Anyone Watching the Netflix Docuseries: You Are What You Eat (Twins Study)

[Christine]

I know we talk about "eating" and "diet" here occasionally so I thought I'd ask. Just started this and only finished episode 3. I'm pretty sure I know how this will turn out but I am interested in seeing how the numbers vary between each twin based on their diet. Both meal plans are considered to be healthy but they are just different. Ugh and the factory farming is just awful but not that I didn't already know.

At times the episodes move slow and I'm not thrilled with some of the inane banter, but I find a lot of the comments interesting. I actually didn't know that Eric Adams, mayor of NYC, was dx'd with Type 2 Diabetes and totally reversed it with dietary changes.

Just wondered if anyone else is watching?

 

[_19disnA]

Saw it on the TV listing but haven't watched. With any of those types of shows, I want to know how objective they are with whatever is being presented. Some shows start out with a conclusion about whatever the topic happens to be and then uses misleading data to try to 'prove' their point. If they don't intend to objectively present the subject, I have no interest in watching.

Don't know enough about this show/series to know if that is the case.

 

[Christine]

Saw it on the TV listing but haven't watched. With any of those types of shows, I want to know how objective they are with whatever is being presented. Some shows start out with a conclusion about whatever the topic happens to be and then uses misleading data to try to 'prove' their point. If they don't intend to objectively present the subject, I have no interest in watching.

Don't know enough about this show/series to know if that is the case.

Yeah, I can't tell either. I do think, based on some of the talk going on, that they are ultimately going to advocate for a plant based diet. I don't care if they do or not, I suppose. I am very interested in seeing the metabolic changes in each twin based on what they eat. Both diets are considered healthy: one is plant based totally (vegan) and the other includes meat, dairy, fish but I believe from healthy sources. They consider both diets to be healthy.

One set of the twins are Pacific Islander and have all of the health issues associated with that group when they fully embrace the American diet. I won't bore you with all the details of each set of twins but they have some interesting histories and I like the variety of lifestyles of twins they chose.

It's one of those shows you can have on and be doing something else--it's a bit slow moving but I can fold laundry or cook unhealthy food while it's on!

 

[disney4us2002]

I just finished it. I'm not surprised by the results but I don't agree that plant-based is the future of eating. I did find the meat bashing a bit unnecessary. I'm all about health if it tastes good but I'm not switching to plant-based if something is good for you but tastes like cardboard or is tasteless. The series focuses on four sets of twins but the actual study was done with 20 or more sets of twins. I suppose the others were either not interesting enough or didn't substantiate the findings they wanted to promote. Just mho.

I also found the sexual arousal study piece to be weird.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Not yet, but it's on the list. I'm sure I know how it ends, plant based diets are just better for us. I want to lose 5 lbs and eat a bit better to start off the new year and so am adding two plant based dinners per week.

 

[Christine]

I just finished it. I'm not surprised by the results but I don't agree that plant-based is the future of eating. I did find the meat bashing a bit unnecessary. I'm all about health if it tastes good but I'm not switching to plant-based if something is good for you but tastes like cardboard or is tasteless. The series focuses on four sets of twins but the actual study was done with 20 or more sets of twins. I suppose the others were either not interesting enough or didn't substantiate the findings they wanted to promote. Just mho.

I also found the sexual arousal study piece to be weird.

I'm going to try to find the published results of all the twins. I think that they just couldn't show them all because of the time it would take to do their stories. While this is a docu-series, I think they also wanted the audience to "bond" with each set of twins so we had all this backstory going and I can't imagine doing that with 20 sets of twins.

I haven't finished it but I didn't honestly think they were bashing meat per se, but more of bashing the kind of meat eaten through industrial farming/mass production/sick animals. When they showed the guy who owned the cattle farm and the natural way he was raising them, it was in a positive light. They also discussed how their omnivore diet for one of each sets of twins was also considered healthy and they pointed out early on that some people don't/can't get enough nutrients on a vegan diet. But, again, I'm only halfway through so maybe it went downhill from there.

 

[_19disnA]

"Plant based" now seems like the latest food fad marketing term. Potato chips didn't suddenly become a healthy snack even if they are considered "plant based"...............LOL.

 

[Ms.Minnie]

I saw this listed last night. I think I might try to watch this show just to see what they have to say. Should be interesting.

 

[Christine]

"Plant based" now seems like the latest food fad marketing term. Potato chips didn't suddenly become a healthy snack even if they are considered "plant based"...............LOL.

Well, I think common sense tells you that potato chips are out. From an NIH definition:
A plant-based diet consists of all minimally processed fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, herbs, and spices and excludes all animal products, including red meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products.

