Have you heard of the not-so-cleverly named food substitute that’s about to break into the American market? It’s called Soylent. Soylent’s creator, Rob Rhinehart, wanted to create an inexpensive food replacement (not “meal” replacement) that could help end world hunger and allow techies to stay glued to their computers without the need to take pesky breaks for eating. Last month, Soylent successfully raised more than a million dollars through pre-orders in one of the world’s most popular crowd funding campaigns to date.
Why I Don’t Trust Nutrition Scientists
Nutrition science is a young science. Over the course of the last hundred years, every major nutrient has been vilified both by scientists and public opinion. In my own short life, I’ve seen fat and carbohydrates take significant hits. You won’t be surprised to learn that before the anti-fat craze of the ’70s and ’80s, popular nutrition science was anti-protein.