<i>Just as Soylent is disrupting the traditional food industry</i><p>Huh?<p>I've asked this before and never got an answer. How is Soylent different from Ensure Complete? Is it cheaper? Better made? Easier to order? Tastes better? Better for me? Higher quality?<p>Because if it isn't really any different then what Soylent will need to do is market better than those other companies. Because I'd definitely trust Abbott with my health over random start up with indistinguishable product.<p>You see I'm actually interested in things like this as a 'meal replacement'. I quite often drink chocolate milk instead of eating lunch and I can buy nutritionally complete things like Ensure Complete. So, what makes Soylent special?
... electrical engineering, computer science and entrepreneurship ... Industrial and Systems engineering. He has worked in finance, procurement, and logistics ...sales, finance, and marketing.... early stage technology companies ... Big Data ... operations and sales ... drives the sales channels ... sales engineer in the desktop video conferencing market ...<p>...and that's it. So I'm supposed to upend the foundations of my health & body based on the... "research" of a bunch of 20 something electrical engineers & marketers? I don't want my body to be "disrupted", I don't wish for my health to "fail fast." This is not a photosharing app you're building.<p>I find it profoundly bizarre and irresponsible that these people are recommending a total dietary replacement and they don't have <i>single nutritionist</i> or even <i>anyone with a medical background</i> on staff. Soylent team: you are MARKETERS, not nutritionists! Go disrupt something that either a) has fewer potential disastrous consequences or b) you actually know something about.<p>on the other hand USian diets in many quarters are so bad that this stuff can't be much worse. :) But seriously, even for the veneer of legitimacy, <i>hire a nutritionist!</i> The lack of one makes me think you couldn't find one who would touch the project with a 10 foot pole.
A bad idea run by someone who has no clue about what he's doing combined with another bad idea supported by people who have no clue about what they're doing? Sign me up.
Every time I see a Soylent article on HN I hope that it's all just a sick joke that will soon be revealed as an elaborate hoax and forgotten about. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind base their entire diet off of some liquid concoction made up by some random guy who is clearly not a nutritionist? Why don't you guys just learn to eat a healthy and balanced diet?
For those of you considering Soylent, please read this first: <a href="http://www.priceplow.com/blog/soylent-subterfuge" rel="nofollow">http://www.priceplow.com/blog/soylent-subterfuge</a><p>Corresponding HN discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6115114" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6115114</a>
Sorry, but I can never trust something made for human consumption by the guy who wrote this: <a href="http://robrhinehart.com/?p=572" rel="nofollow">http://robrhinehart.com/?p=572</a> (especially the Hormones, Antibiotics and Processed Food section).
How is it possible that a fixed diet may fit every different lifestyle?<p>I mean, would soylent be enough for people going to gym frequently? would it be too much for people always working at home?
I have a lot to learn from the whey protein industry. They've managed to convince people who have never stepped foot in a gym to drink the old whey and maltodextrin concoction and call it a revolution.
I find it surprising that so many people here are reluctant to try soylent and afraid to "risk their health" because it is made by "a bunch of 20-something computer scientists".<p>Do you really think the traditional food industry as it is is looking out for you? Most people I know have terribly unhealthy diets and almost anything that anyone put any thought in will be better for them. I'm not saying Soylent is perfect or doesn't cause any long term ill-effects, I'm just saying that it can't be much worse than a lot of "normal" diets.
I would love to believe in this product, but there are just so many sketchy statements on the homepage alone that I doubt the ability of the team. People are literally going to entrust their lives to this product and the best third-party assurances they have are completely un-cited quotes such as:<p>"The taste is awesome."<p>"As a Biologist/Chemist I approve of Soylent and really want to start using it."<p>"My mood experience! It has improved a lot lately. And by a lot, I mean A LOT."