at least the 1960s, maybe even earlier. From diet "all-in-one" meals like Slim Fast and Metracal to protein shakes and energy bars there have been a jillion attempts to sell food products that are not really food to help people make it through the day without binging on salt, sugar and grease. And they never become more than a tiny niche product because people like salt, sugar and grease. This will be no different. People like to eat FOOD, not sludge with all the nutrition of food and none of the fun.

 

[Imp]

If a vitamin has all the essential nutrients I supposedly need for a day, I guess pill food could work.

So, why the hell do the people riot when they run out of Soylent Green? It looks like they still have plenty of soylent orange and yellow...

 

[DigDog]

yes but, is it people?

 

[Mide]

I would so drink this everyday

 

[SparkyJJO]

I assume from the name it has soy in it.

Do not want.

Not to mention there is NO way I'd exchange this (or anything like this) for real food.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/ars-does-soylent-day-2-my-god-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into/

I ended the previous entry saying that I was going to head out running, but that did not happen. As it got nearer to 7pm, I started feeling ominous rumblings in my belly—the kind that could either be the sign of some harmless gas or the harbinger of the poopocalypse. I stayed in, instead watching a couple of episodes of The Wire with my wife, who ate a fine healthy dinner while I sipped my Soylent with an ever-souring gut. A bit after 8pm, the gas started.

It was bad. These weren't mere ha-ha toot kinds of emissions; this was hair-raising. It was room-clearing, horse-killing, World War I mustard gas-type gas. I migrated from room to room in the house like I was giving up territory to the Kaiser, my face fixed in an expression of horror as green hell-fumes trailed behind me, peeling paint and wilting plants. My wife, bless her heart, said nothing. At some point, I made my way back to the computer and pulled up the e-mail correspondence between Soylent founder Rob Rhinehart and me.

"Other than a bit of gas at first (some people's gut bacteria are not accustomed to the soluble fiber) there have been no adverse reactions," he wrote in response to my question about potential adaptive side effects. Then my eyes started to water from the gas and I had to run back into the living room.

 

[adlep]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/ars-does-soylent-day-2-my-god-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into/

That's just one opinion. There are many other ones that are positive.

 

[SKORPI0]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_(food_substitute)

Soylent is a food substitute intended to supply all of a human body's daily nutritional needs, made from powdered starch, rice protein, olive oil, and raw chemical powders.[1][2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_(food_substitute)#cite_note-Pomeroy-2

 

[adlep]

Btw, dogs fuction fine just on dry food diet for years!
Biologically, there is no difference between body of a human and body of a dog.

 

[Crono]

It wouldn't be bad for a 2 week period like this guy went on, but I wouldn't rely on it for your sole food for an extended period of time. You could probably survive on the stuff, but I don't care what the concoction is, you can't get the best, optimal amount of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals from a fixed single source.

You could easily get the same results or better by juicing, which isn't a significantly larger investment in time or money (should save you money in the long run).

 

[Crono]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/ars-does-soylent-day-2-my-god-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into/

A high fiber diet will do that if you don't ease yourself into it. I'm guessing he wasn't a vegetarian or vegan before that. I had... uh... a similar experience when switching to my now vegan diet 10 months ago. Not quite as bad in the gas department, but I was visiting the bathroom about 4 to 6 times a day for about a month until my body adjusted.

The upside is "regularity", weight loss (lost about 20 lbs without any effort just from the diet change alone), and higher/more stable energy level (over 9000! ), so it was worth it.

 

[Crono]

Anyone tried it? And, I wonder if there's a comparable easy food that's good enough filler to get on with the day. Oatmeal?

I eat a lot of oatmeal at work because it's damn easy and cheap, plus the instant kind (I like Quaker's Raisin, Date, & Walnut) I can make in about a minute with hot water tap on cooler. Even though instant is more expensive than regular bulk oats, it still works out to about $0.30 a meal for me. Beats going to the only food places open at 2 AM here, which are fast food restaurants and the local 24 hr diner. Not many vegan options. Most of my meals are "real" which I prepare at home and bring to work, but instant oatmeal is a good fallback option when I don't have the time.

Also have steel cut oats at home, but I don't eat it quite as often because it has a ton of fiber, which sounds like a good thing at first, but trust me when I say too much fiber isn't fun (see above post). It's very filling, though, and when you add in various fruits (love berries, sliced bananas, etc) it's delicious.

I get sick of oatmeal after a while, so I don't eat it all the time, but it still makes up about 15% of my meals.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Btw, dogs fuction fine just on dry food diet for years!
Biologically, there is no difference between body of a human and body of a dog.

i'm pretty sure there is a massive biological difference between myself and a dog. first, i'm not effectively 280 years old. second, i'm marginally more discerning about crotches.

 

[bignateyk]

Their "team" look like a bunch of douchebags, so I wouldn't invest in them.

I make my own "Soylent" that I eat for breakfast. My recipe:

Water
1 Avocado
1 cup oats
1 cup blueberries
1 cup fortified yogurt with probiotics
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp cod liver oil
3 tbsp natural peanut butter
1/3 cup whey protein powder
1 tsp vitamin/mineral powder

This fills me up from 7am to 2pm. Has over 1500 calories and is very nutritious.

I just eat a light salad (kale, evoo, tomatoes, mushrooms, carrots, broccoli) for lunch in the afternoon.

 

[luv2liv]

Their "team" look like a bunch of douchebags, so I wouldn't invest in them.

douchebags or not, i find it hard to believe they've got 1million in funding already. i wouldnt be shocked if they just take the money n run.

 

[surfsatwerk]

I eat babies, they're like little people so they have everything a body needs.

 

[nehalem256]

If eating was such a chore why would so many people be fat?

 

[Nintendesert]

That's just one opinion. There are many other ones that are positive.

So how's that cold fusion working out for you?

 

[tboo]

Repost

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2323062&highlight=soylent

 

[Zargon]

yes but, is it people?

this is the CEO, what do YOU think??

 

[xBiffx]

this is the CEO, what do YOU think??

What a cheese dick. And no, its not the edible kind.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

this is the CEO, what do YOU think??

Take a look at the rest of the douches running the company.

If someone could come up with a nutritionally complete shake that tastes like a banana split with good mouth feel, then I might buy in. But not completely. A steak and a shake is much better than a steak flavored shake.