There have been a few journalists who tried living exclusively on Soylent for 2-4 weeks to make a story. They've all had consistent results AFAICT. The taste takes some getting used to. But, most liked it after a week and it's easy to add a bit of vanilla or other flavoring. Once you figure out how much you personally need, you feel energized and not hungry or craving. After a few days, your bowel movements get smaller and less frequent. Your jaw gets sore from lack of activity. Taking up chewing gum is recommended. Eventually, the only major, consistent complaint is the social complications. Eating and drinking with other people is very important. And, it's awkward being the guy at the table with no food on his plate...
The likely long term effect is that the person eating it seeks out different foods to eat.
As far as I am aware, every attempted complete synthetic food replacement has failed due to psychological reasons, like texture, palatability, and variety, rather than nutritional sufficiency.
Put simply, people stop eating it, whatever it is, because it does not satisfy the mind along with the body.
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At times I've found eating to be a chore and wish I had a supplement like this to allow me to skip a meal. So I'll probably give this a try.
I'm curious what the long term effects are of substituting this for a majority of your meals is though.
There have been a few journalists who tried living exclusively on Soylent for 2-4 weeks to make a story. They've all had consistent results AFAICT. The taste takes some getting used to. But, most liked it after a week and it's easy to add a bit of vanilla or other flavoring. Once you figure out how much you personally need, you feel energized and not hungry or craving. After a few days, your bowel movements get smaller and less frequent. Your jaw gets sore from lack of activity. Taking up chewing gum is recommended. Eventually, the only major, consistent complaint is the social complications. Eating and drinking with other people is very important. And, it's awkward being the guy at the table with no food on his plate...
The likely long term effect is that the person eating it seeks out different foods to eat.
As far as I am aware, every attempted complete synthetic food replacement has failed due to psychological reasons, like texture, palatability, and variety, rather than nutritional sufficiency.
Put simply, people stop eating it, whatever it is, because it does not satisfy the mind along with the body.