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I ordered a bottle, can't wait to try it out.

I'm not sure replacing your entire meals with any drinks is healthy since chewing improves digestion, but this seem great for a breakfast replacement.

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I am currently drinking Ragi Malt[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_millet#As_Beverage]

People in South of India have been drinking this as a breakfast meal for may be thousands of years.

Also its kind of like pretty common in folklore for providing immense health benefits, besides its nutritional value.

Is it really the act of moving your jaw around that helps you digest better? I would have figured that meant "You can digest food more completely when it's been mushed into tiny pieces before you swallow it," which Soylent has covered pretty well.

When we chew, our body sends a signal to our stomach that it's time to start digesting food.

In addition to that, the digestion process of complex carbohydrates begins with enzymes in your saliva.

Just ship every nutrient slurry with a wad of ham-flavored chewing gum. Problem solved.

Chewing something that also causes you to salivate makes your stomach produce more acid in preparation for digesting whatever it is: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3376919

Huh, interesting. Thanks!

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