Amount | Ingredient | $ / day | Source | |
---|---|---|---|---|
24 | g | Canola Oil | $0.08 | Grocery |
80 | g | Quaker Oats, 10lbs | $0.14 | Costco |
2 | g | Iodised Salt | $0.00 | Grocery |
15 | g | Potassium Gluconate | $0.50 | Fruitful Yield |
0.5 | pill | Nature Made Multi Complete | $0.03 | Amazon |
40 | g | Hemp protein powder | $0.60 | Amazon |
40 | g | Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein, Chocolate | $0.43 | Grocery |
40 | g | Trader Joe's Unflavored Soy Protein | $0.70 | Trader Joe's |
1 | g | BulkSuppliments choline bitartrate | $0.04 | Amazon |
2 | g | NOW Foods MSM Sulfur Powder | $0.07 | Amazon |
20 | g | Sugar Free Metamucil | $0.44 | Walmart |
Amounts for: Total Daily Cost: | $3.02 | Add Ingredients to Amazon Cart |
This should cover all basic nutrients. Additional protein is always good, so add a glass of milk and a hard boiled egg to your day to add the choline and sulfate necessary in the day. If you want to boost your protein further, adding more normal foods would be my recommendation at this point, such as a few slices of turkey (one of the best sources of protein per calorie).
Also, to save some money, I bought whole oats in bulk and processed them with a food processor to make it into a powder. It saved quite a bit of money, considering you can buy the oats in bulk for cheap, it's not a bad idea. My advice is that you sift the oats as you are blending them in a food processor, otherwise you'll add a texture to the shake that may or may not be pleasant to you.
Additionally, I split the protein between three sources of protein due to the fact that the Trader Joe's soy protein is fortified with a lot niacin, and the multivitamin that I use also has quite a bit of niacin. That means that limits the amount of the protein powder we can have without overdosing on niacin or going sky-high on other nutrients. This method should also add a variety of protein that other recipes of soylent might not have. In addition to that, soy protein has been found in recent studies to contain levels of estrogen that aren't all that good for men. Therefore, I am minimizing the use of that particular protein powder and balancing it out with two others. Additionally, if you want, adding a couple tablespoons of Orange Metamucil adds an orange flavor and increases the fiber content significantly. I wouldn't recommend it at this point as I am not exactly sure as to the effect on nutrient absorption yet. Consulting a nutritionist in the near future.
Also, the sodium is a little high because I don't buy into the myth that sodium causes high blood pressure or long-term cardiovascular damage. The recommended daily consumption of salt per day based off of healthy cultures in history is about a teaspoon (5 grams). In this recipe, to be safe, I use about 1/4 teaspoon. Also, the Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acid levels are based off recent research that has shown that too much of these can cause issues as well. Please ignore the fact that those are a little lower.
So far, I've been on this for about 3 weeks. It has consisted of about 75% to 85% of my meals over all this time. The only recommendations I make to you is that you DO take lots of water between soylent meals, and have at least 2 glasses of metamucil a day at least an hour before or two hours after you eat a soylent meal. Otherwise you might have some stomach discomfort. Additionally, the first few days, I was actually shaky throughout the day because, apparently, my overall nutrition wasn't that great and then my body was like, "oh wow, look at all this good stuff! Let's go do ALL THE THINGS!" I felt better as time passed and used it more.
I want to say a special thanks to hackerschool's blog. This was a large basis for my recipe. You can find the link here: http://www.cookingfor20.com/2013/06/18/hacker-school-soylent-recipe/
Also, my wife is allergic to chocolate, unfortunately. Coming up soon, I will be pulling a strawberry recipe together for everyone to use.