Amount | Ingredient | $ / day | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|
25 | g | Pea Protein powder (Now) | $0.91 | Vitasave |
0 | g | Coconut flour (Nutiva) | $0.00 | Amazon |
6 | g | MSM (Jarrow) | $0.16 | Amazon |
0 | g | Potassium Chloride (Now) | $0.00 | iHerb |
2 | g | Vitamin C powder (NutriBiotic) | $0.12 | iHerb |
1.5 | g | Salt (Real) | $0.02 | Amazon |
9 | g | Like Salt (Potassium) chl = 47.5% pot = 52.5% 448mg | $0.85 | Rosedale Genreal Store |
4 | pill | Multi (Brad King's) 1IU A = 0.3mcg retinol, 0.6mcg beta | $0.67 | National Nutrition |
1 | pill | Kelp tablets (NOW) | $0.07 | National Nutrition |
3 | pill | Bone Basics (AOR) | $0.43 | National Nutrition |
0 | pill | Minerals (Now) | $0.00 | iHerb |
0.36 | ml | vitamin D3 & K2 (12 drops) | $0.38 | Vitasave |
30 | g | Flax Seed (Nuts.com) | $0.40 | Nuts.com |
12 | g | Sunflower Lecithin (Vitasave.ca) | $0.69 | Nuts.com |
30 | ml | Coconut oil (Nutiva) | $1.25 | Herbs & Nutrition |
30 | g | Flax oil | $1.30 | iHerb |
30 | ml | Olive oil | $0.94 | iHerb |
0 | g | Alaria powder (Maine Coast) | $0.00 | Maine Coast Sea Vegetables store |
0 | pill | Iodoral (Optimox) | $0.00 | Amazon |
0 | g | Slippery Elm powder (Frontier) | $0.00 | Amazon |
0 | g | Alfalfa powder (Now) | $0.00 | National Nutrition |
0 | g | Magnesium Citrate powder (Now) | $0.00 | Amazon |
0 | g | Multi liquid gel (Now) | $0.00 | National Nutrition |
0 | g | Vitamin C powder (Now) | $0.00 | National Nutrition |
0 | pill | Vitamin K2 (NOW) | $0.00 | iHerb |
0 | g | Tapioca Maltodextrin (Artistré) | $0.00 | Amazon |
0 | g | Apple Fiber powder (Now) | $0.00 | Amazon |
0 | pill | Zinc + copper (AOR) | $0.00 | National Nutrition |
0 | g | Bone Meal (Now) | $0.00 | iHerb |
0 | g | Kelp Powder (NOW) | $0.00 | |
0 | pill | Bone Basics (AOR) too much manganese | $0.00 | Herbs & Nutrition |
0 | pill | Bone Maximizer | $0.00 | iHerb |
0 | g | honey | $0.00 | |
Amounts for: Total Daily Cost: | $8.19 | Add Ingredients to Amazon Cart |
2018-09-09 SUNDAY Oh my goodness. I just replaced the original pea protein with dutch-chocolate-flavoured pea protein. What an incredible difference it makes. As usual, I started my day with a coffee. Nothing wild to report.
INTRO:
This version of Soylent is specifically created to cater to females with sensitive digestion, taking into account the following allergies/sensitivities: corn, rice and most other grains, and dairy. I've also made it low in carbohydrates and high in fats so that I can use it as a base for ketogenic diet experimentation.
You may notice some ingredients are listed, but not included in the recipe in amounts greater than zero. This is simply to allow for fiddling around with prices and nutritional data.
The current nutrient profile is copied from Health Canada's DRI tables (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/alt_formats/hpfb-dgpsa/pdf/nutrition/dri_tables-eng.pdf). I input the data from the "Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)" columns of the DRI table into the "Amount" column in my nutrient profile, and the data from the "Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)" columns of the DRI table into my "Max" column in my nutrient profile.
Thanks to QuidNYC for providing an excellent nutrient profile to use as a base (https://www.completefoods.co/diy/nutrient-profiles/52a7527a98f7a00200000306) while I was researching my own levels to use... and for being so excellently informative in general. My Max level for potassium is due to the argument found in the notes of his nutrient profile (no need for more than 2.7g/day, since sodium levels regulated via Soylent-only diet).
As far as the amount of MSM included: since I was unable to find an established RDI, I am starting with 6g/day for fun :D Will tweak as needed as I go.
Regarding the high levels of omegas 6 and 3: I haven't yet found any evidence that the amounts I have in my recipe are detrimental. BUT that's obviously not good enough, since the point of Soylent (like most things) is to find the perfect intersection where minimum input and maximum output meet. Further research required.
