[HN Gopher] One Twin Went Vegan, the Other Ate Meat. This Is Wha...
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       One Twin Went Vegan, the Other Ate Meat. This Is What Happened
        
       Author : pseudolus
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2022-01-02 19:43 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.iflscience.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.iflscience.com)
        
       | NicoJuicy wrote:
       | This is actually interesting.
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       | I'll definitely no vegan and won't plan to. I do believe there
       | are benefits to it.
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       | But since China actually forced schools to serve eg. Eggs (
       | because of height difference with people from Japan) and they
       | observed benefits within 1 generation and my personal experience
       | with vegan people when I went to school ( they were sick more
       | often and had to take additional vitamines) I never even
       | considered it.
       | 
       | I'm really curious about separating the facts from the
       | falsehoods. The article referenced seems to indicate that my
       | personal observation isn't far off.
        
         | bigodbiel wrote:
         | 12 weeks, 2 adults, no nutritional guidelines. For all we know
         | the meat eater could have went supersize me while the vegan had
         | to resort to multivitamins, just to push a narrative. There is
         | no way to extrapolate this, specially to developing bodies.
        
       | baybal2 wrote:
       | What has happened? It's not clear from the headline.
        
         | gs17 wrote:
         | > The results were subtle, but significant. Compared to meat-
         | eater Ross, vegan Hugo experienced a massive drop in
         | cholesterol and a sharp increase in resistance to type 2
         | diabetes. Hugo said that he struggled with the vegan diet for
         | the first few weeks, experiencing huge cravings for meat and
         | cheese, but he eventually got used to it and claimed to feel
         | more energetic.
         | 
         | > Notably, the vegan diet was associated with a steadier blood
         | sugar level and energy level, while the carnivorous diet
         | resulted in harsher peaks and dips of energy. Interestingly,
         | however, the vegan diet resulted in a severe reduction in gut
         | bacteria diversity, while it remained stable during the meat
         | and dairy diet.
        
       | jl2718 wrote:
       | Trash study. 12 weeks. N==1. Non-blind. No calorie control.
       | 
       | I would go vegan myself if I didn't feel like Vegans were always
       | lying to me.
        
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