In our culture, food is highly praised. There are TV shows dedicated to preparing the best recipes and individuals who devote their lives to becoming “foodies,” or those who have a keen interest in food. However, in Lizzie Widdicombe’s article “The End of Food,” entrepreneur Rob Rhinehart believes that food is just “an inefficient way of getting what he needed to survive.” Throughout the article, the “hopes” and “nightmares” about replacing food with Soylent have been explored. Hopes such as reducing resource competition and subsiding conflicts over farmland bring positive aspects to this product. On the other hand, nightmares such as minimizing the “punctuation” that meals offer and freedom to indulge in what is around us pose an important question: is Soylent really worth it?
Many people try to live the healthiest possible lifestyle. They engage in daily physical activity and stick to strict diet plans, ensuring that they meet
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Phytochemicals that come from plants, such as lycopene and flavonoid, have been linked to lower rates of prostate cancer and diabetes, respectively. Although we cannot find the answers behind why our bodies use these chemicals, they should not be neglected. We may not need these compounds for our survival, but “[we] may not live maximally, and [we] may not have optimal function.”
I really enjoyed Lizzie Widdicombe’s article “The End of Food.” It introduced me to a topic that I was unfamiliar with, and it opened my eyes to the new technology and innovation that is evolving. I do believe that Soylent is a great tool, but I do not think that it should be used to replace food as a whole. Physical food has many nutritional benefits that cannot be recovered any other way and has been our way of life for as long as we can remember. Although we are unsure of what new food dreams are in our future, we should not be so quick to change our ways of eating