[hermaj]

> I trust my diet to an unqualified individual (me), as do most people.

If you live in a country which adheres to standards of food safety and has regulatory bodies to protect and promote public health then I disagree. You entrust those bodies and the qualified individuals within them because they ensure what you purchase is what it says it is. Soylent has not reached this level of evaluation.

> An hour a day is 6% of your waking life.

If Soylent works completely as advertised yes you gain time. Should it lead to any kind of health problems it's more than likely you lose time.

[bloopletech]

> Soylent has not reached this level of evaluation.

Do you actually know that? Presumably if there is US regulation/law around selling and marketing food products, then Soylent will have to be compliant just like everything else?

Though, given I live in Australia, a country which

> adheres to standards of food safety and has regulatory bodies to protect and promote public health

and I can still buy all the Quarter Pounders and chocolate I want, it seems these bodies are more about food safety, than choosing my diet for me.

[asdasf]

>If you live in a country which adheres to standards of food safety and has regulatory bodies to protect and promote public health then I disagree

Soylent has to adhere to all those same standards.

[fingerprinter]

No it won't, in the US at least. It will likely not need FDA approval just like most sports supplement don't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_food_and_dietary_...