Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick

Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by Confusion on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:27AM (#12813571)

Absolutely not. You can be deficient in some mineral for your entire life, with the only thing to show for it a permanent light rash and an increased chance of colon cancer. E.g over 50% of the population is deficient in magnesium, even following conservative daily suggested intakes.

People report Soylent 'curing' rashes: that's exactly the opposite happening. They were deficient in e.g. zinc until now and finally got enough through Soylent. A good multivitamin would also have solved it.

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Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by Karunamon on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:34PM (#12821346)

Multivitamins are starting to get the stink-eye from medical science [1][2]

There's argument to be made for supplementing a known deficiency, but it seems as if you're better off eating it in food rather than a supplement.

[1]: http://annals.org/aim/article/1789253/enough-enough-stop-was...

[2]: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/the-vitami...

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Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by J-dawg on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:17AM (#12816755)

Is there a test to find out whether you're deficient in Zinc, Magnesium etc? Tailored vitamin/mineral supplements could be a pretty cool startup.

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