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by overload119 4448 days ago
I've been watching Soylent for a while now, including following the different home-brew recipes[1].

The verdict is still out on whether you can actually live off this stuff. If you're curious about the experience, there have been a number of journalists who have gone on the stuff for a short period and wrote about it. [2][3].

EDIT: To clarify, there haven't been any long-term studies that I found on living off a nutritional shake like this and the effect that it has on your overall health. It's akin to the same stuff they feed people who won't/cannot feed themselves[4] except a lot cheaper and (hopefully) tastes better.

[1] http://diy.soylent.me

[2] http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/blog/soylent-no-food-for-3...

[3] http://gawker.com/we-drank-soylent-the-weird-food-of-the-fut...

[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/14/r...

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Neat. A friend of mine evaluated them pre-money and wrote them off initially, but changed their mind considering how far they've grown.