I seem to recall similar ideas back in the 70's or 80's , food being condensed into pill form or the sort of meal in a toothpaste tube thing so beloved of sci-fi. As I also recall some experiments being tried and a conclusion being come up that the body needed indigestible matter passing through the gut for it to keep functioning normally ,something for the body to push on so to speak or roughage as it became known. We now tend to call it dietery fibre but it's all the same. These results I think sparked the idea that sprinkling extra bran onto food was therefore a good idea , an idea now discredited in its own right.
It's an interesting idea and best of luck with it. I'm probably in two minds about it if I'm truthful. It seems to make sense from a storage and carrying point . If all the micro nutrients etc. are coming from ''real'' foodstuffs it just seems a bit of a waste of effort and if the chemicals etc. come from an ICI plant then I'd be even warier of consuming it.
Still keep us informed
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It tastes very much how it looks, but I guess nice tasting stuff isn't entirely the point of this exercise, is it? The texture is water with a sandy gritty aftertaste... Very earthy. My little one has been going around shouting off about how I'm eating sand after an initial comment I made about it.
Have ideas how to develop this, even after only having breakfast so far. Will keep you updated.
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Just wanted to bring this thread back to the surface as I have had a renewed interest in this kind of idea through the medium of Huel and i am awaiting a delivery of a few protein isolates to start to build my own meal replacers.
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Will you let us know how it tastes? I'm curious!nickdutch wrote:Just wanted to bring this thread back to the surface as I have had a renewed interest in this kind of idea through the medium of Huel and i am awaiting a delivery of a few protein isolates to start to build my own meal replacers.
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Decaff wrote:Will you let us know how it tastes? I'm curious!nickdutch wrote:Just wanted to bring this thread back to the surface as I have had a renewed interest in this kind of idea through the medium of Huel and i am awaiting a delivery of a few protein isolates to start to build my own meal replacers.
Oats is the main ingredient and I based mine on the ideas behind Huel.
80g pea protein isolate
80g rice protein isolate
30g linseed (grind it up!)
40g sunflower seeds (also grind it up!)
225g oats (gluten free. Chose this weight as that's 1/2 bag of the stuff i get from the co-op and tescos)
9g MCT
The "MCT" is a special extract of coconut
The linseed, sunflower seeds and porridge oats come from the co-op, the proteins and MCT comes from bulkpowders
As their principal ingredient is oats it tastes porridgey, but the sunflower seeds are a bit too strong so I may drop the sunflower seeds and use lecithin as the original recipe seems to.
huel.com sells flavours that you can add so the gritty porridge flavour wont be a big issue.
I have between 100g and 125g of powder in a blender at a time with about 500ml of water. I often add cacao nibs too to add flavour.
PS: Along side this I have a serious supplement regime that should be giving me all the micro-nutrients and plant base anti oxidants. So in a hypothetical situation, I could be gaining all macros from the drink and all micros from pills (probably whilst dreaming about how much I miss broccoli...!)
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Recommended Intake Vitamin C
The recommended daily intake for vitamin C for women and men ages 19 and up is 75 and 90 mg a day, respectively. Smokers in the same age group require 110 and 125 mg of vitamin C daily, respectively. Pregnant women need between 80 and 85 mg, and nursing women need 115 to 120 mg. Most people get the necessary amount of vitamin C from their daily diets, notes MayoClinic.com.
Vitamin C Toxicity
The tolerable upper intake level, or UL, of vitamin C for adults ages 19 and older is 2,000 mg a day. The Linus Pauling Institute indicates that health complications associated with megadoses of vitamin C are "suggested" through animal testing and isolated case reports. MayoClinic.com states that side effects associated with large doses of vitamin C include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, sleeplessness and headache. Kidney stores are another possible result of taking too much vitamin C. People with thalassemia or hemochromatosis may experience iron overload with megadoses. However, vitamin C taken in doses at or below the UL does not seem to result in adverse effects in healthy people."
Your pretty close to the upper limit with 1000 mg a day, also you might want to consider the effect a large dose of vit C has on other things. It's known to affect copper, zinc, manganese, calcium and vit E among other things. Personally I'd lower the dose.
Recommended Intake Vitamin C
The recommended daily intake for vitamin C for women and men ages 19 and up is 75 and 90 mg a day, respectively. Smokers in the same age group require 110 and 125 mg of vitamin C daily, respectively. Pregnant women need between 80 and 85 mg, and nursing women need 115 to 120 mg. Most people get the necessary amount of vitamin C from their daily diets, notes MayoClinic.com.
Vitamin C Toxicity
The tolerable upper intake level, or UL, of vitamin C for adults ages 19 and older is 2,000 mg a day. The Linus Pauling Institute indicates that health complications associated with megadoses of vitamin C are "suggested" through animal testing and isolated case reports. MayoClinic.com states that side effects associated with large doses of vitamin C include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, sleeplessness and headache. Kidney stores are another possible result of taking too much vitamin C. People with thalassemia or hemochromatosis may experience iron overload with megadoses. However, vitamin C taken in doses at or below the UL does not seem to result in adverse effects in healthy people."
Your pretty close to the upper limit with 1000 mg a day, also you might want to consider the effect a large dose of vit C has on other things. It's known to affect copper, zinc, manganese, calcium and vit E among other things. Personally I'd lower the dose.