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halo3 said: do yourself a favor stick to the internet cause out in public with normal (or should i say regular/real/non-wizard?) people you'll sound like quite the douche Why in the world would I care what some mouth breathing nobody thinks of me in…

Thanks @sheltron, I'm so excited! @NoFlames, actually I originally attributed this fatigue to a sugar crash (see this thread) so I actually started with high carbs and have been gradually decreasing the amount over time. That helped, because most of…

@axcho in your experiments have you specifically targeted increasing carbohydrates since you are having energy shortages?

Since your body only needs a minor amount of EPA/DHA (and there's some ongoing debate even with that), a 14% conversion rate from a much larger amount of Omega-3 ALA might be perfectly fine. Not all fish oil is DHA and EPA, even in the supplements themselves.

Man cannot live by bread alone — but we can survive on Soylent, a powdered meal replacement that's getting press in articles portending the “end of food.” Developed by Robert Rhinehart, an electrical engineer turned amateur biochemist, the product is…

Joshua said: P.S. Don't forget about the obscene constipation you'll experience by consuming zero fiber. Slight caveat - constipation is unlikely on an all-liquid diet. With Ensure, you're much more likely to have newborn like liquid poops due to the…

Fantastic, thanks! Arming myself with info for when people go "why not just buy ensure?"

@NoFlames was kind enough to give me a sample of his Udo flaxseed-based oil to try as a substitute for the canola oil I'd been using. The interesting side effect however was that it definitely imparted a distinct flavor to the Soylent, with only 3.25…

I've tried both the scoop and pitcher methods and the pitcher method sure gives a nicer consistency. But it's the flavor that's really tripping me up. I'm struggling to down anything at all of it, so I'm not really seeing myself "teaching my tastebuds…

Are you saying you have received your first order and are already expecting to receive your 1st reorder?

Sounds like you're making some progress! Congrats!

halo3 said: out in public with normal (or should i say regular/real/non-wizard?) The word you are looking for is "muggle". There that wasn't so hard was it? Now drink your potion and let's go watch the quidditch halo3 said:

Something I did with flavorless protein powders in the past was add the flavored syrup things that usually goes in coffee.http://shop.torani.com/?gclid=CKGf7KWJpr4CFVQFMgodNUoAug

SilverSnake said: Anyone have any newly discovered ways to flavor 1.0 Soylent? I'm really not liking the taste and I haven't found anything that seems to work. Tried bananas, stevia and cocoa powder (but maybe not enough of any of them?) and none of…

Anyone have any newly discovered ways to flavor 1.0 Soylent? I'm really not liking the taste and I haven't found anything that seems to work. Tried bananas, stevia and cocoa powder (but maybe not enough of any of them?) and none of them does anything…

NADA yet............

Here's the nutritional breakdown for a 2000 calorie diet of just Ensure: http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/augh-ensure-time The drinks are very short on Protein and Omega-3's, contain absolutely zero fiber, and have serious deficiencies for the following…

From some quick googling, it seems difficult to find vegan Omega-3 sources that aren't just ALA (of which, apparently only about 14% is converted) I did find some algae supplements that actually have EPA and DHA. So once I start with Soylent I plan to…

I don't recall seeing an exact side-by-side comparison here, but if you search this site for "Ensure" I'm sure you'll find plenty of related threads. Basically, Ensure is only slightly better for you than a can of soda. Someone did mention a special…

I'm interested in buying someone's DIY as well. Signed up just to express interest. Can't figure out how to send a private message from the browser on my phone.

Ah, makes sense. Sent you a message.

Either I'm a lot less smart that I thought or I'm not able to send you a private message because I only created my account today. @Rishkoi and @axcho can you both please PM me? I guess all I'm wondering is how willing you are to do it and what price…

Look, the Soylent team has made only ONE mistake that is worth people being angry about, and that's the decision to ship the orders in a different order than they were received. None of the reasons they gave for doing this make sense from the customer's…

Not a detailed one. But I did scour the local commercial meal replacement shelves looking for a stopgap. What I found was that the bottles included 200 calories (I'd need 7 per day minimum) but more importantly they had a lot of sugar and other additives.…

Has anyone done a side by side comparison between soylent and commercial meal replacements?

Okay. I did four ingredient trials today. A 1/4 cup each of oat flour, masa harina, whey protein isolate, and a scoop of GNC Mega Men Sport, each mixed separately with a 1/2 cup of water. Taken separately every few hours this afternoon. Yum. I'll go…

@isaac_norwich, yeah, I'd consider it. Part of the reason I decided to do this for @marion is that I underestimated how much work it would be, but... heh, it's also kind of fun. If you click on my profile, you should see a button to send me a private…

The person who missed their media appearance got an apology from Julio. We can't even get him to pop into THIS thread to say anything!!! This makes it seem that someone missing their media appearance is more of a concern to him than backers who've been…

Not anymore theyre not lol @The

Let me get the first batch in my belly and I will holler at ya.

