Hmm, well, I think the problem is right there in the first part of the article. If you have a diet where you wake up and eat cookie dough and pie, you are most likely not making choices that put enough dietary fiber into your diet.
Those who don't eat enough fiber, then suddenly start consuming a healthy amount usually experience the kind of gastrointestinal distress she experienced. That's pretty much what fiber is SUPPOSED to do. The bacteria in your gut all of the sudden have a smorgasbord of stuff to break down and it releases a ton of gas as part of the process.
Not judging her, she can have all the cookie dough and pie she wants. But don't blame the food you are eating when something with a little fiber blows up your digestive track.
Not if it's a drastic, sudden increase. A secondary side effect of that much fiber quickly is it temporarily causes you to not absorb various minerals as you normally would. And if minerals aren't absorbed, then out they go, rather quickly. I'd post references to support it, but a quick google of sudden fiber introduction and distress will quickly show multiple results to that effect. I'll leave that up to you.
It isn't, and exactly why the founder decided to make Soylent in the first place. She oversimplifies the story of how Soylent came about, but its alright as this clearly isn't meant to be a serious critique of the stuff. Half the article is poop gifs lol.
Not to mention the founder DID have some gastrointestinal distress when he started (not to mention one batch that lacked a certain vitamin which caused him to get into some serious health trouble briefly).
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Hmm, well, I think the problem is right there in the first part of the article. If you have a diet where you wake up and eat cookie dough and pie, you are most likely not making choices that put enough dietary fiber into your diet.
Those who don't eat enough fiber, then suddenly start consuming a healthy amount usually experience the kind of gastrointestinal distress she experienced. That's pretty much what fiber is SUPPOSED to do. The bacteria in your gut all of the sudden have a smorgasbord of stuff to break down and it releases a ton of gas as part of the process.
Not judging her, she can have all the cookie dough and pie she wants. But don't blame the food you are eating when something with a little fiber blows up your digestive track.
There is quite a difference between fibre making going to the toilet easier, and explosive diarrhoea.
Not if it's a drastic, sudden increase. A secondary side effect of that much fiber quickly is it temporarily causes you to not absorb various minerals as you normally would. And if minerals aren't absorbed, then out they go, rather quickly. I'd post references to support it, but a quick google of sudden fiber introduction and distress will quickly show multiple results to that effect. I'll leave that up to you.
Nevermind, here's a simple one right from UCLA's dining entity: http://www.dining.ucla.edu/housing_site/dining/SNAC_pdf/Fact...
How is a diet of ramen and corndog much better than that? That is, I'm supposing the founders take the damn thing.
It isn't, and exactly why the founder decided to make Soylent in the first place. She oversimplifies the story of how Soylent came about, but its alright as this clearly isn't meant to be a serious critique of the stuff. Half the article is poop gifs lol.
Not to mention the founder DID have some gastrointestinal distress when he started (not to mention one batch that lacked a certain vitamin which caused him to get into some serious health trouble briefly).