I challenge you to find the same benefits any other way.
Perhaps Soylent/Joylent/etc is good when you're in a hurry but I wouldn't like to base my general diet on them
Then I tried a week on joylent. I emitted smells I have only previously come across in a hospital. The putrid reak of a gut in very great distress.
It goes away in a few days, said the internet. So I kept faith and held on for a week, then a second.
One morning I came in to find my desk had been moved to the break area. 'we noticed that your are ill so we thought it was better all round if you weren't here with the team'
I dropped joylent after that, and my bowels went back to normal. But the damage was done (indeed I had to bin some of my trousers as the damage seemed embedded in them).
So I say, joylent, okay, but only if you work from home and don't cohabit.
Fortunately I've not experienced what you experienced... and I'm on my 40th bag or so (3 shakes per bag).
And the Mediterranean countries are just masters in this area (thank you Spain/France/Italy!)
When you need something fast, or you need something fast AND you want a good amount of protein, these shakes are great.
I'd certainly rather have a nice several course meal with friends; but if I have little time, these shakes are a great solution.
> Perhaps Soylent/Joylent/etc is good when you're in a hurry but I wouldn't like to base my general diet on them
it was followed by this
> I'm pretty sure that Jimmy Joy (Joylent) is still better-balanced food than what you prepare in a house or buy in a restaurant.
Mediterranian diet has no bad problems
But to each their own
Example: Premade spanish tortilla with olive oil, for 1.75€ in Mercadona, 798 kcal[0]. Just heat in the microwave for a minute. (spaniards say premade spanish tortilla is awful but I think the Mercadona one, while not as good as home made, is pretty good)
So as the hot chick on the Lil Dicky video says, "apples to oranges".
For the whole 600g of product (which is the caloric equivalent of two soylent servings) you have 32g. If you want a higher protein-to-calories ratio, just boil eggs which are even cheaper. In 10-15 minutes one can boil eggs once a week for the whole week.
edit: Before complaining about cholesterol, please watch this (or read the text version linked in the description, with sources) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S6-v37nOtY I recommend the rest of the channel as well.
175g of JimmyJoy = 45g protein. That's hard to beat, especially considering all the other things you get with it.
I had no intention of complaining about cholesterol.
But anyway, split roasted chicken[0] has the same proportion of protein (26%, but the serving is bigger at 65g). It comes with 4 individual bags of 250g of chicken for ~4.65€ (1.16€ each) and one can just heat a bag in the microwave. And it's very well seasoned and delicious.