Comment Re:Who was eating all those excess calories? (Score 1) 440
They used to do this in the late 19th and early 20th century. You can still find old newspapers with advertisements for weight loss pills that contained various parasites including tapeworms. Mind that during this period of time Coca Cola was being marketed as a universal medicinal cure all too.
Maybe the Gut bacteria found the soylent concoction particularly tasty and were eating more of it than the human, hence the weight loss.
You actually just gave me a great idea for a weight loss pill that's simply a capsule filled with tapeworm eggs.