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vanclute said: But, the way I felt while doing it... almost indescribable. Everything I had read was true. Time slows to a CRAWL, you lose all sense of what day it is because frankly it doesn't matter. You get so much more done it's hard to believe,…

That's a valid concern about arsenic in rice, though all three (Soylent, old Schmoylent, and new Schmoylent) all use rice protein, so it wouldn't be much of a factor in deciding between old and new Schmoylent. Would be cool to get big enough to be able…

She may bring up points worth considering. However, her other assertions (cancer is good, etc) tend to blow the "she seems to know what she's talking about" out of the water. Take her assertions as things to look into yourself, with no bias from her.…

Probably the part where a company wants to take your money now for a product you might get half a year down the line.

Fantastic, and very encouraging!

Who's taking ganja to Burning Man?

What about NEW ORDERS SHIP IN 4 - 5 MONTHS is confusing people?

Sweet! I'm just around the corne at 4:00 and Esplanade, Thunderdome. I'm the only Patrick in the camp, so yeah, feel free to drop by and say hi whenever. We can enjoy a frosty glass (okay, maybe not so frosty) of Soylent!

3:15 and A, Radio Electra. Ask for Formica. If you'd like to talk on the radio, come by between 4-6pm and I'll interview you on the air

I am doing the same. Currently trying to figure out how to keep it cold, though, as I don't have a fridge. Also, it just occurred to me that Soylent looks like a mixture of playa and water. Can probably freak some people out with that, if you play…

I just placed my one month re-order subscription and used the same email address

Soylent Spring A post from a colitis sufferer (non-ulcerative) who is starting Soylent.

Thank you, it is much appreciated!

As long as you used the same email address as your backer order, we'll recognize your subscription as a reorder and it will be activated in 1-2 weeks. Thanks for your support!

We'll get you upgraded to a 28-pouch subscription, you'll get an email confirming the upgrade. Thanks for your support, and apologies for the delayed response from customer support.

Sweet! That's amazing! *dances*=D>--<=D\--<=D|--<=D/--<=D<--<=D>--<

We'll get your next subscription shipment overnighted ASAP, apologies for the inconvenience @Jungroth!

Thanks for the heads-up, @shnwntrs -- we'll overnight your order today or tomorrow. Apologies for the inconvenience!

As someone who for years prepared mass shipments for bi-monthly distribution, I agree. All that first message means is that the information for the waybill has been posted on the courier's database (usually via their website, occasionally by proprietary…

I'm mostly going to try it (when my one week order from October 2013 comes in) for a few reasons. One is that I want to lose weight, and while I know Soylent isn't a diet product I think swapping to Soylent for 2 meals a day (instead of eating something…

I'm not sure where else to post should go (but I'm probably going to keep looking), though this seems somewhat related... ...I'm not interested in a super low calorie version, but more like a 1200 calorie version. Or 1000 calorie. Or something. If…

No one here believes cancer is a good thing, but that doesn't mean all this woman's other assertions are to be ignored outright. Isaac Newton spent time trying to figure out the exact measurements of the Temple of Solomon, which he claimed would allow…

Also, in case anyone else has the same problem and finds this thread: don't wait so long. If there's no movement or anything beyond "tracking info sent to fedex" you should contact them after 2-4 days (at least, that's how long mine have taken to get…

Jungroth said: somehow my next ship date changed to Jan 2015. That's a different bug which is covered here: discourse.soylent.me My Subscription Moved to 2015, Check Yours Just checked my subscription as its been 28…

tagging @JulioMiles @MattCauble @ana for you. They can help!

Definitely go easy on the NSAIDS (ibuprofen etc.) Long term chronic use can lead to kidney damage.

I'll tag @JulioMiles here. I think I know how but let the expert answer.

Anyone? Bueller? Never got a response from a direct inquiry, so any other avenue I can try?

