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It's the cocoa powder. This is one of the many articles that confirms it. http://www.xbrain.co.uk/possible-side-effects-of-cocoa-powder It says "Experts nutritionists suggest that around 2.5g of cocoa powder must be consumed daily in order to benefit…

I purchased my entire recipe off of Amazon, good luck.

Hi, First time here. I thought I would give this a try. I'm not much of a shopper. Can I just go to my local A&P, Shop n Save, Giant Eagle, Krogers, BiLo and find all these ingredients? I don't have a "Trader Joes" near me. I do have a "Vitamin…

Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ, go to a doctor man! Don't mess around with this stuff, your health is all-important.

What size is the ball? Can you measure for us please?

I was having trouble with a perpetual cough which I believe was from GERD for a few years, once I switched to my soylent DIY it has cleared up nicely. Maybe consider changing up your recipe to eliminate the indigestion. The oats may be an issue, I had…

no...i make soylent 4 days at a time ( because i have 4 storage containers that are the perfect size)...i work 12 hour shifts so i drink almost all my soylent at work...for my tastes for soylent/water ratio i drink 6 - 25oz bottles per day.... if im…

So you normally mix each day individually? Wow, that sounds super tedious. No wonder you just want one big bottle. I mix and blend an entire days worth of soylent the night before and then pour it out into three blender bottles. I stick them in the…

Thanks for the advice guys. I don't think trying some Pepcid AC or Tums is going to hurt me. It'll be a good test to see if acid reflux really is the problem. I do add extra cocoa powder to the formula to help the flavor because it has no negative…

with my 25oz bottle...i just fill with water/soap...stick a brush in there...no worries...sometimes i fill it with boiling water and leave it over night to kill anything trying to live in there...the bigger one might be a bit more difficult to clean but…

I was getting a lot of heartburn causing a slimy sore spot in my throat, which induced coughing. I fixed it with a digestive enzyme pill.

Cleaning that must be a huge pain in the ass....That's the primary reason I use blender bottles. The large mouth makes washing it a breeze.

Hold on even if it is acid reflux, I would not advice on starting any acid reflux medication until you spoken with a professional. It could simply be something in your recipe that makes the acid reflux a problem, if it actually is acid reflux The problem…

No more "slime" than normal. Just a dry cough that burns a little. Maybe it is acid reflux? You actually just made me Google this, and I think I know what's going on. It's definitely probably acid reflux, or Gastroesophageal Reflux. These are the…

I would say, unless you developed a mild acid reflux because of the soylent, it wouldn't be the cause. (Acid reflux doesn't always give the pain or burning) do you have more slime than normal? Throat clearing? Snot?

Yeah I know I should probably see a doctor. I am never sick and get over things very quickly and am therefore really convinced its something in the Soylent. I've done a ton of research about diets causing coughs or what nutrients might do this, but…

I agree here... any time you have a bad cough coming from your chest that persists for more than a week you should seek attention from a doctor. Regardless of whether soylent could be a contributing factor.

I do not. I wanted to use one in my nalgene bottle. I'll try and find one of these in a store and take measurements, unless someone here can do that for us? Bueller?

I honestly suggest going to the doctor and having him/her take a look at it.The cause could be anything. If you get a blood test you might want to test for all vitamins and minerals so you can see what soylent is doing for you.

It could be a coincidence, but it might not. I think the solution might be to go off Soylent for 4 or 5 days, and then start again. If the cough goes away and then comes back according to the same time frame, I would consider that to be pretty conclusive.

I don't know if it's Soylent, or allergies, or what, but I have been doing a DIY version of Soylent for 5 weeks now and I seem to have developed this terrible chest cough. I never get sick, and if I get a cold or something it'll be gone in a day or two,…

@sharkerty You wouldn't happen to know how big those blenderballs that you linked to are? I'm just wondering because I found an awesome bottle at http://www.korwater.com/shop/vessels/kor-vida-hydration-vessel-750ml-arctic-black that I want to use for…

Fair enough. It was just a random thought.

Well. That's certainly an ... interesting? ... proposition. This may just be me, but I've seen few non-spatial applications of phi. I'm not sure you could generalize it into something like this. You might be able to shoehorn it in, but there's probably…

Fun idea, but I don't have an ice cream maker. Yet...

There was a lot of great info shared in this old thread. I'm curious, what potassium source have folks been using regularly since then? Any recommendations?

25oz thermos bottle with a drink spout and a blender ball inside..like my soylent cold...just found a bigger thermos bottle...45 oz....ordering that next maybe throw 2 blender balls in there see if they get tangled up. love my 25oz setup but making 5-6…

Haha, all right I'll leave the chicken with you...

I'd rather have a Soylent www.kleankanteen.com

Time for a road trip!

Do they sell just the metal ring blendy thing? I have plenty of bottles that I use but thought it would be cool to have the blender part. It can't be that difficult to make right? It's just a spool of metal.... Is that against the rules? Edit:You…

This is awesome, mind if I use it on our facebook, etc?

By the way, if anyone's in the Utah area and would like to run some Soylent though my machine, just let me know. I'm willing to let people make Soylent Ice Cream.

