1 hour ago · Food · 0 comments

If you are a young career professional in a high cost of living city, you should seriously consider meal replacements for multiple meals per day. People hear about my majority Soylent diet and say things like "How can you possibly stand that stuff, don't you like food?" The truth is, I love food. I just love optimizing my life more. Here are some justifications, from a 2014 Soylent 1.0 OG. Cheap Nutritional FloorMeal replacement nutritional bioavailability is imperfect. They're ultra-processed, full of seed oils, and don't hold a candle to balanced home-cooked meals. However, meal replacements are not competing with the platonic ideal of momma's cooking. They're competing with Shin ramen, grocery store hot bars, and slop bowls on a Tuesday at 9pm. A bottle of Soylent or Huel is not optimal, but robust, ensuring that bad diet days don't drop below some baseline. Depending on your willingness to use a shaker bottle, a day of meal replacements comes at $8 to $20. What does that buy you?…

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