I went into this thinking I was going to absolutely disagree with this argument. While I wouldn't want to go on this diet, I think it is an interesting idea and deserves to be studied further. I also don't think it will catch on but you never know. Also, only a bachelor would come up with something like this. No way would a girlfriend put up with eating an energy drink everyday for who knows how long.
I think it was mk who said that biology is so multifaceted that something like this likely wouldn't work. We don't fully understand the interplay of our biological systems. Chances are he's missing something in his estimation. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.
Yeah, it would be pretty unbelievable if he was getting everything that he 'needed' for the healthiest diet. However, I put 'needed' in quotes, because it's tough to even establish what that means. I work in research, and we have often joked that if we were locked in the lab, we could just survive by drinking our cell culture media. That's pretty much sugar water, some amino acids, electrolytes, and serum from cow fetuses. So in that respect, this is a science that has been going on for quite some time. Maybe I should send him some culture medium. I probably tastes similar. But with the fetal cow serum, it probably is much healthier, and it keeps in the refrigerator for months. Why does he make it everyday? Why doesn't he just freeze down servings and thaw them as needed? Don't get me wrong; I do think that if we did something similar to this and only ate one 'normal' meal a day, we'd all probably be better off for it. But as a complete replacement, it's total guesswork. You could replace two meals a day with a huge assortment of more simple concoctions and improve your health.There are drawbacks: It doesn't keep long after mixing with water, so I still have to make it every day.
Probably because it takes longer to thaw something than to mix it with water?Why does he make it everyday? Why doesn't he just freeze down servings and thaw them as needed?
Yeah, you are probably right. I suppose I pictured him mixing it every day, but he probably just makes pre-measured aliquots of the powder. Still he said "I still have to make it every day", which sounds more than just stirring it into water. Maybe because the fish oil. If that's the case, he should freeze it.