One Twin Goes Vegan, One Does Not: Fascinating Results | Dr. Christopher Gardner | Exam Room Podcast

Опубликовано: 13 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Physicians Committee

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The premise: 22 sets of healthy twins are put to the test. One identical twin begins to eat an entirely plant-based diet while their sibling eats a meaty omnivorous diet.

While 70% of the diets were identical, 30% of the omnivorous diet was comprised of meat and other animal foods. It would be that 30% that proved the difference maker in terms of the cardiometabolic health of the twins.

In just eight weeks the changes were nothing short of astounding.

On average, the twin eating the plant-based diet lost an additional four pounds, lowered their LDL ("bad") cholesterol by 15 points, and experienced a 20 percent improvement in fasting insulin compared to their meat eating sibling.

Go inside the remarkable study that was the basis for the hit Netflix documentary You Are What You Eat.

Nutrition scientist and Stanford professor Christopher Gardner, PhD, is one of the lead researchers of the study. He outlines the findings and takes you behind the scenes of the documentary when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.

Topics Discussed
Telomeres lengthening with plant-base diet
Genetics, biological clocks, and aging
Cholesterol effects on twins
Challenges of the study
Responding to criticism
And more

This episode was recorded at the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine in Washington, D.C.

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Cardiometabolic Effects of Omnivorous vs Vegan Diets in Identical Twins
Study: https://bit.ly/TwinStudyVegan

You Are What You Eat
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81133260

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Standford Nutrition
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Episode Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
00:58 Overview of the Study
1:46 Overview of the Diets
11:06 What Were the Results of the Study?
19:01 What Do We Know About Vegans & Longevity?
20:05 Main Takeaways from the Study
20:47 Addressing the Netflix Documentary Criticism
24:24 Effectively Communicating Nutrition & Health Information
33:05 Conclusion

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