whateverfor comments on [LINK] Soylent crowdfunding - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 21 May 2013 07:09PM

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Comment author: whateverfor 22 May 2013 03:13:24AM 19 points [-]

The stuff you want is called Jevity. It's a complete liquid diet that's used for feeding tube patients (Ebert after cancer being one of the most famous). It can be consumed orally, and you can buy it in bulk from Amazon. It's been designed by people who are experts in nutrition and has been used for years by patients as a sole food source.

Of course, Jevity only claims to keep you alive and healthy as your only food source, not to trim your fat, sharpen your brain, etc. But I'm fairly sure that has more to do with ethics, a basic knowledge of the subject, and an understanding of the necessity of double blind studies for medical claims than someone finding out the secrets to perfect health who forgot iron and sulfur in their supplement.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 May 2013 05:04:52AM 0 points [-]

Looks like it is 1c/cal. $20/day is not reasonable.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 22 May 2013 08:53:16AM 2 points [-]

... for a product that's actually clinically tested and pretty well known to work?

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 22 May 2013 09:59:36AM 4 points [-]

If a person is interested in Soylent for sake of saving money, then a similar product that costs more than ordinary food is automatically known not to work.

Comment author: Petruchio 22 May 2013 11:22:19AM 1 point [-]

Hopefully, mass producing Soylent will drive down the price. As of now, it is close, but not cutting it as a total replacement for me. Temporay adoption on the other hand...

Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 May 2013 07:44:27PM 2 points [-]

If convenience is the primary driver it is running into "I can eat out every meal every day" at those prices.