One Twin Went Vegan, The Other Ate Meat. This Is What Happened (2021)One Twin Went Vegan, The Other Ate Meat. This Is What Happened (2021)
Identical twins Hugo and Ross Turner have submitted themselves to become a pair of human guinea pigs and investigate whether a vegan diet is healthier than eating meat and dairy.
The Turner brothers are typically seen adventuring around the world, but the pair have recently been using their credentials as genetically identical twins for the benefit of science. As part of a recent study at the Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology at King's College London, the twins followed two distinctly different diets for 12 weeks: Hugo ate strictly vegan food, while Ross continued to eat meat and dairy products.... read more... read more
Thanks!
I learnt that I must take care of my gut health.
Also renewed my resolve to continue watching You Are What You Eat, a Netflix show exploring twins consuming different diets: https://www.netflix.com/sg/title/81133260
It seems that going vegan is going to have more good things than bad, this study is very interesting, especially because it was done on two twins, although they also detail that they only share 25-30% of gut microbes, so that may be an important factor as well.