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huh comments on [LINK] Soylent crowdfunding - Less Wrong Discussion

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

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 May 2013 03:00:43AM 0 points [-]

Do you have any pointers for finding info on #3? Searching around for various related terminology isn't coming up with much.

Comment author: huh 22 May 2013 03:25:17AM 1 point [-]

Possible starting point: Parenteral nutrition

Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 May 2013 03:36:46AM *  0 points [-]

Interesting, googling around a bit it looks like it is basically soybean oil, whey, and dextrose with vitamin powders. So pretty much the same as Soylent. I guess worries about bioavailability are overblown given that coma patients survive indefinitely, but then again, their mixture is adjusted daily based on blood work.