What is Soylent?
Soylent is a nourishing cocktail created by Rob Rhinehart. His goal was to create a product that would include everything nutrients needed. In this way, he was to become a deputy of the traditional food. Rhinehart relied on information to formulate this drink available in textbooks and scientific journals. He also relied on their own research conducted online and on the advice of advisers nutritional. Thanks to this, he created a product that he could theoretically constitute the only source of food.
He tested the effects of this cocktail on himself and several volunteers. As alone wrote on his blog, for a month Soylent accounted for 92% of what he ate – because he had eaten something conventional during meetings with friends. After During the tests, he made a few changes to the line-up and this is how the final one was created product. The first shipments with orders began to be sent in May 2014. Product this one was also approved by the American Agency Food and Drug Administration (FDA). And what is important, it is not included in the dietary supplements, and for food.
What will we find in cocktail?
The cocktail provides us with many nutrients, but it is recommended to consume a specially produced oil blend for it. When combining this mix with a cocktail in 1 serving (out of 3 suggested daily) we will find:
- Ok. 700 kcal
- 85 g of carbohydrates in the form of oat starch and maltodextrin (including 10 g of fiber)
- 38 g protein powder (rice protein)
- 24 g of fat as rapeseed oil and algae oil
In addition, you can find a lot of vitamins and ingredients in it minerals (including sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, iodine, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, chromium, vitamins A, D, C and many others). Contains also omega-3 fatty acids.
We can also find lecithin in the cocktail soybean, vanillin, xanthan gum and scuralose – ingredients intended to impart the right taste, appearance, smell and texture. Rinehart thinks the drink has flavor ‘nonspecific’ and ‘minimal’. However, some of the opinions appearing in The internet indicates that the product is not very tasty – most people do not she can even swallow it.
Is that enough?
Such a cocktail will certainly not replace the traditional one food, because there are many more influencing ingredients in food on our health, such as routine (strengthening and sealing vessels blood vessels), astaxanthin (which has strong antioxidant properties), probiotics (positively influencing, among others, our immunity) and many others. In Food supplement is still being researched and it’s hard to say how many are needed we do not know yet how the ingredients function. Besides, digestibility most synthetic vitamins and minerals are much worse than those from natural sources. Therefore, it is difficult to recognize this product too perfect.
On the other hand, it does contain all of them ingredients necessary for the proper functioning of the body. And now there are many substances in food that are harmful to us. They are different types of toxins, pesticides, preservatives, artificial colors and much more. By eliminating them (which could only result from consuming and only the proposed cocktail) we would have a positive effect on our own health. In addition, consuming such a drink would save our time, which we spend on shopping and preparing meals.
But can this balance the enjoyment of food and the lack of ingredients that are not in the cocktail, but which are present in traditional food? Hard to say.
As the creator himself says, Perhaps feeding on Soylent alone is not an ideal diet, but it is a solution healthier than easy diets and easier than healthy diets. And what about do you think this?
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