Protein powder drinks are no longer just for bodybuilders, says New York Times survey with employees in Silicon Valley. In the United States, therefore, drinking meals instead of eating them is all the rage among computer scientists and other developers caught off guard by time during meal breaks.
Soylent, Schmoylent, Schmilk … inexpensive meal powders
To each his own mixture. While some swear by Soylent, Schmoylent or Schmilk, powders containing nutrients such as magnesium, zinc or vitamins, others go so far as to prepare homemade mixtures of nuts, water or milk and oatmeal.
An inexpensive diet (around $ 10) sometimes up to 7 p.m. in the evening, by these screen enthusiasts.
The powders would provide 2,000 calories per day and a balanced diet
According to the manufacturers of these protein powders, they provide 2,000 calories per day, a calculated carbohydrate / liquid / protein balance and meet the daily food requirements.
They have even been validated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) thanks to their status of dietary supplement. Taste level, nothing extraordinary: the mixes are described as bland, lumpy, like pancake batter.
It is essential to chew food
Experts have looked into these drinks and are alerting consumers … american study shows that it is essential to chew food because this action would regulate the hormones that activate the feeling of satiety in adults.
In France, let’s hope that the love of good food is stronger than this tendency of the liquid.
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