it could be bad for the teeth, if the particular powder contains lots of acid (eg. citric acid). usually that acid would be diluted in the water, so it would be weaker and less of it will touch your teeth. But when you eat the powder directly, it's concentrated and depending on how much of it touches your teeth, it can become a problem.
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It’s tasty and no calories to speak of
It means for the serving size, they can round down to zero, but if you eat more then one serving there are actually calories.
Zero calorie ticktacks are a good example of this in the wild. almost pure sugar, but zero calories per serving.
That's a loophole that can be used indeed, but keep in mind zero calorie products actually do exist. As in, they have zero calories at all.
Frequently these artificial juice packets are truly zero calories because they can be made with a simple acid, some food coloring and an artificial sweetener that can't be absorbed or digested by your body.
Such a product does have calories in the physical sense (you could combust them) but they have zero calories from a physiological sense.
Ok but whatevs. It’s very little.
It's no more unhealthy than if you were to use it to mix a drink.
That said, check out Soylent and Huel. they make powdered meals that are actually healthy and nutritious. Would be healthier than sugary drink powder.
They said it has no calories so there’s not sugar.
Soylent and Huel are both disgusting.
Soylent just tastes like a slightly cereal flavored milk to me. I honestly prefer it among all the meal replacements, and I've had about all of them. I'm going to finish my last few bags of jimmy joy and go back to it.
Soylent and Huel are both disgusting.
I don't know. I'd say Soylent Green varies from person to person.
Ok Leela.
It was too good a line not to use here!
The whole Slurm factory episode has to be one of the finest pieces of comedy writing in history.
I don’t know what episode of what show you’re referring to, but Soylent Green is a film from 1973, wherein it turns out it’s made from people. Whatever comedy thing you’re referencing must have been riffing off that.
Futurama, in which Leela is a character, so both users were on the same page before your comment
No contention, just saying
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It's Futurama, from the episode "Fry and the Slurm Factory", which itself is a huge riff on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Futurama riffs and nods to old Sci-Fi all the time, and this was just a nice throwaway for those of us old enough to know the source material.
Here's the exchange in full:
It's references all the way down.
Ok so just curious when you say it’s no more unhealthy than drinking it, what credentials are you basing that assessment upon? I’m not trying to be dickish, this is all to put my wife’s mind at ease.
You're consuming the same thing, water or not. The only risk is choking on it.
Yes I’m aware.
If you were aware, you wouldn't be here.
I'm aware. You did not read everything I said. You're too full of yourself. Relax. Don't be presumptuous.
It's unhealthy to drink tons of water. Water poisoning is real. When you drink too much water you purge minerals and other useful substances out of your body.
Yes learned about that a long time ago. But it woukd have to be like three gallons a day mayne even more. I don't drink quite that much. And it's not called water poisoning, it's called water toxicity.
Sorry, litteral translation. English isn't my mother tongue.
It's about two gallons to get acute symptoms but just drinking loads of water for a long time can get your sodium levels dangerously low. Anyway, just take care. Too much of anything is... too much.
Totally agree!