Rob Rhinehartl's 'No Eating' Diet Probably Isn't Such A Great Idea

Last week, VICE brought us a rather perturbing story of one man's self-designed diet that, he says, allows him to give up food (in the conventional sense) forever.Rob Rhinehartl, a 24-year-old software engineer from Atlanta, Single Stage Hammer Crusher suppliers,told the publication he developed the diet because he'd become fed up with the inefficiency of eating regular meals. His diet now largely consists of a beige-colored slop he calls Soylent, which is filled with supposedly essential vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.

Don't worry, though; it's not made of people. He explains:Not having to worry about food is fantastic. No groceries or dishes, Reversible Hammer Crusher suppliers,no deciding what to eat, no endless conversations weighing the relative merits of gluten-free, keto, paleo, or vegan. Power and water bills are lower. I save hours a day and hundreds of dollars a month. I feel liberated from a crushing amount of repetitive drudgery. Soylent might also be good for people having trouble managing their weight. I find it very easy to lose and gain precise amounts of weight by varying the proportions in my drink.

We were skeptical, to say the least. Let's forget for a moment the obvious question -- why would someone voluntarily give up the pleasures associated with eating? -- and consider if this way of life is, as Rhinehartl claims, healthy."It's interesting, isn't it?" said registered dietician and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson Bethany Thayer when we posed the question to her. "What he's done is he's basically recreated a medical nutrition formula ... very similar to what hospitals do for patients that are unable to eat for whatever reason."