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You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment is a 2024 American documentary series set for streaming on Netflix. It is based on an 8-week study conducted by Stanford University that put 22 sets of genetically identical twins on opposing (but healthy) diets: omnivore and vegan .
Identical twins change their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks in a unique scientific experiment designed to explore how certain foods impact the body.Wat...
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Identical twins change their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks in a unique scientific experiment designed to explore how certain foods impact the body. Watch trailers & learn more.
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- January 1, 2024
- Charlotte Pointing
- The food system started to change after World War II. As well as focusing on the Stanford study, the new documentary also gives some important background about the American food system and the roots of the Standard American Diet, which generally includes a lot of processed food, sugar, fat, refined carbohydrates, and red meat.
- Today, millions of Americans still struggle to access fresh fruit and veg. Dietary guidelines in the US are always clear that fruit and vegetable consumption is important.
- Our food system is destroying the planet as well as our health. Most people are aware by now that the way we eat has a big impact on the environment, and You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment underscores this point, too.
- Food production systems aren’t ethical or safe. The documentary series also touches on the ethical and safety implications of the food industry in the third episode, calling out the misleading nature of labels like “free range” and “humane.”
Jan 5, 2024 · Reality Blurred reviews You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment, a series based on a study that compares vegan and omnivore twins. The reviewer questions the show's credibility, objectivity, and accuracy, and points out the conflicts of interest and cherry picking of the vegan director and funders.
In You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment, four pairs of twins embarked on an experiment that showed that vegan and plant-based diets improved one twin's health over the other. Let's see if they're still sticking with the nutrition lessons they learned.
Feb 1, 2024 · A Stanford study comparing omnivorous and vegan diets in identical twins is showcased in “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment”. UCI Public Health assistant professor Matt Landry, who co-authored the study, hopes the documentary will encourage viewers to consider plant-based foods for health and environment.