Rishkoi said: I make excellent People Chow DIY Soylent (Most popular recipe) Id sell. I've been living off it exclusively for 3+ months, never felt better! IT'S PEOPLEEEEEEEEEEEE. /soylent green Rishkoi said:

I make excellent People Chow DIY Soylent (Most popular recipe) Id sell. I've been living off it exclusively for 3+ months, never felt better!

Just remember one more: "I was going to a have a media appearance to talk about Soylent but had to cancel because it didn't arrive in time!"

I'd also be interested... any chance you'd take someone else up on the offer? I tried finding a way to PM you but I couldn't.

People all across this forum are justifying their impatience with so many reasons it's almost laughable: "I'm timing my diy ingredients/groceries to run out this week, I need my Soylent now!" "I have health issues, where's my Soylent?! I'm going to complain…

You have it all figured out, don't you? If all those lazy fat people would just get up off their dead posteriors they wouldn't need Soylent right? If you've never lived through poor health or have dealt with the previously mentioned health issues, you…

I add about 3.25 Tbls for each 1 bag of Soylent. Since I always mix it a bag/pitcher at a time, that's the only measurement I really know.

Just use fish oil I won't tell anybody

If I wanted to just use canola oil, what amount would I have to use each day?

The regular oil blend is canola + fish oil, with the latter there mainly for the EPA and DHA forms of omega-3. There's another post on here somewhere which details the amounts of EPA and DHA provided (may be on the soylent.me website also). I think you…

I plan to stick with Canola oil at this point, even though it may not actually be "nutritionally complete". I got to try some Udo flaxseed-based oil courtesy of @NoFlames but I'm personally not wild about the taste change it imparts.

As a vegan who is interested in using Soylent, I am not planning on buying it with the fish oil. The website says to be sure to replace it with a plant-based oil, but after an hour of searching the forum I have found myself unsure of how to go about this.…

Make sure you post here, that would be really cool

To date, I've lost about 20 pounds drinking Hacker School Soylent for two meals a day. I'm looking forward to alternating between official Soylent and the Hacker School variety. Height: 5'10" Starting Weight: 230 lbs Current Weight: 210 lbs Goal Weight:…

@gilahacker I think Soylent will be an excellent way to get control of your situation. By eliminating so many variables, you can really just focus on your own health instead of what your next meal is. If the food allergies go away, which seems very likely…

Gila, having lost a fair amount of weight before let me tell you your assumption is right on. When you get less bulky moving gets sooooo much easier, dare I even say fun? I hope this is a good solution for you, and for me too!

1) I need to live long enough to spend all the money I'm saving for retirement. My current diet isn't going to get me there. 2) Blood pressure is too high (don't remember the numbers). Assuming a proper diet will fix that. 3) I'm 5'9" and ~245 lbs.…

If I visit enough posts, firefox stalls each time I visit a post. There is definitely something massively leaky about this forum.

Yeah, 1 year old birthday parties are supposed to be when they can eat cake and get messy.

last day of the 12th week...tee hee

The mobile version of the site NOW works. It used to be a huge mess, but @codinghorror has done a great job at updating the mobile side of it.

I'm quite impressed with Discourse. I don't understand Reddit at all, but Discourse just works. plus the mobile version of the site looks great, which is always a plus.

Heh, I'm very much "a computer guy" and I find it a bit "wonky" as well, so it's not just you. =) But yeah, I've gotten fairly used to it now, but there was a definite adjustment period.

Haha! Well ... I was serious! Gif is still cool though. It's not quite as wonky now that I've made a few posts, so maybe it's just me. It's a confusing format to get used to. I'm a chemist, not a computer guy, so I don't know the ins and outs of what…

I nominate this thread for the "most drastic subject change" award.

Yeah. I prefer the reddit style. So much easier to keep track of conversations.

I'm not crazy about this discourse thing either personally... it's OK, but I find myself having to click around an awful lot in order to do stuff. But yeah having also run WP-based forums myself, I'd kinda have to go with the "nays" on that one!

