Anyone on HUEL?

Telly isn't food. If I have no interest in TV for a few days or weeks I don't watch any. I haven't tested that with food but I expect it would end differently.

People do seem to get really really offended when I tell them I have Huel for breakfast and lunch - far more so than just telling people you're vegetarian. It's like it strikes at the very heart of them. 'What do you mean you live almost exclusively on something 100% nutritionally complete in an easy to digest format?!.....how very dare you?!....eat a supermarket shit sandwich for lunch and feel like shit for the afternoon like what normal people does....'

@EB Haha that's so true it's like you've joined a cult and they are trying to reprogram you.

I've considered the idea of using Huel or similar for breakfast and lunch, I'm awful at planning ahead and waste too much money buying at work. I'm concerned that it wouldn't stop me being tempted by flapjacks though.

I have been doing this for about 8months (queal not huel but there a million brands now.) Started using it for breakfast because i hate eating first thing in the morning. Worked it in for lunch since the restaurant in my building is great but not healthy. (Austria so schnitzel, fried chicken, large amounts of roasted meat is the norm.) I have found carbonated water and let it sit for an hour in the fridge for best consistency, careful when offgassing shaker bottle lol.

do you actually feel like you've "eaten" when you've had one of these?

Must admit some days I have hungry days which presents a dilemma if I'm trying to work to a calorie intake. I try to do two a day though, three scoops in each.

Never heard of it until just reading this. Sounds good, if you don't eat well / have the time to prepare food / can't cook etc or use it as a supplement. As a long term food alternative though i'd be sceptical. Your body needs the fibres and I think the long term impacts of this aren't understood.

Can't speak for huel specifically but yes

It's got fibers, lol

Going off on a tangent here, but read this recently and thought it was fascinating. needs to be treated with caution, as it's basically one person hypothesising, but some interest ideas..

Oh boy, has it!...

Sorry, probably shouldn't comment on something i don't know about. Do you not lose the insoluble fibres?

I thought the whole mechanism of how fibre works is the body can't digest it so out it comes...

'100% nutritionally complete' is close enough to 100% of my complete nutritional needs for me. :)

She comes across as someone thats got a downer on it, and hellbent on trivialising to begin with even trying to get her friends from her biased viewpoint to form an opinion before its passed their lips. It suits some lifestyles and requirements perfectly YMMV I'd say to the Guardian reviewer that probably spends a lot of time in posh delis or shopping at Waitrose. Theres many people like myself that can't really eat that well on a budget. For what, £1.60 a meal its good value and I don't have to worry about nutrition, or cleaning up in a very small apartment. If you are a foodie, have the budget and the time and the nice kitchen knock yourself out, but I love the convenience and sleeping well on something thats nutritionally complete, takes seconds to prep and easy to digest - plus simple to calorie count. I am a bit of an evangelist over this stuff, I get the piss ripped out of me unmercifully at work which I don't get. I suppose individuality scares some people.

For me i also like to cook and eat out at nice places, this is more so for the inconvenient meals.
I drink breakfast and lunch but cook 4-5 nights a week and then go crazy on the weekends ha.

^^ Mate, it has its uses but it is fucking weird. I say this as someone who uses it!

I love the stuff and have no intentions of stopping using it. Simple as that. :)

Heh, fair cop. 😀

I have a few bags yet from some time ago so it feels like a free lunch at the moment!

I dated a foodie, but if anything I liked the contrast more. When you do eat you appreciate the experience of "normal" food that bit more. Not to say that huels bad either.

Totally, I am much more intentional when I eat "real" food

What is Huel?

Oh I see, it's Soylent.