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I didn't get a shirt either. I got the Soylent, though, which was awesome

Yeah sticky definitely isn't the issue with Soylent, it's got plenty of that to spare already. Personally I've been thoroughly enjoying mixing up batches of brownies pretty regularly. I find a single bag worth of Soylent brownies easily lasts a week,…

Meowlent FTW!!!!!!!!

Interesting. I wonder how they kill the crickets before processing them? I went to their site but I couldn't find the answer.

Rolf said: I wonder if it's possible to design a soylent recipe that matches ALL cat needs? Coylent? Anyway It's quite hard to ensure health of cats when they can't tell us what's going on. http://robrhinehart.com/?p=1101 @rob is already busy…

Yeah our bodies is evolved to take lot of variance. We'd have died out already otherwise what with all diet changes across eras. I'd say that Soylent is MUCH more consistent than what we usually get, even with minor variances due to mixure.

Yup. Soylent has much more potassium then most people (Western diet) typically consume, and much less sodium (45% DV IIRC..), so maybe? It's worth noting that these two important electrolytes work in tandem, contributing to the cellular voltage gradient…

I wonder if it's possible to design a soylent recipe that matches ALL cat needs? Coylent? Anyway It's quite hard to ensure health of cats when they can't tell us what's going on.

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Yeah it would only take minutes to read page and understand what it's for.

Dog food. Dog food. Dog food. I want them to make dog food out of bugs. If I were an entrepreneur, that's what I'd be doing.

This is very impressive. First whole foods DIY I've seen with reasonable micros. Calculating that by hand must have been pretty hard.

TLDW: Insects are basically a superfood (protein, vitamins/minerals), and cheap as hell to produce at a massive scale. But still, eww.

discourse.soylent.me Soylent Nightmares You might be reacting to the Vanillin. I know @axcho has that problem and it gives him headaches. I could imagine the headaches might give you the nightmares. He was…

I haven't seen him post in quite a while. Is it possible he was booted for spamming his products so much for a while?

jrowe47 said: However, I like the new bottles for 100% food - live and learn! He was using the bottles from the start, this was an attempt to save money it seems and it didn't work. Now we wait for @Spaceman ... jrowe47 said:

I think it's an excellent thing to have all things related to Soylent (and Soylent-like products) discussed here. Saves the effort of visiting multiple forums, and reinforces the lead Rosa has on the rest of the industry. However, I like the new bottles…

Handwaving abounds... this stuff is useless outside of very specific medical situations (worms.) It's good for filtering water, killing bugs, chemical processing, but pointless from a dietary standpoint. You can eat the food grade stuff, but it's not…

From my understanding, there's food-grade, and there's pool-grade. You definitely don't want to ingest the pool-grade stuff under any circumstances.

Ichabod13 said: If the reviews, posts and spam are allowed here, so are the complaints. Amen to that. All or nothing. Ichabod13 said:

Uh, how about "no"?

Have you tried a tapeworm or two ? I hear they do wonders for your digestion.

I retract my interest in putting this into my body. O_O I thought it was going to be something to do with adding good bacteria to you system. I have enough problems with thirst as it is, without adding to the problem.

No, its the same. Food Grade just means its been tested for other contaminates and is safe to ingest. You definitely don't want to breathe it or touch it too much though, regardless of the type.

I'm going to guess the stuff you use to eat isn't the same type as what you use to kill insects and surely it's safer to breathe ?

If it is in powder form even with a mask you could accidentally inhale it once it is in your mouth. A little cough and poof.

Yeah I am very careful to not inhale it. I used to take it every day. I put a dust mask on and put it in a smaller container from the big bag, that way it wouldn't unsettle as easily and then would carefully use a table spoon from there.

Even if it is food grade I'm not sure it would be safe over an extended time. It sucks up moisture and is why spraying on bugs works so well. Inhaling would cause the moisture in your lungs to dry up and your lungs would shrink and you will die. This…

Nope, you buy it as powder and mix it into a shake or something. And it doesn't dry out worms in your body, it literally cuts them to pieces, like powdered glass.

silica is a natural filter and it does attach itself and dry out anything like slugs/snails/worms. I can't see it being useful ingested dry though, it'd have to be pill form surely ?? I'd think if you put it into something wet it would ruin the silica's…

This is what folks think its good for, take it with a grain of salt, though all the things relating to killing pests is definitely true: http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/defaq.html I wonder if its something to do with the silica. I have no idea and…

Wow coconut sounds awesome, I'll have to try that. Other flavoring ideas I have heard: banana, peanut butter, cayenne Thinking along the lines of various ice cream flavors, maybe coffee? My non-soylent cravings generally involve cheese. Anyone have…

If my understanding is correct on them, it's just silica...or fine sand made from skeletons from fossils or something. Ingesting silica is harmless and also pointless unless you have worms. Pretty sure the vet gave my dog growing up some of this to kill…

Sounds intriguing...

We're definitely robust enough to handle inconsistency: a mix of ups and downs. But consistently short /does/ cause problems long term. However I do agree, that the lost amount is most likely trivial.