I'm not sure a month would be enough to register much change but certainly you would need a pre-test to be able to recognize any change. I am 2 months in and can't wait to see my test results in another month. I've got a unofficial bet with my endo about…

ZombieSymmetry said: The discourse.soylent.me forum here feels a little wonky to me. Have you considered using something like Wordpress for the forum? I've administered WordPress discussion forums. Oof. (If you ARE serious, I apologize for the goofy…

And I dont think Vegan's are unhealthy per se, but I do think they are forced to think about what they are putting in their bodies which goes a long, long way for better health. I dont think the diet is better because its Vegan in that respect. Most Americans…

Not vegan at all. One of my weekly conventional meals is a big fat steak and I use milk in my DIY. While I'm not an expert in any way I don't think this is enough calories for an athlete. I believe they would need to supplement in some way. Most likely…

I thought that a baby just generally starts wanting to eat solids as time goes on. I did not think it was a forced thing at all. If anyone has seen game of thrones, you know how long weening can last though

Practically vegan is why its healthy. Its not all vegan. Just messing with you. I know most vegan folks use the diet as a moral high ground and point of pride, so they are sensitive about it. Not sure if that is you, but I will be more careful in the…

Not my point, not looking to argue.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, we reported on how Soylent, a food formula created from factory produced ingredients, is growing massively in popularity. It has been branded as the ultimate convenience food – it cuts down on time spent buying, making, and eating ...

Then there is an issue with those policies, not with food. Its already perfectly possible to non-traumatically ween children, we don't need to invoke soylent as the solution.

Yes that is part of what I'm saying, the other part is that "childcare professionals" have actual policies in many centers about how they are required to essentially force certain foods on the children no matter how upset they get about it. It can be…

I'm in the same boat as you...I think Soylent will help a lot of people break their addicition to food.

Fulfillment continued this week, and we will continue to scale up shipment volume over the rest of May. You will receive a shipment notification email when your starter kit ships, and another when your Soylent order does.We understand that these delays…

No, I'm on Chrome. It could be in part just that I'm not used to this type of forum. Maybe it won't feel so klunky after awhile. Looking forward to trying this concoction. Hope I don't have to wait to the last day of the 12th week! But I imagine the…

If you really believe this, then why are you here? Soylent is practically vegan. According to your logic, you will not be getting a more healthy diet.

@Mystify I think what @Vanclute is suggesting is that many parents improperly wean their kids off of liquid diet, and so there could be trauma. Many parents do it out of ignorance or convenience. I think formula is basically what many use to help with…

Baby led weaning is huge. There's no trauma with it. It's basically what you're talking about, except with continued milk/formula and no soylent.

How do normal parents manage this without traumatizing kids then?If this truly is a problem, soylent does not seem like the right solution. We have managed to raise generations upon generations upon generations of humans while transitioning them to solid…

Have you tried the masa alone? If you have gluten sensitivities, you should look into the gluten analogues in Oats and Corn. Lots of gluten sensitives and celiacs can't do even gluten free oats (which contain gluten but in a different form that fewer…

We are opportunistic eaters. We do what we need to survive and we have the intelligence to make that happen. If you're on this forum, chances are you live in a part of the world that's modernized and affords you options for your survival. As long as…

My latest blog Video, SOYLENT, ONE MONTH AND COUNTING!!! Original blog post here: http://soylentforlife.blogspot.com/2014/05/soylent-one-month-and-counting.html

Not one program, that's what I'm saying. It was every place ever working with infants & toddlers. Varied somewhat with the individual caregivers of course. But again, not my personal experiences so I'm not going to share her stories.

1 program doing something is not a general thing.

13 years working in childcare with infants & toddlers, and it was routine. Including working for a major government-run program for low income families. Yeah, it's a general thing that goes on.

I had never heard of that before? Is this actually a general thing that goes on? that sounds like its either a misrepresentation of what is happening or a very specific occurrence, not some general problem that needs fixed.

woah woah... I never said anything about removing all risk, and I'll be the first person to say that all this anti-bacterial nonsense (not that it doesn't have its place) is responsible for a TON of problems. I'm strictly talking about the near force-feeding…

Dangerous line of thinking. You can also try to spare a kid the trauma of getting sick by sterilizing everything, and all you really accomplish is tanking their immune system. We need various forms of trauma and strife to develop properly. We need to…

I just pushed a styling update that brings the DIY site more inline with the forum and new website.

We are omnivores. I think that Vegan is more healthy only because it "forces" you to watch what you eat. If you ate a balanced, omnivorous diet, youd be even more healthy. I know the vegan community will be out for blood, but remember, I'm an animal…

Generally speaking, we already know the outcomes of a Standard American Diet. If I eat what everyone else eats, I'll get what everyone else gets. Around 12 years ago I went vegan. It's not a perfect diet, but it's an improvement. As convenient vegan…

If someone actually gets offended by the term "Muggle food" I would just have to shake my head and laugh. Really? How emotionally fragile would someone have to be? Seriously. Don't sweat the petty things pet the sweaty things. LongLiveMuggleFood