Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV
by greenshackle2 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:52PM
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The reason it's for old dying people is that it's a weight gain shake. It turns out old dying people have trouble eating enough food to maintain weight so it (arguably) makes sense to give them basically liquid candy to up their calorie intake.
Please walk down to the local drugstore and actually look at the nutritional labels. Than tell me they are the same.
Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV
by macspoofing on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:37AM
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Their initial shtick was that you could replace all meals with Soylent - an idea with appeal to SV engineers.
Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV
by Nadya on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:12PM
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>meal replacement formula
I've noticed many people mixing up "supplement" with "replacement". For example, Ensure (the commonly cited "alternative") is a supplement - not a replacement.
In fact, FDA regulation differentiates between "dietary supplements" and "food". Go ahead and research how Ensure is classified then compare that with Soylent.
Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV
by DanBC on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:35PM
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> For example, Ensure (the commonly cited "alternative") is a supplement - not a replacement.
This is incorrect.
Several Ensure products, including Ensure Original, can be used as a sole source of nutrition.
I do think they have brilliant marketing, though. They turned something that was for old, dying people and made it cool. So I see all the "research" stuff they post as kind of a joke or marketing, because it has all been done and available for over a decade in terms of product...