About the Vitamin K amount: got it from the DRI book published by the Institute of Medicine (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10026&page=162).
MOBILITY: In order to maximize my weighing/sorting efforts, I've been setting aside ingredients/tablets for one whole day at the end of each day (instead of having to count everything out every time). A few products have proved very helpful in this process:
- Screw-together stacking jars http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=64690&cat=1,43325,43326,64690
- I use these jars for my tablets and flax/lecithin... stacked like so from top to bottom: meal #1 pills, meal #2 pills, meal #3 pills, and an empty jar on the bottom for extra stuff I want to add.
- I also use a separate column of these jars to house a bulk amount of pills in one spot, so that I don't have to drag a bunch of bottles out every time I want to organize a daily dose. Stacked like so from top to bottom: Multi-vit capsules, Bone Basics capsules, Kelp tablets, and an empty jar at the bottom ins case I want to add anything extra.
- BNTO canning jar lunchbox adapters http://www.cuppow.com/collections/bnto-jar-lunchbox-adaptors/products/bnto-04.
- I use three BNTOs per day, each with a 500ml glass canning jar. The oils go into the BNTO, and the dry stuff goes into the bottom of the glass canning jar.
- BlenderBottle SportMixer https://www.blenderbottle.com/products/sportmixer?variant=13206822322243#product-purchase
- I use this for mixing on the go. However, I've just learned that better products are available. Namely, the SportMixer in stainless steel https://www.blenderbottle.com/products/sportmixer-stainless (because steel is cool) and the ProStak https://www.blenderbottle.com/products/prostak (so I can pack my drink and pills into one doodad).
THE FOLLOWING TRIAL LOGS ARE THE FIRST AND SOMETIME IN 2013 (and more in 2016 as well). IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY DATA RICH STUFF, BUT I'VE INCLUDED IT TO SHOW PROGRESS MADE IN THE RECIPE (EVEN IF SIMPLY IN TASTE)
DAY ONE:
- Breakfast = coffee, 4caps D3+K2, and 10g coconut oil.
- Post-breakfast = 1/3 recipe, 1cap zinc, 1cap minerals, 1cap multi-vit.
- Recipe has a pretty disgusting flavour. To remedy this: in the next batch, I will take the kelp and lecithin separately. Possibly add: cayenne, cumin, and lemon?
DAY, uh, ONE (AGAIN):
- Went on a little break to see what it was like to eat food AND drink one dose of this mix per day. Weirdly (or maybe not so weirdly), I'm finding the nutrient mix much more satisfying than food.
- For palatability reasons, I've made some changes to what I mix into the drink and what I chew/swallow along with it.
- The flavour of the kelp powder was disgusting. I now have the kelp powder in capsules, and swallow them with my other tablets.
- I missed chewing, so I now chew (instead of mechanically grind) the flax seeds.
- The lecithin was a weird taste/texture in the drink, so I now chew it with the flax seeds.
- The coconut oil was also creeping me out a bit in the drink, so I munch on it right after the flax and lecithin.
- Unfortunately, my continued coffee consumption is making it hard to tell if I'm digesting the drink properly or not. I will have to find an alternative caffeine source in order to get cleaner data.
- All in all, I'm experiencing greater and sustained amounts of energy so far.
2016-01-14 I've been researching & tweaking the past couple years(!), and am finally ready for official trials. The first trial will be in 4 days starting on 2016-01-18.
2016-01-18 D01 Soft-started the day with eggs and coffee. Since Xmas, I've been subsisting on MOSTLY carb junk (candies, cheap ramen, chips, etc). Because of this, I am a bit worried about how my digestion will handle the shock of a low-carb/high-protein&fat diet.
2016-01-19 D02 No digestive problems so far. I'm shocked. In fact, the only "trouble" I'm having to deal with is too much energy -- both physical and mental. I may need to invest in a muzzle to stop myself from repeatedly interrupting all those around me :-( This high energy effect could be directly from the Soylent ingredients OR simply because I've not changed my coffee intake and the Soylent isn't hindering the caffeine's absorption into my bloodstream as much as my prior diet did.
2016-01-22 4-DAY TRIAL SUMMARY Sustained energy and no digestive problems. I ate a little bit of regular food each day, so it wasn't such a huge change in diet. The shake was hugely helpful in that it allowed me to not have to take a break from work for lunch. However, the oil/flax/lecithin was annoying to transport (and I probably looked weird eating it); I'd like to figure out an easier and less-conspicuous transport/munching method, if possible.