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posted by takyon on Tuesday August 04 2015, @01:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-meta dept.

The food replacement Soylent is now hitting 2.0. The new version will come premixed in bottled liquid form instead of powder, though the powdered version will still exist. It will cost $12 per day, as opposed to $9 per day for the powder. The liquid and powder versions will have slightly different compositions.

In other Soylent news (pun intended), Soylent products will now be shipping in two to three days instead of the multi-month waits previously due to overwhelming demand relative to supply.

takyon: Soylent blog post and The Register.


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  • (Score: 2) by GoonDu on Tuesday August 04 2015, @01:06AM

    by GoonDu (2623) on Tuesday August 04 2015, @01:06AM (#217677)

    I've heard of wonderful things about this 'soylent', most 'wonderful' thing about this is apparently people think clearer and has better focus so I wonder what is people's takes on this. Food science maybe relatively well-known but it's how nutrient contributes to human development is still an active science so I am really skeptical about Soylent's effect on health.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by tynin on Tuesday August 04 2015, @01:17AM

    by tynin (2013) on Tuesday August 04 2015, @01:17AM (#217683) Journal

    I did feel more aware when I was using Soylent... more aware of how much more flatulence and stomach cramps I had. For the think clearer / focus, I seem to get the same effects from fish oil (omega3).

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by davester666 on Tuesday August 04 2015, @03:25AM

    by davester666 (155) on Tuesday August 04 2015, @03:25AM (#217737)

    It's mainly improving health in the US by eliminating the homeless.

  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by urza9814 on Tuesday August 04 2015, @03:11PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Tuesday August 04 2015, @03:11PM (#217941) Journal

    Yeah, I've been drinking it for about a month now (used it before then too, but stopped due to the shipping delays and the DIY variants mostly sucking.) Personally, I love the stuff, and they've been shipping it out within two or three days for over a month now so TFS's update on the shipping isn't really tied to the new versions.

    Part of it is just because I'm just not particularly into food. I've been wishing for the stereotypical sci-fi "food pills" my entire life, and this is pretty close. Takes only a couple seconds to make, and tastes...not *amazing*, but definitely not bad either.

    The extra energy, better focus, and lower stress is just a great bonus as far as I'm concerned. Not sure how much of that is Soylent and how much that's just my horrific diet without it though. It does contain...something that I can't remember right now, but the release notes basically describe it as a slow-release sugar. So I suspect that's part of it. But it also wasn't entirely uncommon for me to do stuff like eating nothing but potatoes for a day so not doing that anymore probably helps too :)

    Does take some time to get used to it though. They suggest ramping up over 3-5 days -- but I'd say it really took a week or two for my body to mostly adjust. Also helps reduce gas and such if you drink it slowly, although beyond the first week that hasn't been an issue for me. I also do still eat other foods for at least one meal -- I eat Soylent when I'm sitting alone at home; I'm not going to use it instead of eating if I'm going out with my girlfriend, and I don't bring it to work since we've got a pretty good cafeteria. So I drink 4-5 days worth in an average week right now. I find it helps to keep some potatoes in there -- I think I need the soluble fiber. Which makes sense given that those tend to be a large part of my diet anyway; must have gotten used to it...