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Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by SippinLean on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:41AM (#12815655)
naturalistic fallacy
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by soundwave106 on Friday October 28, 2016 @10:53AM (#12816465)
In my opinion, no. We can't even completely understand all of the chemical reactions (the Maillard reaction) involved in making toast at this point.

Sure, we do have a fair bit of nutrition knowledge right now, of course, and not everything natural is good for you, of course. However, current popular "natural food" at this point has been vetted through centuries of sampling and cross breeding. At this point I would consider it "more reliable" than processed MRPs (soylent powder is made of natural ingredients too but has been very heavily processed to get where it is) for that reason alone.

MRPs are okay every now and then, sure. Personally I would bet against using them all the time. Even in the bodybuilding community where whey protein supplements are popular, the consensus seems to be its much better to get your protein from a chicken breast if possible.

Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by gwbas1c on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:50AM (#12815735)
Not really. We still really don't know as much about nutrition than we think we do. That is why eating a varied diet is promoted; because we just don't understand what we need as well as we think we do.
Re:Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getti... by orasis on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:53AM (#12815774)
and the macro-nutrient focused approach of the last decades is scientistic fallacy.

Mindfully listening to the body will lead to better adaptation than formulaic consumption.