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posted by takyon on Wednesday May 27 2015, @11:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the big-burly-bulky-beefy dept.

Boom times in Silicon Valley call for hard work, and hard work — at least in technology land — means that coders, engineers and venture capitalists are turning to liquid meals with names like Schmoylent, Soylent, Schmilk and People Chow. The protein-packed products that come in powder form are inexpensive and quick and easy to make — just shake with water, or in the case of Schmilk, milk. While athletes and dieters have been drinking their dinner for years, Silicon Valley's workers are now increasingly chugging their meals, too, so they can more quickly get back to their computer work.

Demand for some of the powdered drinks, which typically mix nutrients like magnesium, zinc and vitamins, is so high that some engineers report being put on waiting lists of one to six months to receive their first orders. And the drinks are taking off across techie social circles. Venture capitalists have also poured money into the companies that offer the meal replacements, and investors including Alexis Ohanian, a founder of Reddit, count themselves as fans of the drinks.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:48PM (#188595)

    Exactly for the reasons I've already given - to make it easier to avoid bad choices.

    In the past I used a personal chef but I found that the amount of variety actually encouraged cravings, I'd eat the right food and then go out and buy crap. By taking the variety out of the equation I avoid the "tipping point" that kicks off cravings.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:53PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday May 27 2015, @01:53PM (#188600) Journal

    A personal chef, eh? Celeb Soylent-drinking Soylentil perhaps?

    I take it you factor the cookies n cream syrup into your nutritional accounting. Do you roll your own Soylent or get it mailed?

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    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:00PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @02:00PM (#188603)

      > A personal chef, eh? Celeb Soylent-drinking Soylentil perhaps?

      It was only marginally more expensive than one of those frozen diet meal plans like nutrisystem.

      > I take it you factor the cookies n cream syrup into your nutritional accounting. Do you roll your own Soylent or get it mailed?

      The syrup is zero-calorie.
      I buy the premade soylent.