11 points | by speckx 10 hours ago ago
6 comments
There are only four sources of calories: protein, fat, carbohydrate, and alcohol. Fat is out. Carbohydrate is out. And you can’t tell people to eat more alcohol.
Hold my beer...
I've never really understood the obsession with heavily processed "glop" like Huel and stuff, which all has "with Protein!" stuck on it.
Why not just eat food?
> "Why not just eat food?"
Why not just do [less convenient thing] instead of [more convenient thing]? Well, convenience, of course.
> "I've never really understood"
You only need to understand that different people can have different priorities and desires.
> "the obsession ... glop ... stuck on ... why not just"
All you're doing here is using negative framing to pretend that your own priorities are more real than someone else's.
It's just convenient to mix in shaker bottle and have food sometimes. I feel like for people who eat to live [1] it's clearly saves time.
[1] as opposed to live to eat
> I've never really understood the obsession with heavily processed "glop" like Huel and stuff [...]
I've never really understood the obsession with one particular kind of food being "the true food".
> Why not just eat food?
Wait, what? Huel is food, by definition.
Presumably for some who are under specific exercise or diet regimens, it makes tracking macros more easy.
There are only four sources of calories: protein, fat, carbohydrate, and alcohol. Fat is out. Carbohydrate is out. And you can’t tell people to eat more alcohol.
Hold my beer...
I've never really understood the obsession with heavily processed "glop" like Huel and stuff, which all has "with Protein!" stuck on it.
Why not just eat food?
> "Why not just eat food?"
Why not just do [less convenient thing] instead of [more convenient thing]? Well, convenience, of course.
> "I've never really understood"
You only need to understand that different people can have different priorities and desires.
> "the obsession ... glop ... stuck on ... why not just"
All you're doing here is using negative framing to pretend that your own priorities are more real than someone else's.
It's just convenient to mix in shaker bottle and have food sometimes. I feel like for people who eat to live [1] it's clearly saves time.
[1] as opposed to live to eat
> I've never really understood the obsession with heavily processed "glop" like Huel and stuff [...]
I've never really understood the obsession with one particular kind of food being "the true food".
> Why not just eat food?
Wait, what? Huel is food, by definition.
Presumably for some who are under specific exercise or diet regimens, it makes tracking macros more easy.