You Are What You Eat: Twin Experiment Paid by Fake Meat Company?

At first glance, the Netflix documentary might have compelling results to adopt a plant-based diet, but upon detailed review it has multiple flaws.

Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

0:20 An 8-week clinical trial with twins compared vegan diets with omnivorous diets.

1:30 Researcher is Conflicted 

2:15 LDL cholesterol levels improved in the vegans.

3:10 LDL is not a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

4:40 Triglyceride and HDL levels shifted in the wrong direction in the vegans.

4:50 Waist circumference was tracked, but not reported in study results.

7:28 Prepared meals were given for the first 4 weeks, then they had to prepare their own.

9:20 HDL decreased in the vegan dieters.

9:45 Triglycerides increased with the vegan dieters, not omnivores.

12:45 Study protein, carb, and fat levels were similar between the diets, but calories differed.

14:25 Meat intake was mostly chicken.

15:05 Meat alternatives are ultra processed. 

15:30 Only 1 participant chose to remain on the vegan diet after the study.