TLDR: Orders projected to begin shipping 4/21.Backerkit orders will be locked down 4/11.First batches of Soylent 1.0 will not be certified gluten free.Some Backerkit add-ons removed.It gives us great pleasure to share that the initial rice protein shipment…

If anyone's done it, @isaackotlicky probably has. And if not, he might. So /poke.

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever thought about trying to calculate these ratios using the Divine Proportion? It seems to me that a logarithmic spiral might get us much of the way to figuring out not only the correct numbers for interactive compounds,…

Now that is an interesting idea...

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I have seen a couple of people talk about freezing their soylent, and I was pondering how well it would work to freeze it with an ice cream maker. I was thinking it might give a better texture. Any thoughts? Has anyone tried this?

"Does not contain people" was my favorite part is that

wolfkeeper said: advanced glycation endproducts Doing research on this one. True, AGEs can be harmful to the body, but it doesn't seem clear to me that dietary intake translates into elevated blood serum or cellular levels. In many ways, this is similar…

I love my soylent but there is no way I would touch that. Of course I have my little food phobias so I wouldn't eat anything somebody else cooked. Better presentation would help though. I think that would be part of the hurdle. Of course 50 years from…

Oh well. Maybe next time it'll be better. jar didn't help, maybe try better container with built in cooler.

I think that maybe you should consider using a mix of protein sources, and maybe using more variety of fats as well. It's probably best to look at this like a intake limit, if you are taking in less dAGEs than most people then it's unlikely to be an issue.…

Hmm, this makes me wonder if a protein cycling diet (to induce autophagy on a regular basis) would be an effective countermeasure. This article emphasizes avoiding fructose (as opposed to cooked meat or whatever) as the key to avoiding dAGE. At least…

I came up with a recipe like that. But then I deleted it. There's a subtle catch. There's something called dAGE (dietary advanced glycation endproducts) that are produced when you cook meat, that are thought to be seriously bad for you (basically they…

That is just awesome!

Soylent at the office potluck. It got a lot of laughs, and three of my colleagues tried it. I don't think I made any converts though.

is there any flavor you still like / crave at all? maybe if you find some flavor you can add to the soylent you still have some desire to taste....like cinnamon...or for em as a special treat sometimes i throw a couple spoonfuls of hot coco mix in my…

I have been dealing with bipolar (mostly the depressed side of it) for over 10 years...I have only been on DIY soylent for 1.5 weeks...but gotta say i havent had any depressed days all this week...not saying for sure its the soylent...but maybe...also…

I notice in your spreadsheet that you're at 100% RDA of iodine, but don't monitor selenium. Might be worth checking into in relation with the TSH change. (Also where I live in Canada, 3.50 is the upper limit. But I digress....) It would also be interesting…

I've been living off of DIY soylent for 6months now, my libido has never been as good as it is now, and it was already fairly high.

Haha, yes. I'm 5'3" also, and I used to hold at 115-117. I'm a zookeeper so I'm far more muscular than the average girl. Lately my weight holds at 107-110, since I have been using coconut oil as a supplement. It was intended to help my headaches,…

I've seen lots of doctors. I spent a good three months going to a gastroenterologist to have every test available run, so as to rule out any physical ailments. They discovered nothing abnormal, save for the presence of twice as much amylase and lipase…

Tiny people with weight issues unite! I'm 5'3" and (on average) 110 lbs. -- although lately I've been skirting the 90's.

I've had almost all the symptoms you describe again and again throughout my life, usually in response to some negative change in my life (boyfriend breaking up with me, moving away from all my friends for a new job, etc.). The only difference is, instead…

Don't wait for Soylent. Have you tried any of the available food supplements?Anything is better than starving like you're describing. And get yourself diagnosed. Good luck.

I've been battling what a doctor told me sounds like SAD (seasonal affective disorder) for a couple of years. My mood, energy, physical aches, happiness, motivation for most things, etc......tanks badly in the Fall/Winter. It was actually a major contributing…

Ok cool, I too have been lacking in time but only as of late, I'll start writing stuff up soon enough.

A suggestion I had on another thread and @gilahacker pointed me here; 'Avoid X ingredient' would be nice. Like if you don't want to use oat flour, or maltodextrin or whatever.

@allisonprez, if you haven't done so already, you probably should get checked by a doctor; I'm sure there are plenty of non-dietary medical reasons for your issues. If so, Soylent might simply mask the problem.

There's a whole host of essential nutrients that help prevent depression, including a lot of the B-vitamins. Look up the deficiency symptoms of the essential vitamins and you'll see depression and anxiety listed again and again. It's going to be at least…

Yeah, I don't have time to spend on this lately. Nobody owns this information - it would be great if you (or anybody else) just took charge and moved the data over. PS:I agree with your summary of the 2 "types" of ratios. That's how I understand it too,…

I haven't really looked into self contained Python much. I suspect the tricky bit would be lpsolve (the open source C library that is doing the heavy lifting here). I'd probably have written it in Python 3 in the first place, except that there isn't…

any chance for a build with self contained python? Or at least standard Python3? I heard there was some upgrade rewrite program, so it should be a no brainer. Or is it?