Last year when this first started up, I bought all the ingredients in the Beginner's Recipe, here and here. I tried it for a couple days and hated the way it tasted so I gave up, and the ingredients have been sitting in a closet since then. I got my…

Soylent would be murder on little kitty teeth. Cats can't brush.

Wow. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of GMO stuff simply because we don't know actual long-term effects of them, yada yada, but I'm open to the possibility that there's nothing actually wrong with them, or other artificial ingredients. Not that it matters…

It's called Dynamic Keyword Insertion and it's used to insert whatever you're searching for into an ad, to give it the appearance of relevance. Of course as shown above... it can epically fail.

The Wright brothers were criticized for the types of materials, design and fuel they used...Told how bad it was and how it would never work....We're talking about the flight stuff here of course not the other cool stuff. There will always be people everywhere…

Oooooh I know... if cancer is good and helpful, someone should offer to giver her some! I'd love to hear her reasons for declining that offer.

I've never had my subscription come properly. In this last instance, somehow my next ship date changed to Jan 2015. I emailed them about it 11 days ago, still haven't heard back. I only have 2 days worth left, so this really sucks.

Shannon went on her birth control pill continuously (no placebos) years ago to try and put an end to horrific painful periods. It worked absolute wonders. Ibuprofen is some naaaaasty stuff, it has its place but try to take it as rarely as you possibly…

Got an email on July 30th stating that my 4 week shipment of Soylent had gone out, providing me with a tracking number. The tracking number is not found on the FedEx website, and package has landed at the destination. I tried responding to the email and…

She hates Silicon Valley and anyone working in computer science and makes sure she uses Youtube and the Internet to get her message out about it and to get people to follow what she's doing. Um...er.... yeahokthanksbye.

She had me at holistic nutrition. Nearly doubled my contribution to Rosa Labs!

Thanks, Rosa Labs! I just received my first one month order. So far it's been going great! Anyway, curious if anyone else knows, I'm looking to be a regular subscriber. I noticed the confirmation email stated, "If you have already received a Soylent…

Being the worst, least available form, doesn't mean it causes deficiencies. In a healthy person, folic acid, vitamin D2, etc., can be converted properly to the form the body actually uses, provided enough is supplied, and as far as I can tell, enough…

I actually started work on something like this in May. I've had a little time to work on it recently - check out what I have so far here: http://diy.soylent.me/body-tracker New features I'm planning on adding: Chart results over time Hide trackers…

Bump and tagging @nickp because this is still a bug...

Thanks @duskwave. I am only worried about the concerns that have merit. For example, like folic acid, are a bunch of the the ingredients in Soylent the worst source of that element, not very bioavailable, and therefore causing deficiencies in our diet…

Here's an excerpt from a post from Rob about a couple of these points (from http://discourse.soylent.me/t/soylent-macronutrient-overview/10288/70): Some concerns stem from the use of Maltodextrin at all, given its high isolated GI. The GI measurement…

A number of the individual claims have merit (Folic Acid is the worst form of Folate, it should be Methyl Folate - most bioavailable and works for people with the MTHFR mutation, like my aunt), but the argument as a whole is terrible. Someone ask her…

I've added the option for 'submit data to anonymous database' at the bottom of the data entry form. Check out the help button next to the checkbox for how it will work. I've also made the 'Food Intake' entries work properly now. I'm pretty sure that…

Thanks, that's very helpful! I have friends who are men ~6ft tall but they are all into bodybuilding, so they are more in the 220+ range b/c of muscle mass (and are somewhat body dysmorphic when it comes to muscle mass/size), so I wasn't sure what a standard…

Did a quick look into this for you. My Crossfit gym regularly (couple times a year) schedules an on site visit. So someone either brings a BodPod or a dunk tank. It's mainly for people who want take the gym weight loss/strength challenge but it's open…

healeyv3 said: So, you are telling me, if I order a NEW ORDER of 1 month of Soylent, I will receive my 1 month of Soylent before ANYONE that ordered 1 week of soylent within the past 2 years..... Sounds like a PERFECT BUSINESS MODEL. No, that is completely…

