I've been solely living on liquid future food for nine months now, and I'd like to talk a little bit about what I've noticed during this time frame.



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Power Up

The first thing that changed for the better is my energy. Before the liquid diet, I had a lot of swings regarding energy availability. Sometimes I had fatigue issues. Recently I learned that this might have something to do with the fact that I drastically cut down my meat consumption starting around 2013. I went from 3 to 4 times a week to 2 to3 times a month. All the time thinking that eating more nuts would do the trick in replacing meat. I should have taken more vitamin B12 for example. You walk you learn.

On the liquid diet, my fatigue issues were a thing of the past. I also stopped having food dips or peaks. It all become way more balanced. This is such a beautiful thing to experience, and it's one of the significant bonuses in correlation with the diet. I firmly believe this has a lot to do with the sugar intake. With these types of shakes, it's way less compared to my regular diet.

Balance

This feeling of balance accelerated my mood for the better. I noticed that everything seemed more manageable on a liquid diet. My sleep has never been better and starting the day is more of a gradual transition. This is also partly due to the 20 min vipassana morning meditations I do every day. Still, I can say that it has improved for the better once I started drinking all my food.



Here I'm balancing a bag of Soylent on my head during my visit in silicon valley

To have a gradual morning routine is super important and has a lot of impact throughout the day. It might be different for others but if I compare the days were my routine is pretty strict to the days where it's more of loose ends both productivity, and mood are way up with a strict routine. Because of the routine you also safe a lot of time which is definite emphasized if you stick with a liquid diet. I usually make my break fast shakes fresh, but when I'm in a rush, I prepare them. Serious time management tool.

Flavors and Taste

This is actually a bit of a downside. So far the most brands have a standard flavor option ranging from vanilla, chocolate strawberry, etc. Not the most exciting flavors if you ask me. Especially after nine months it gets a bit, well boring and at times even unpleasant. Through the time I discovered that natural and vanilla versions are far better if you consume on a regular base. This might sound like a paradox, but for me a non specific natural taste is much better. Sometimes less is more.



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Jimmy Joy's Plenny Shake

I do have to admit that I'm biased due to the amounts I consume. I drink this all day long, for nine months straight, so yes that plays a significant role. Another thing to keep in mind is that this industry is relatively young. Most of these brands are lean startups, and it's tough to come up with a wide variety of flavors if you also want to make a profit. I can't mention any details, but I know that certain brands are working hard on the taste issues as well as implementing natural options in their products.

Your Teeth Will Fall Out!

Before the start of this diet, the majority of people I spoke to was concerned. I get it. It's far from an ordinary lifestyle (although I believe ordinary is the most boring option you can take in life, that's something I'll address in another post).

The things I was asked the most were questions like: won't you loose like shit loads of weight? Aren't your teeth going to fall out? You'll be having constant diarrhea! You'll end up in the hospital...



Monthly check up at OLVG West Hospital

None of the above happened. Ok, I lost quite some weight, but that had mainly to do with the fact that I listened to my nutritionist. From the start, she was worried about the amount of protein in these shakes. She thought it was way too high and there for I should try to not over consume. This let to a severe decrease in weight. I reached a very critical BMI, and that was a scary and arduous thing to handle mentally due to my friends and family getting anxious. I decided to take my chances with the protein intake and start eating the amounts I felt I needed. And voila, my weight went back up, and currently, I'm back to my regular weight and BMI.

But Why?!

I think the main reason that I'm doing a 100% liquid diet with MRP shakes is to show that it is, in fact, possible to live on it and feel good. Now that does not mean I'm advocating such a lifestyle. I'm simply going against the odds. And today's food odds are, well, not that good. So many people still eat junk food. And by junk food, I also mean a lot of products that you can get in any supermarket.



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The biggest problem is that people (as well as general practitioners) are not adequately educated on nutrition. That's a serious issue. If I walk down any supermarket and grab a random item the first thing I do is to check the labeling. I'm going to eat this, so I want to know what it is I'm going to eat. And today there are a bunch of food apps that can help you with that.

I'd like to end with claiming that I'm far from understanding nutrition enough to make specific claims. By making this documentary, I hope I can inspire people to start looking at food from a different perspective. And wow, are we living in interesting time these days! I've seen so many amazing developments from the nutrition point of view well as apps and gadget point of view during the production of this documentary.

We are on the verge of a massive food revolution. Or maybe it has already started?

Thank you so much for reading, and I sincerely hope that you have some feedback in regards to what I've just been ranting about. So far any types of feedback have helped me tremendously along the process of this film.