One meal I can always eat even if I'm stressed and not hungry (even though I know my body needs food) is oatmeal, brown sugar, and milk (lactose free). Then I lift weights or do some other form of exercise to stimulate the appetite.

Peanut said: I'll make up a batch and have a glass sitting next to my hand for hours while I procrastinate and THINK about how I should really drink it, because I know I'm hungry, but I still have trouble actually picking up the glass. I have no problem…

I think I drink more like 1/3-1/2 gallon per day.

The typical Soylent mix will use about a half gallon a day, which is not enough. Drinking another half gallon should be easily doable throughout the day.

1-1.5 gallons per day? I think I would have problems physically consuming that much.

allisonprez said: In layman's terms -- do you think a diet of Soylent would also help me combat my depression by addressing my nutrient deficiencies? Yes I do. The benefit of complete nutrition should definitely improve your mental and physical state.…

We just got news today that the expedited initial shipment of rice protein cleared customs at LAX late last week, and is currently on its way to the production facility on Colorado. Once the protein arrives, it will subject to a number of quality control…

Yes, I think it will probably help considerably. At the very least it will remove most of the non-chemical side-effects of your depression, and should probably make it a bit easier to manage. Although I'll warn you, Soylent is not a foolproof cure for…

Minor update: It no longer shows the wrong amount for nutrients that are over the maximum.

I was inspired by all the comments in the genetic soylent thread about linear programming to make a linear soylent solver: https://github.com/Absotively/linear_soylent The installation and UI for this first version are rather awkward, but it does optimize…

Not sure, but nütrigøøp sounds pretty good.

Well, that's easy enough. Just add some Jack Daniels to your soylent, and there you go! And did they give a name to the oatmeal goop in the Matrix?

Not sure how we came to this from free glutamate.2:50 mentions Anakins Midichlorians

I shake mine up in a blender bottle and let it sit for at least 3 hours. When I come back, yes, there's settling that occurs, but I just give it another quick shake and it's fine. I let it sit for 3 hours so it isn't so grainy. DIY of course. This…

Midi-chlorian Rhapsody

The official Soylent hasn't been released yet, but I do expect it to mix well and not have the issues you've seen with the Raw Meal. They say that it mixes well when shaken, no blender needed, but chilled preferred. In my experience with DIY soylent…

You need something to mix it all up and a straw or spoon really don't do the job. What saved me was a shaker bottle. Really helps mix up the powder with your liquid and while drinking give it a shake every once in a while to keep things mix together.…

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Well probably find that free glutamate attacks the midi-chlorians in our blood, but since we haven't discovered them yet, it all remains a mystery. But seriously, what @jrowe47 said.

I have always struggled with my inability to fall asleep. once I am asleep I generally am good. This is common with high-functioning individuals (says my doc). If you are going to try modafinil, realize it has a 15 hour life. So on days, you want to ensure…

no, lol. This is for 22 days. I have a two customers though, and my girlfriend takes it now and then as well. In this session I first mixed for 12 days, and then for 10 days on top of it.

Just tried a bit of psyllium seed husk in my morning soylent to see if the increased fiber will slow down the rate that I digest carbs for less of a sugar crash. Not feeling an improvement at the moment - I only used a teaspoon though, so maybe I need…

How much do you make at a time? I hope that's not one days worth.

oh man, that's bloody mess =)

Yes, that's why I thought it'd make a good soylent recipe concept, even though as far as I recall there is no suggestion that the "real" Fruity Oaty Bars were meant to be a total food replacement. Though actually, now that I think of it, there is a fairly…

The trouble is that they are a new product, and there is a lack of credible, definitive evidence that free glutamate is troublesome in any way. I don't discount the possibility. I just think that we should research the crap out of it before deciding if…

Before battle: Recipe: http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/hoyers-taste (comments welcome btw) Victory:

I'll sleep deeply, restfully, on a regular cycle, and with no prodding or assistance, if I get to go to pick a bedtime between 4:00AM and 8:00AM. I'm particularly fond of 4:00-12:00 (which realistically is more like 4:00-10:30 in practice). I've had the…

That I am. The last 2-3 weeks have been especially rough, bedtime has been pushed back between 4-6am. Never have gotten into sedatives though, just kinda gone with it... Looking at the symptoms it seems a right fit. When I do sleep I sleep fine though,…

Yeah. It's a right bitch, as I'm sure you're no doubt aware.

So I've been TRYING to use Raw Meal until I get my first shipment in. I have a Love/Hate relationship with Raw Meal. Mind you I only use one scoop typically in 16 oz. of liquid. They actually tell you to use 2 scoops for 16 oz. which is way too much!…

noxylophone said: delayed sleep-phase disorder So that is what I have been battling my entire life... never tried to put a name to it. More research for the long nights noxylophone said:

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Fancy putting some more on Ebay for international delivery?

tsarna said: We've had several Sci-fi greats now like Soylent Green, Bachelor Chow, etc. I'm hoping someone will do nice recipe for Fruity Oaty Bars: I think that's a pretty easy one. Just add fresh strawberries and raw fruit powder to an oat based…