No, new orders (anything after... May, I think?) come after every last pre-cutoff order. It's just the backer pre-cutoff ones that were sorted by size first. They said they'd do that sometime before the cutoff (not sure how long before, but people have…

Mine's not frequent or severe, it's just if I get too much of something, there's this particular ache at the base of the skull that's distinct and unusual and made me think of Garrettm's issue. Just trying to figure out what it is, yes, definitely a micronutrient,…

Awesome, thanks guys. Some of her negative emotional assertions about tech do discredit her in my eyes, but still, I do wonder about a lot of what she's saying. Like that many ingredients in Soylent are not very bioavailable (poor absorption). Or that…

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So, you are telling me, if I order a NEW ORDER of 1 month of Soylent, I will receive my 1 month of Soylent before ANYONE that ordered 1 week of soylent within the past 2 years..... Sounds like a PERFECT BUSINESS MODEL.

Ok, the results for any who are interested in them: Soylent was prepared at about 8AM EST, using a full pouch in the provided Takeya pitcher with an added 1/4tsp of Morton's Iodized Salt. The usual water was replaced by strong brewed black chai tea.…

(Off topic reply...) I'm doing a slightly modified People Chow. Loved it from the beginning. I've started adding milk (god I love milk), chia powder and some acacia (soluble fiber) as well. Oddly enough I'm getting more calories than I need but really…

I tried the Soylent this morning for breakfast. I think when I receive future orders, I'll blend it a bit more. Maybe start with a lower amount of water first and then add water and pulse once well mixed. Or I can power into 3 blender bottles for…

I usually don't eat very well on playa, so I'm bringing Soylent as my primary source of nutrition. I intend to supplement each batch with 1 tsp "lite salt", half and half sodium chloride and potassium chloride, for electrolyte replacement. I have a fridge…

@leecauble1 @MentalNomad thanks for the tips. I'm trying to figure out how much Vitamin E to supplement right now. Also, @vanclute previously suggested something called Female Harmony. I do believe this is perimenopause as my period returned three days…

They seem to be on June 2013 (two week orders). Eve

I believe it's from the USDA database. The nutrition labels on consumer products don't list everything in it. You can check out http://nutrition data.self.com and see if it says the same thing as the recipe. Both the DIY and that site source their…

SoylentIsMe said: She seems to know what she's talking about. It's scary, to be honest. Honestly, she doesn't seem to know what she is talking about. There are half truths in some stuff... I didn't rewatch the video as I watched it a while ago... but…

Time saver? yes, definitely. It hasn't been anywhere near the health benefits I was hoping/expecting especially compared to other forum members reports.

Nope. Nothing negative anyway. The first couple of days I needed a nap when I got home from work, but that's stabilized I think. Plus it's way easier to get up in the morning now. Mostly positive stuff, just that damn craving for meat...

When did you order if you don't mind me asking? I'm curious what month they're on.

I have Chia seeds which gives me ALA (which isn't fantastic) but I add 2-3 capsules of fish oil at oil mixing time (I found if you take a sharp knife and puncture at the seam of the pill, it works pretty well and doesn't explode all over. I do not have…

Looking to make some Liquid Cake, and in the recipe the oats and whey protein have a lot of things like choline, thiamin, calcium etc that I can't find any information on. How do I know this is accurate? The stuff I bought doesn't even list this, so should…

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Original backer, haven't got mine yet, my pants are off, and rightfully so.

I use my wife.

She self-identifies as an anarcho-primitivist and a conspiracy theorist.

All you have to do is go to her YouTube channel and read the titles of her videos and you will realize that she is bat shit crazy. For example "Beer is a mind control weapon." "You earned your cancer it is trying to save you. "Etc.

