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by Alex3917 4752 days ago
As omnivores, what's best for our health is eating a highly varied and changing diet. This is the exact opposite. Considering the cure for cancer is basically fresh vegetables, fruits, and fungi, it's not too hard to figure out what's going to happen in the long run.
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workhere-io 4752 days ago
And as previously mentioned by many people here on HN, it's amazing that none of the people involved with Soylent seem to have an education or work experience related to diets or nutrition (see the "Team" section on https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body).

I'm not sure I'd want to be doing experiments with my body based on advice from IT engineers.

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j_col 4752 days ago
> Considering the cure for cancer is basically fresh vegetables, fruits, and fungi...

I've met vegetarians with cancer. I'm pretty certain it's not that simple.

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doktrin 4752 days ago
I can't speak to the parents 'cure for cancer' claim, but it's worth noting that 'vegetarian' really only means a diet without meat.

It's quite possible to be a vegetarian without consuming any more fresh fruits and vegetables than that found in a conventional diet.

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