This sort of thing is premature fear mongering to sell clicks.
A useful summary:
- Some people have gotten sick. There is no indication as to why or how. Likely possibilities include:
- circumstantial/no causation
- contamination of the batch (biological or chemical)
- allergic reaction to an ingredient (happening 'now' could be a result of accumulation)
- This was all from the same batch (per current evidence)
- This batch has been recalled and they are trying to figure out what went wrong. (the thing we expect any food manufacturer to do when something like this happens)
I expect Soylent is an interesting exercise in people finding out they have allergies they did not know about, but I am going to wait and see before I hunting for spare pitchforks.
I expect Soylent is an interesting exercise in people finding out they have allergies they did not know about, but I am going to wait and see before I hunting for spare pitchforks.
Bit frustrating for those people when one of the selling points from the kickstarter was
> "For anyone that struggles with allergies, heartburn, acid reflux or digestion, has trouble controlling weight or cholesterol, or simply doesn't have the means to eat well, soylent is for you."
Writing that is totally irresponsible and betrays how little knowledge the creators have about general nutrition and allergen health. Nearly very single item in their product is a well-known allergen, which includes soy, oat, canoloa, chocolate, etc.
Well, they are ALL on the label. So if you have a known allergy not on the label I can see the viability of using soylent to have a ready food supply known to be safe.
if splenda caused a subset of people to be violently ill (like they are claiming) it would be off the market so fast. i find it hard to believe it's because of 'allergy/sensitivity'.
Splenda/sucralose is an artificial sugar substitute. It's regulated far differently from peanuts.
Additionally, everything I've read regarding it shows that it doesn't cause people to be ill like this. The only sugar substitute I know to have an effect like that is stuff like sorbitol, and it doesn't cause people to vomit. It can cause diarrhea if consumed in significant quantities though.
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This sort of thing is premature fear mongering to sell clicks.
A useful summary:
- Some people have gotten sick. There is no indication as to why or how. Likely possibilities include:
- This was all from the same batch (per current evidence)- This batch has been recalled and they are trying to figure out what went wrong. (the thing we expect any food manufacturer to do when something like this happens)
I expect Soylent is an interesting exercise in people finding out they have allergies they did not know about, but I am going to wait and see before I hunting for spare pitchforks.
Bit frustrating for those people when one of the selling points from the kickstarter was
Writing that is totally irresponsible and betrays how little knowledge the creators have about general nutrition and allergen health. Nearly very single item in their product is a well-known allergen, which includes soy, oat, canoloa, chocolate, etc.
Well, they are ALL on the label. So if you have a known allergy not on the label I can see the viability of using soylent to have a ready food supply known to be safe.
if splenda caused a subset of people to be violently ill (like they are claiming) it would be off the market so fast. i find it hard to believe it's because of 'allergy/sensitivity'.
Why? Peanuts make some people violently ill too.
Splenda/sucralose is an artificial sugar substitute. It's regulated far differently from peanuts.
Additionally, everything I've read regarding it shows that it doesn't cause people to be ill like this. The only sugar substitute I know to have an effect like that is stuff like sorbitol, and it doesn't cause people to vomit. It can cause diarrhea if consumed in significant quantities though.
We think alike. I just posted a similar article. A lot of media sites are declining.