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You don't just do a test for 2 weeks and expect to find something significant out of it. Go for one year, 2 years and then let's find out what really happens then.

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eating right shows visible results in a week (ie physical change and mental changes), every time - IMO thats significant. 2 years shows if this is sustainable/etc.

note: i'm not saying solyent is eating right. its hard to define what eating right is, but basically no soda, no processed foods (well, solyent sort of is:P), etc.

As said somewhere else this does not prove anything. This could just happening as well if you fast. People fasting for a couple of weeks have reported better mental abilities as well. Nothing of what was written is unheard of, and besides you have to realize there is a placebo effect since the guy knows he is going to take Soylent and expects something out of it (even if he does not realize it himself). Placebo effect can be extremely powerful.

So this kind of first hand report has close to zero credibility.

you die.

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