Nick, I'm excited about your project. 2 comments:1) could you have the user enter a self chosen identifier so the overall data could be looked at and compared without people worrying about their own data being identified as theirs? I would like to be…

When I was DIY, I couldn't stop messing around with the recipes either which killed one of my main goals which was to save time. Thankfully the 3rd party market came along and now I just buy and consume. No soylent that I've had to date is perfect, but…

So here's the meat of her first few minutes transcribed. It's a FUD argument where she talks about hating Silicon Valley types and touts her background in holistic nutrition. It's an interesting way to begin what ought to be an impartial argument: …

Separate from the issue of EPA and DHA conversion, there are two possible concerns with flax seed oil. One flax oil goes rancid very quickly and needs to be kept refrigerated in a dark bottle. You need to buy from a source that moves their stock quickly…

There is a slew of orthorexic-food-as-religion ideology in this video that is not borne out by evidence. Red flags include her use of the word "holistic", and her negative fixation on GMOs, glyphosate pesticide, and synthetic vitamins. She does make…

It's been a while but I've done a little more work on the Body Tracker. Check it out here: http://diy.soylent.me/body-tracker You're now able to save entries, though 'food intake' still needs fixing. Should have some more updates in the near future...

Yeah I'm on week 15.5 (ordered May 11th - 2014) now and I haven't even gotten the your order will arrive later mail... @JulioMiles are the emails even sent out anymore?

I got in after the crowd funding and was charged at the time of purchase. I'm pretty sure that was and still is their policy.

Hate to be a downer, but I was looking around YouTube for videos about people's experiences with Soylent and found this: http://youtu.be/Msc_68yzWco She makes a case that many (if not all) of the ingredients in Soylent are not healthy. She seems to know…

One thing you might want to look into is tracking your cravings and try to find out the nutrients your body is trying to get. For me, addressing the individual nutrients tends to eliminate most of my cravings.

j8048188 said: From some of the superhydrophobic coatings I've see, it says that oils (even from handling it with bare hands) can break down the coating. The LiquiGlide website gives more details on how it works. It doesn't have that issue. It was…

From some of the superhydrophobic coatings I've see, it says that oils (even from handling it with bare hands) can break down the coating.

Look at some of @isaackotlicky's previous posts. He was a Soylent baking guru.

You add one bottle (about 3 ounces) to one bag.

Snowman said: I cannot speak for everybody, but I know someone who got in after the crowdfunding ended and was not yet charged. And yet, the VP of Marketing acknowledges it is company policy to charge at the time of order (and people have been billed…

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I cannot speak for everybody, but I know someone who got in after the crowdfunding ended and was not yet charged.

I have been off and on DIY for over a year. I tried a lot of recipes and variations but never could find one I like. I have been using the "real" Soylent for two months now, 50/50. I will do Soylent during the week then splurge on the weekend. I am trying…

Snowman said: New users are not being charged until shipment. Backers were charged many months or a year ago, but that was an investment, not a purchase. Unless something has changed in the last week, you are incorrect. New customers are being charged…

New users are not being charged until shipment. Backers were charged many months or a year ago, but that was an investment, not a purchase.

This goes for both of you (Duskwave and Garrettm), I would suspect an imbalance in some micronutrient. I would look at any medical issues you may have, total diet (Soylent, DIY or official, plus anything else), and maybe plug it into the DIY site to…

Snowman said: Finally, any court would prefer that you settle out of court and not waste the court's time. See point one. The second someone sues but the defendant says "I will provide a refund" the case will likely get thrown out unless the plaintiff…

Same as my suggestion: save yourself a lot of money by going to a homebrew store.

Dude, it took just over a year to get mine. I was an original backer. Keep your pants on.

prepare for disappointment.

Into my 8th month of DIY "People Chow"

I agree that you should try waiting it for a week or so. That's how long it took me to stabilize. Are you experiencing any other side effects besides the cravings?