Soylent is a very much over hyped meal replacement. I've taken it upon myself to finally review it and give it a run but the first question is the most important "is Soylent healthy?"
From first glance Soylent isn't all that bad for a meal replacement. It does put a bit too much focus on taste over digestibility but it's a very American thing to eat for taste rather than health. Soylent claims to be nutritionally complete so you can live off of it and based on skimming through it, it does seem to meet all the RDAs for vitamins and minerals. If you go on Soylent for a few weeks to a month you will not die of starvation.
Soylent does include an unhealthy fat source which I do have concerns about. High oleic canola oil is a messy ingredient and is somewhat scary. But beyond this the majority of the ingredients seem benign. No high fructose corn syrup is in it, and it's vegan.
In my next post I will go into more details but for now Soylent looks okay. What do you all think?
