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Original poster

To want to try Huel?

66 replies

BrightLightsAndSound · 26/09/2018 19:37

Liquid food for those who don't know it.

As far as I can gather they seem to be claiming you could essentially just live off Huel for the rest of your life - can this be true?! Anyone tried it?

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BertieBotts · 26/09/2018 19:41

I tried joylent, it's OK, but tastes worse than I expected, and I found it quite hard to get the amount down that they recommended for a meal, so it didn't really save me time. It doesn't work out any cheaper than other convenience foods.

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BrightLightsAndSound · 26/09/2018 19:42

But wouldnt only drinking your food rather than eating it have a knock on effect on your body?

They claim it has everything you need etc, but wouldnt the human body need more variety to stay healthy?

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PurpleArmy · 26/09/2018 19:42

I thin there is a reason it rhymes with gruel.

BertieBotts · 26/09/2018 19:42

I just used it to replace the odd meal, think it would be too much all the time. I decided I'd rather get protein powder and make my own smoothies.

BertieBotts · 26/09/2018 19:44

I am sure there is something on YouTube about a person eating it all the time.

I suppose babies under six months just eat the same thing with no variety. I expect full time it may have the same effect on the bowels!

tessica2 · 26/09/2018 19:50

Go for it! We have it but I love eating so I only really have it for breakfast but I generally feel full up till lunch with it and I tried it when we first got it for a week for three meals and I did feel great (the same as if I have a healthy week). I love crunching too much to have it all the time but it's a grand breakfast!

RayRayBidet · 26/09/2018 19:54

YABVVU 🤮

delphguelph · 26/09/2018 19:57

Sounds awful

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 26/09/2018 19:59

You can have the ones that DH hasn't got round to having. Looks foul

LEMtheoriginal · 26/09/2018 20:00

Why would you? Hmm

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BrightLightsAndSound · 26/09/2018 20:01

@tessica2
I was thinking of using it for breakfast!

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YetAnotherThing · 26/09/2018 20:02

My DH does it. Looks grim but he mostly keeps it in office for lunch on days he doesn’t have time to go out. Says it’s ok and genuinely fills him up so stops him heading for the biscuit tin.

Causeimunderyourspell · 26/09/2018 20:06

I use something similar - USN diet fuel which is effectively the same as Huel (and a heck of a lot cheaper, Huel is a fucking rip off), which I have for breakfast and lunch.

I hate eating in the morning and can never decide what to have for lunch so it has just cleared my brain of pondering food things all the time!

I imagine you could live on just those BUT I think it would effect the mouth structures surely which are formed and hardened from eating?! Perhaps would change the way your bowels work as well with nothing solid being digested.

SaucyJack · 26/09/2018 20:09

YABU. We have a very strange friend who tried it because he has a very rigid organised approach to life, and he liked to the idea- but even he said it was boring and tasteless. And that’s exactly what he was going for.

Jeanclaudejackety · 26/09/2018 20:09

Apparently it smells like liquid dog food

overnightangel · 26/09/2018 20:12

If that was all you “are” would you not just effectively be pissing out of your arse?

overnightangel · 26/09/2018 20:12
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BrightLightsAndSound · 26/09/2018 20:16

@overnightangel
Grin

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slookiroo · 26/09/2018 20:18

I use Huel. While you could theoretically live on it, most use it for some but not all meals.

It's not an attractive colour but doesn't smell like dog food (obviously... completely different ingredients).

Personally I use it at times when I otherwise don't have time to eat. I like that it's nutritionally complete so I can put less thought in to the nutritional content of other meals.

I feel good on it but understand it's not going to be for the masses.

BertieBotts · 26/09/2018 20:24

The thing is I find eating and thinking about food and preparing it and so on such a chore which I can't be arsed with and find stressful, so in theory something like this is perfect for me. I can still have actual food if there happens to be some available and I'm in the mood but if I can't be arsed, there's the fallback.

The amount of time it takes me to drink it puts me off, though.

MassDebate · 26/09/2018 20:24

DH uses it for breakfast and claims it stops him from snacking before lunch. He’s marathon training and likes the fact it’s complete nutrition so he knows he’s getting what he needs. Looks gross to me!

tessica2 · 26/09/2018 20:25

@MassDebate I think it definitly has stopped me snacking, then I eat a regular lunch and snack all afternoon

Not sure if that's a correlation or if I'm just extra greedy in the afternoon

NorthernSpirit · 26/09/2018 20:26

Yes, i’ve tried it. Once, never again. Eat a healthy diet instead.

AnotherCareerThread · 26/09/2018 20:26

I tried it and found it grim, and very expensive

ivykaty44 · 26/09/2018 20:29

I’ve used joylent, I used to mix with decade coffee instead of water sometimes. I used it for lunch when I was swimming at lunch time at work - didn’t have enough time to eat afterwards