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Well, he's making something people want; I'm an existence proof, as are a few other commenters on this thread.



Will this be any different from Ensure or other meal replacement shakes but marketed differently? Is what he's doing any different from what's been done before?


I was looking into ensure after a few people mentioned it on this thread. Something ensure promotes is that it's good for in between meals but doesn't say outright that it is an entire meal replacement that I could see. I think the difference is Soylent is meant to be a complete diet replacement where Ensure is focused on being a supplement to your diet.


All the meal replacement shakes explicitly state that they are NOT full replacements but only as a part of a balanced diet.

What I'm wondering is if that means that they are not trying to include 100% all nutrients, or is it just a legal claim to pretect them, since noone knows 100% all necessary nutrients.




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