They are diatoms. They will kill pinworms and the like in your gut. Its used to cure it in pets and it works for humans too. It also seems to help other things as well, but there aren't many studies, just people who take it, feel better, things like their…

What exactly is Diatomaceous earth? But it sounds interesting.

Just curious. Some people report some decent benefits to ingesting it, and it's relatively cheap to get. I believe a recommended amount was 1Tbps daily.

Several people have suggested adding a little cinnamon which I have tried and thought was great. If you add vanilla a little bit goes a long way. I have seen several people recommend adding cocoa, but I have not tried it yet. Also, I recently saw where…

It's already there, and I'm not quite sure how this thread effects you in a negative way. Ignore it and move on, if it bugs you. My update was for the benefit for others who are considering ordering from him, not a 'fizzle out' thread as you suggest.…

I think what asympt said above me is very true. My completely unscientific feeling is that the human gastrointestinal system is unbelievably robust, to the extent that I feel pretty okay eating things other people probably definitely would not (a chicken…

I would say make sure you are well hydrated for sure. As long as you arent a heart patient drink as much water as you feel comfortable with. And like Matt8 says as long as you feel good and have energy you should be okay. (go to your doctor)

We didn't evolve to eat the exact same quantity of every single nutrient every day, so I think a little give here or there on what we take in is hardly the worst thing in the world. You'll still be more consistent than you'd be even if you were going…

The easiest way to tell if you need more water is the color of your urine. If its clear or a really pale yellow you have plenty of water. Its when it starts to get to the darker yellows that you may be considered dehydrated. That being said, if you are…

I like my Soylent water.

Yeah I do the trick with "cleaning" with water after finishing the batch and then drinking that too. Not yummy, but works.

Since the Bristol scale was invoked, I typically had 5/6 before Soylent. It got more 6 like my first week, then settled into a consistent 4. Right now it's a soft 4, but I think it's just temporary

Just noticed this in the Custom Body Fuel FAQ: Just note that extra virgin olive oil will develop a bitter taste if chopped up in a blender, so only add it after blending if this becomes a problem. I do indeed use EVOO in a blender. This blows my mind.…

I love the idea of lembas bread

I'm generally happy with HAPPY CHOW but the flavor is very lacking. Anyone have some suggestions for how to make it taste better? I don't mind if adds simple carbs. I was thinking to try vanilla + cinnamon. I don't really have any other ideas.

I once had a cat that would jump all over me to get at any ice cream I was eating. She was fast, she was skillful and she clearly enjoyed it. But she was severely lactose intolerant and that was for me to clean up. For years, I couldn't eat ice cream…

@EveB this isn't my thread. This is a thread from July 9th that we all assumed was taken care of long ago. If the reviews, posts and spam are allowed here, so are the complaints.

I'm one of the supporters of having the secondary communities like DIY'ers and 100% Foods (and others) on the Soylent groups. However, I'm not sure why we are hosting the customer complaint line when there already is space for that at http://discourse.powderedfoods.com/…

You wouldn't need anything sticky- @vanclute has made stuff from raw Soylent, and he says it's crazy sticky just mixing it with water.Also, if you bake Soylent at a lowish temperature for a short amount of time, it seems like there's very little denaturing…

Some other users have posted about their cats liking Soylent as well.

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I never soak, personally. I mix everything up the morning of, and I love it. Different people have different experiences, though, so trying is the only way you can know for sure.

When I started Soylent, my fecal matter was at a 6-7 on the Bristol Stool Scale.After I'd been on it for about a week, my consistency changed to a 3-4 on the scale.Here's a thread talking about some people's experience.Also, here's the Bristol Stool Scale:…

I'm presuming that the loss is minimal (though you could always make Soylent water at the end of the day like I do, and have nearly zero loss). Perhaps it's possible to measure it? It woukd be interesting data to me, either way.

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I think another reason why your urine is more clear is that Soylent has 100-150% of your RDA, vs the multivitamin's 300-800%. Less B's, less neon P's.

I had the same experience. Multivitamin turned my urine neon without fail. On my Soylent, my urine is usually pale unless I eat non-Soylent.

If I did DIY, cricket flour would be on my list to try.

My poop is the same color. When I first started, it was very close to liquid, if not quite. After supplementing with psyllium husk, it turnd to a smooth solid, and stayed that way when i stopped the psyllium husk, with only few recent exceptions.

One possibility is if your diet was high sodium before you started soylent, then you might simple have been retaining water. In other words, the weight you're at now might be closer to what weight you would have been at anyway if not for the sodium.…

I've heard that the nutritional content would be altered if you cook/bake soylent, but there are ways to eat raw food. Some snack bars are made with raw ingredients. What would be an easy way to make a good snack bar out of raw soylent powder? It would…

Is official Soylent turning out to be the time saver you imagined? I would have to say "no", as I ordered mine over a year ago and it hasn't even shown up yet.

I has been taking longer than 30 minutes, but that's because I'm trying other things. I should be getting real Soylent soon so if that goes well I won't even have that prep time. If not, my next step is to make 7-9 days in a single container instead of…

So if it is water weight does this mean I need to be drinking more water or that I am losing more water than I am taking in? Is that a bad thing?

