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Re:The real Soylent sickness by paulcole on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @05:07PM (#12738717)
Due to lack of training and education, I don't claim to have any knowledge of nutritional science.

The makers of Soylent, on the other hand, are pretty good at making broad sweeping nutritional claims without bothering to back them up with legitimate science.

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Re:The real Soylent sickness by shuntress on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @05:31PM (#12738920)
I don't think that 'The nutritional value of a food is based on it's composition.' is too wild a claim.
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Re:The real Soylent sickness by m_t on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @05:02AM (#12742231)
I have almost no knowledge in nutrition.

But I know we absorb things differently depending on what we found them in. We absorb protein differently if they come from mat or from vegetables. We absorb calcium differently if it comes from milk or from a pill.

So in that case, I think think that assuming the nutritional value of some food comes only from its composition is a claim that needs serious backing.

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