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[Daylen]

Hello. First of all I have to say I know next to nothing of chemistry and biology. So my worries may be unfounded.

I've been thinking about buying a Vitamix and just blending everything I eat, freeing the rest of the day. I'm worried about a couple of things, though:

1 - Is it ok to have so many calories in one sitting? I suppose I could space it out during the day, but that wouldn't really work for me. I'd prefer to eat in the morning and spend the rest of the day in the library, at work and in school.
2 - Is there any danger of chemical reactions from blending, such as vitamin c oxidizing the iron? I don't know if this is possible but I read somewhere that it may be dangerous.

 

This is what I eat on a typical day:
1 onion
1 zucchini
1 cucumber
1 cup of mushrooms (portobello, boiled)
2 onions
3 plum tomatoes
2 carrots
1 cup of pumpkin (boiled)
1 cup of quinoa (soaked, boiled)
2 avocados
2 cups of lentils (soaked, boiled)
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 brazil nut
1 banana
1 cup of raspberries
1 cup of blackberries

1 tbsp flax seeds

I'm probably forgetting some things, but that's pretty much it. I use iodized salt and I supplement with vitamin b12, vitamin D (10.000 IU a week) and calcium. Sometimes I have some boiled free-range eggs too.

I don't see why I couldn't just blend everything in the morning. Maybe it will taste horrible, or it may be too thick. I don't know.

 

There's a liquid food called Ambronite which is about to launch in Europe, but it's too expensive and I couldn't get it in my country anyhow. I figure if they can do it, I should be able to make something similar with a Vitamix. There's also Soylent, but it doesn't look healthy at all to me (although I really support the idea).

 

So, what do you think?

 

Thanks in advance.
 

Edited by Daylen, 14 October 2014 - 03:52 PM.

[noots6494]

I don't know about the 2nd question but for 1, speaking as someone experimenting with this exact idea after realizing that Soylent probably isn't the healthiest option out there, the problem isn't so much the calories but the water involved. It's not hard at all to eat 2000 calories in a sitting if it's in the form of say, peanut butter, but when you factor all the water you'll need for some nutrient dense ingredients to blend (~2 liters) you will have something very difficult to chug down quickly. Compounding it further is the fact that it will, indeed, taste like shit so those will be 2 liters you'll really need to force down.

 

The solution I found is to just get 2 bottles that hold 2 liters (I use the Takeya brand, same as what comes with Soylent) and use water to dilute it into 4 liters spread between the bottles and I can finish it in about 6 hours casually drinking it throughout the day. The advantage of doing that is it will dilute the taste enough to make it drinkable regardless of how shit it would be as 2 liters and it also makes it easy to the water RDI of 3.7 liters. So, it's a bit more work than it sounds like at first but it's still a huge time saver compared to the whole food alternative.

[Daylen]

I don't know about the 2nd question but for 1, speaking as someone experimenting with this exact idea after realizing that Soylent probably isn't the healthiest option out there, the problem isn't so much the calories but the water involved. It's not hard at all to eat 2000 calories in a sitting if it's in the form of say, peanut butter, but when you factor all the water you'll need for some nutrient dense ingredients to blend (~2 liters) you will have something very difficult to chug down quickly. Compounding it further is the fact that it will, indeed, taste like shit so those will be 2 liters you'll really need to force down.

 

The solution I found is to just get 2 bottles that hold 2 liters (I use the Takeya brand, same as what comes with Soylent) and use water to dilute it into 4 liters spread between the bottles and I can finish it in about 6 hours casually drinking it throughout the day. The advantage of doing that is it will dilute the taste enough to make it drinkable regardless of how shit it would be as 2 liters and it also makes it easy to the water RDI of 3.7 liters. So, it's a bit more work than it sounds like at first but it's still a huge time saver compared to the whole food alternative.

 

That's an excellent idea. I drink water throughout the day anyhow (I take bottles to the library, work and everything), so it really wouldn't be that much of a hassle. What ingredients do you put in your blend?
It may be a drag having to explain why I carry this weird coloured liquid around, though.

Edited by Daylen, 16 October 2014 - 05:04 PM.

[noots6494]

My ingredients vary depending on what I have on hand but for the most part it's very similar to what you propose except I also include a shitload of greens like kale, spinach, broccoli, etc. and I'd swap some of the oil for mixed nuts. CRON-O-Meter is a really good website to track what you're putting in and making sure you're not missing any vitamins, by the way.