sanddbox

• sanddboxMay 24, 2013, 6:02 PM

  2 points

  in reply to: MugaSofer’s comment on: [LINK] Soylent crowdfunding

  I think it goes without saying what I mean. Healthy diet > soylent > shit diet

• sanddboxMay 23, 2013, 5:41 AM

  2 points

  in reply to: Petruchio’s comment on: [LINK] Soylent crowdfunding

  Yes, it’s better than a shit diet. Pretty much anything is better than shitty diet, though.

  My point is that Soylent will be suboptimal. Also, most of the claims they make can’t be substantiated.

• sanddboxMay 22, 2013, 6:32 AM

  2 points

  in reply to: Eliezer Yudkowsky’s comment on: [LINK] Soylent crowdfunding

  Total meal replacement shakes exist, although I have no idea about pricing. However, going down this route is basically ensuring sub-optimal nutrition. We know a ton about nutrition, but not enough to have an optimal diet without food.

• sanddboxMay 21, 2013, 11:22 PM

  7 points

  in reply to: Eliezer Yudkowsky’s comment on: [LINK] Soylent crowdfunding

  I would strongly recommend against doing this; a meal replacement shake designed by one guy simply won’t cover every possible nutrient/​compound you’d need from food.

  It’ll be healthier and more enjoyable just to eat actual food. Our understanding of nutrition is growing, but we’re not at the point where we can apply reductionism to food. Supplements are extremely effective as part of a diet, but we don’t know enough to make a diet completely based upon supplements.

  If you’re going to go for meal replacement anyway, don’t choose soylent. His understanding of nutrition is mediocre at best; as an example, he put no cholesterol at all in his original formula (I have no idea if he’s updated it or not).