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Hello, Diagnosis. Goodbye, Soylent. With Love, a #Soylentpioneer

It’s been ten months since my last post and a lot has happened. Sadly, my journey with Soylent ended in August on the heels of my diagnosis with the autoimmune disease, Celiac. Celiac is a serious genetic autoimmune disease that damages the villi of the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. What does this mean? Essentially the body is attacking itself every time a person with celiac consumes gluten. Between the start of my journey in May, 2015 and up to August, 2015 I had tried every version of powdered Soylent, including with their latest: 1.5. I continued to suffer from GI problems. The diagnosis, which took YEARS in the making, is a good thing. It means my life will vastly improve. However, it also means I cannot eat anything with gluten. Soylent cannot guarantee its ingredients to be safely gluten free enough for celiacs. Soylent is testing at 20ppm, but people with celiac disease still can’t consume that much. It only takes 1/8th of a teaspoon to trigger our body’s attack responses. Unfortunately, what our bodies attack is our digestive tack. So add that to my continual sickness while consuming Soylent, I had to make the right health choice for me. Soylent has gluten on its radar. I believe they will come up with a certified gluten-free version that is safe for celiacs. I still believe in Soylent and its mission. It is with great sadness that we must part ways. I will be back with another post, soon. One that explains celiac disease a lot better and one that will take a look back on this page and all the missed signals. For example, this entry from one of my first posts on WHY I chose Soylent: “I have digestive issues. Everything I eat wreaks havoc with my system. YES. I’ve been to the doctor (take a Zantac is now the go-to solution from the great medical profession).”I’ll want to talk about how long it takes for someone to get diagnosed, how dangerous that is, and how often, someone typically will develop other autoimmune disorders or cancers or mental illnesses triggered by undiagnosed celiac disease. I’m overwhelmed right now. Until then, be well.