But yeah, LOL, people will make of that what they will.

 

[maxaroni]

Haven’t seen the docu series, as far as plant base goes, my DS31 was instructed by his cardiologist to eat plant based. DS does not have any heart issues but after my DH had triple bypass, DS wanted to get checked out. He had his base lines checked and all looks good. DS enjoys a lot of the plant based options, so he’s not ”suffering’.

 

[disneydreamer781]

I tried a plant-based diet for a while and ended up with kidney stones. So it was recommended to cut back and eat more of a balanced diet and up my calcium. Lots of plant-based foods that I like are high in oxalates so I have to be careful. I also need to drink milk which I had cut out for almond milk which I had been drinking for quite a while.

 

[disney4us2002]

I tried a plant-based diet for a while and ended up with kidney stones. So it was recommended to cut back and eat more of a balanced diet and up my calcium. Lots of plant-based foods that I like are high in oxalates so I have to be careful. I also need to drink milk which I had cut out for almond milk which I had been drinking for quite a while.

Interesting. One of the things the series pointed out is that milk is completely unnecessary for human adults. Milk is to fatten up calfs and babies, lol. They talked about a country (maybe Vietnam?) who used to have no milk/dairy products and since adding it to their diets after WWII, their health, such as disease, heart attacks, etc. have all increased.

 

[Christine]

Interesting. One of the things the series pointed out is that milk is completely unnecessary for human adults. Milk is to fatten up calfs and babies, lol. They talked about a country (maybe Vietnam?) who used to have no milk/dairy products and since adding it to their diets after WWII, their health, such as disease, heart attacks, etc. have all increased.

Yeah, the milk discussion was definitely not new and I'd heard that all before but I guess many people just like it. The country discussed was Japan. Zero dairy until WW2. I think there's probably other factors in their health issues but the fact that the majority of them, and most of the world, are lactose intolerant is interesting.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Saw it on the TV listing but haven't watched. With any of those types of shows, I want to know how objective they are with whatever is being presented. Some shows start out with a conclusion about whatever the topic happens to be and then uses misleading data to try to 'prove' their point. If they don't intend to objectively present the subject, I have no interest in watching.

Don't know enough about this show/series to know if that is the case.

It’s a documentary about a Stanford-led nutrition study.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/11/twin-diet-vegan-cardiovascular.html

*Warning: The link contains spoilers, just in case anyone can’t already predict the outcome of this study.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Tonight I watched The Game Changers because it had popped up as a recommendation the other day after I’d finished watching You Are What You Eat. It’s a few years old and produced by the same people, I believe. There are some familiar faces in it. I wasn’t sure I was going to like it because it’s focused on athletes and sports which does not interest me in the slightest but, WOW! It was far more interesting and eye-opening, IMO. I think it’s the better of the two.

 

[Christine]

Tonight I watched The Game Changers because it had popped up as a recommendation the other day after I’d finished watching You Are What You Eat. It’s a few years old and produced by the same people, I believe. There are some familiar faces in it. I wasn’t sure I was going to like it because it’s focused on athletes and sports which does not interest me in the slightest but, WOW! It was far more interesting and eye-opening, IMO. I think it’s the better of the two.

Thanks for the recommendation--it will be next on my list!

 

[Christine]

Tonight I watched The Game Changers because it had popped up as a recommendation the other day after I’d finished watching You Are What You Eat. It’s a few years old and produced by the same people, I believe. There are some familiar faces in it. I wasn’t sure I was going to like it because it’s focused on athletes and sports which does not interest me in the slightest but, WOW! It was far more interesting and eye-opening, IMO. I think it’s the better of the two.

@TipsyTraveler just wanted to come here and say I watched The Game Changers last evening and really enjoyed it. I agree it's better than the newer series. I liked that it was just one long show and it didn't drag as much. Really interesting. Anyone who is a sports fan (not me, lol) would enjoy it.

 

[ronandannette]

I may be operating on a whole different set of algorithms but most of the buzz I’m seeing lately about dietary changes for health are touting the miracles of all-meat diets. Personally, I’ve got no plans to change in either direction.

 

[Christine]

I may be operating on a whole different set of algorithms but most of the buzz I’m seeing lately about dietary changes for health are touting the miracles of all-meat diets. Personally, I’ve got no plans to change in either direction.

Yeah, I know. The test results they show in both of these shows would have you feeling the opposite. I'm not sure if their data is refuted by something else though.

 

[princesscinderella]

I watched it all and to me the end results in both diets wasn’t that drastic and it really comes down to moderation and eating less junk food. I agree the sexual function part was weird.