Has Anyone Tried Huel?

[wolf63]

I usually survive on ready meals but I know that my diet is not balanced and it is reflected in my health - no energy and feeling like death warmed up.

My latest idea is for me to eat something that gives me all my nutrition each day. I thought that Huel would be good. I looked at the website and was overwhelmed by information about the product. I want something that will replace most of my meals and I am not sure that Huel is meant for that. I have a short attention span and have problems with my ability to read and fully comprehend information.

Can someone please visit the site https://uk.huel.com/ and tell me if it can just replace some meals each day.

[pastafreak]

I knew someone who tried it about 4 years ago...it was pretty basic then. She said it was like tasteless porridge. She lasted 3 days out of the months worth she bought. I gather it's improved since then...going by the ads I see. I'll have a look at the site...though it's the last thing I'd be interested in.
Maybe you should look into a meal delivery service.

[FatticusInch]

Couldn’t you just try to eat a balanced diet instead of using vitamins, supplements and ‘meal replacements’?
Fresh fruit and vegetables, wholemeal bread, fish, eggs, cereals, grains etc?
Or is that not a medically viable option?
I’ve not tried Huel, from what I can gather it’s a bit Marmite in that it has opposing views.

[Buenchico]

Well worth a read, I feel:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/huel-soylent-meal-replacement-drinks

(Even if you find difficulty taking in the whole of the article, you should be able to pick up enough to see what the writer is saying).

[pastafreak]

I looked at the site...not terribly easy to make sense of it. To me it seems expensive for what it is...and isn't. A single hot meal will give you approximately 1/3 of your rda of required nutrients. I couldn't find specific ingredients though.

[johnk]

Why not try cooking real veg with meat or fish. Humans have thrived on this diet for tens of thousands of years before todays rubbish took over.

[Gill1941]

I hate cooking but also dislike ready meals.
It is very easy to put a salmon or chicken fillet in foil in oven and steam a few fresh vegetables which is what I do a lot.
Virtually no preparation and proper food.

[Scarlett]

If you are feeling less than tiptop, you could try to find out what you are deficient in rather than trying to make even simpler meals. Maybe get a blood test at the doctors to rule out causes, and you could always get a blood test done with York Test to see if you have any allergies or intolerances. Once you know what food your body likes, you can look at finding easy ways to eat those things. I can’t walk or stand most of the time and I get by on bunging some kind
Of chicken or fish in the oven and steaming a bag of veg in the microwave for
3.5 mins. There is also bags of rice and lentils and beans that you can microwave for one minute which are pretty good.

[Ellipsis]

> Well worth a read, I feel:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/huel-soylent-meal-replacement-drinks

I cannot believe they've named a firm selling meal replacements "Soylent" ...

[jno]

it was soya and lentils, which may still be the case. Sometimes businesses do choose the oddest names...

https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2020/07/i730/sweeneytoddfleetstreet.jpg

[Ellipsis]

Yeah, it's just that there's an obvious association with the film "Soylent Green", in which Soylent Green is a meal replacement made from [spoiler alert] dead people!

[Old_Geezer]

Is it worth the waiting for
If we live 'till eighty four
All we ever get is
Huel

Everyday we say our prayer
Will they change the bill of fare
Still we get the same old
Huel

(Sorry, no idea, never heard of it ;-) Good marketing name though.)

[jno]

yes, I got the reference, hence the similarly dodgy name in the photo I linked to. Wasn't there a restaurant recently called the Titanic because the owner claimed the food went down well?

[wolf63]

Thank you to all of you.

I might just accept that this is one of my more illogical/stupider ideas.

I think that I will give the low-GI diet another go...

[jno]

not stupid or illogical, wolf, but maybe not as good as they make it sound.

[Ellipsis]

Sorry, jno, it struck me that you may not have heard of Soylent Green. Sweeney Todd is also not great name for a barber - I suppose everyone who gets out alive has had a close shave ...

[jno]

at least there doesn't seem to be a pie shop downstairs, just what appers to be the Prosperity Kandy Stores.