If you have time, and are willing to do the work and have the nutritional know how, building your own is far superior (as with most things) especially if you start with a sold base and add variation. Variation being the key to making sure you aren’t getting too much or too little of anything. the body is amazing at adapting so long as you don’t deprive it for too long of anything or take an excess of anything for too long. the morning smoothy with fats and protein mixed in is enjoyed by many for reason. still, replacing meals should be the exception if possible, like breakfasts on work days, not every meal every day, unless you are being closely monitored by a physician or doing so out of medical necessity.
Just in case anyone is interested, I’ve decided to list what I use personally…
While quite a bit more of a pain to mix up, if I have to skip a meal I use a combination of:
4 scoops Swansons Goat Whey (protein)
1 scoop CapraGreens powder (minerals and carbs and micro-nutrients)
1 scoop CapraMineralWhey powder (minerals and and carbs and micro-nutrients)
2 Tbs Coconut Oil or MCT Oil (fats)
I blend the above with whole milk, and often some mixed frozen berries and yogurt.
With that I take:
1 pill Shilajit Mineral Extract (85 minerals in ionic forms)
4 pills Desiccated Beef Liver (All essential minerals and several vitamins in highly bio-avaialbe pre-methylated forms)
1 pill high quality mixed EFAs of your choice
4-6 grams of vitamin c (assists with mineral absorption)
In total this equals ~$5.75 per serving and nets you 2.5x the calories of soylent and you really get an abundance of every micro-nutirent in the most bio-available forms, note: $5.75 is before the optional berries. so when comparing price, the very highest quality ingredients and sources can be roughly on par per calorie cost if you are willing to do some work to formulate and mix your own meal drink.
i find my body uses the goat whey a lot better and it doesn’t taste goaty and is worth paying a bit more for the extra nutrition. Of course that is a pretty primo blend, about as good as it possibly gets, one can get by on a much less primo blend. heck, in university i subsisted on ramen for a stretch. Also, I don’t endorse any of the above companies specifically, they are just what i happen use personally.
this is a good breakfast replacement, and likely much healthier then most standard breakfasts.
it wouldn’t be a survival shelter food, or stationed overseas, for that you’d want a shelf stable premade powder, or premixed drink packs.
