Have you ever wondered whether giving up food completely could be possibility? Or how it would feel to give up the pleasures of certain foods for a healthier lifestyle? Well starting February, you'll be able to give up food forever, Quartz reported.
Soylent, a bland shake filled with every micro- and macro-nutrient one needs to survive, first came into limelight when Rob Rhinehart blogged about it.
A year later, more than $2 million worth of the powder has been sold, and is almost ready to ship, Rhinehart told Motherboard magazine.
According to Quartz, the powdered meal replacement is apparently being awaited to drink by over 20,000 people. The prepared shake tastes like a "sweet, succulent, hearty meal in a glass," the creator said.
Gawker compares it less enthusiastically, but perhaps more accurately, to "the homemade nontoxic Play-Doh you made, and sometimes ate, as a kid. Slightly sweet and earthy with a strong yeasty aftertaste."
But Soylent's taste is not the selling point. Rather it's the technicalities that surround the art of food, Quartz reported.
Independence from the financially taxing, time sucking, and sometimes even anxiety inducing act of choosing, buying, cooking, and eating food is the aim that Rhinehart was going for.
"In addition to the health benefits (losing weight is easy when you can just cut the amount of fat you add to your daily shakes), Rhinehart said he saved over $300 a month when he switched to a Soylent-only diet," Quartz reported.
Having been tweaked over the course of last year, the final formula has more sulfur in order to meet daily requirements. It is also available online for people to make their own.
So the question remains whether it is safe to switch to this form of futuristic non-food. For now, maybe it's better to save it for an occasional meal replacement, Quartz reported.
Rhinehart, however, points out that all of the individual ingredients of Soylent are definitely safe, and he's done just fine living on it for extended periods.
But this type of food hasn't been recommended for a complete switch by doctors and nutritionists yet, Quartz reported.