I'm the exact opposite when it comes to consistency. It's not very solid at all.

Hi, my name is Ken, and I'm a soylentholic... I still use the "old" food somewhat regularly, but can rarely go a day without at least some kind of soylent fix, and I haven't even tried to give it up as you have. I'm so far gone into this world of DIY…

That's a lot of drops, what are you using? I'm using 1 drop of Thorne Research D3/K2 a day. I weigh my oils into daily bottles and have always put the drops in as well.

I've noticed the beige coloring as well. Also, very solid, but I think that might be due to slight dehydration.

I've noticed that participants on this forum often use a version of Soylent early in the day followed by a conventional meal in the evening. With the diy ap, couldn't you can plan on having whatever you like for dinner and then customize a diy recipe…

Here you go: Keeping Un-refrigerated Soylent Cold and another: Show Us Your Battle Accessories I would say it's drinkable when just mixed, but definitely preferable to let it soak and carry a thermos with you instead.

I've done a single meal mix & drank immediately. While not the best defiantly palatable. A little more chew. As for carry around you should check out the keeping Soylent cold thread. I would link it here but not that skilled. Help!

I was 6'5 280 when I was on a diet several years ago. And I was on a my own kind of diet that was approved by my cardiologist and I was losing a minimum of 2 pounds and as much as 4 pounds a day. I only followed the diet 5 days a week. I was drinking…

Sorry I wasn't more clear, I've been drinking plenty of water aside from Soylent.

I need to find a new way to transport Soylent because being a student who doesn't live on campus carrying around pre-made Soylent is just inconvenient not to mention I have to find a way to keep it cold etc. Because I am very active on these forums I…

I wouldn't be too concerned at this point. Even if you're adding the salt as instructed you are probably getting a fair bit less with Soylent than you were before, in which case the majority of that weight is likely water. If you continue to lose 10lbs/week…

My first guess would be that you have lost a lot of water due to the lower carbohydrate intake of the Soylent diet.Most people eat way to much carbs and carbs retain water.

I am on a 30 day Nothing-but-soylent diet (I don't want to say diet but I couldn't think of any other words). I built up to it per instructions from Rosa Labs so I have had hardly any side effects other than a mild headache and some mild dehydration at…

From my perspective, I don't think I waste much. I'm pretty careful about how the powder goes in the pitcher but have to admit there is some significant quantity left on the sides of the pitcher when I drink my last batch. It's a very interesting question.

Not drank anything other than Soylent? Even water?

That's awesome @soylentnoise Please let us know when it will be on.

Poop often reflects the color of what you eat. Beige Soylent =beige poop

@leecauble1 I realized too late that I could have torn open my two bags and squeezed some of the air out of them before stuffing them in the pitcher. That would have left me plenty of room for a bottle or two of oil. Anxious to hear how you keep it…

How much of Soylent is wasted in every single batch; from the Soylent that gets spread through the air when pouring and the Soylent left in every bottle/cup. Would this be enough to give me some sort of deficiency in some aspects? Should Rosa Labs calculate…

I'd like to start a thread where people can talk about experiences with poop while on Soylent. I am on 100% Soylent, I have been for 4 days now. I have not eaten or drank anything other than Soylent and do not plan to for the next 26 days. Anyways I…

I filled up my pitcher. I don't have anything bigger.

I recalculated vitamin A according to the NIH conversion factors that Vicc pointed me to. Now, it's happily in the green. It may come down even further once I double check everything. Well SolveDSMV_ARFID, what a relief once those stones pass! I had…

There are multiple threads on this. Most people seem to squeamish. Irrational to a fault. I plan on consuming that protein.

I turned all of my kids orange at some point with too many carrots. Most notably on the palms and soles.I made baby food instead of store bought. So it was very concentrated.

You might consider increasing the water you mix it with. Rice flour tends to absorb liquid pretty well.

As someone who just spent the last four days passing kidney stones, I empathize completely.

Four pounds of potatoes seems a bit much to me. I agree that it's easy and fun to come up with odd combinations of ingredients that approach completeness with the diy ap. I had one that was based on cauliflower and mushrooms. When the weather cools, I'll…

It is worth mentioning here that digital weight sensors typically have poor accuracy at the very low end of their weight range even when calibrated properly. Depending on the composition of your DIY recipe, this might or might not be an issue. If you…

www.npr.org Startups Pitch Cricket Flour As The Best Protein You Could Eat Cricket flour is a thing, and it's showing up in protein bars and baked goods. A few companies are testing the water to see if Americans can get…

Those aren't completely unfamiliar. I had a little spirulina in one of the early versions of my recipe. They're probably fine, especially in tiny amounts. In addition to a kidney stone from spinach and chard, I developed gout from way too much nutritional…

LazyVegan said: It uses some unfamiliar ingredients, like lucuma, chlorella, bilberry sea-buckthorn, stinging nettle, spirulina, and maca. It also uses spinach, which could be a problem for me. Chlorella is a green algae, and Spirulina is a cyanobacteria…