Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by ekimekim on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:22AM (#12813070)

> Serious question: why is it so hard for them to find the root cause of these issues?

Biology is hard. Humans are really, really variable. Look through the comments on this page - you'll find people who couldn't keep down one bottle, or who love the bottles but can't stand the powder, or who have had zero issues, or who find the entire idea disgusting.

And these reactions may also change over time. Medical science can only really draw firm results from large-scale tests involving highly-controlled groups - and even if Soylent were able to run those kinds of tests and optimized for the most universal solution, the end result would probably still disagree with someone.

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Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by DashRattlesnake on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:57AM (#12813204)

> Biology is hard. Humans are really, really variable.

Plus Soylent has been presented as a replacement for all other food, and some people use it as such. I would think that would make it more likely that their users would experience problems, since it would mean greater and constant exposure to ingredients that might not cause issues if consumed less frequently.

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Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by strider12 on Friday October 28, 2016 @08:19AM (#12815026)

also might be an issue of endurance, sometimes the body needs to adjust to things and that could take a week - most of these complaints are 'x happened to me the first time'

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