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Is a vegan diet healthier than eating meat and dairy? – BBC REEL
Identical twins Hugo and Ross Turner are adventure athletes that are always trying to find ways to improve their performance.
With the help of scientists at King's College London, they went on a 12-week fitness program with a twist: Hugo turned vegan, and Ross continued to eat meat.
Which diet is the best?
Video by Izabela Cardoso & Fernando Teixeira
Executive producer: Griesham Taan
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We have been exploring adventuring
for the last 10 years, and a big part of adventuring
is preparing your body. For us, trying to keep our fitness interesting
and trying to keep ourselves motivated – we tend to try and focus on these
three month segments of fitness. Because we're genetically identical, we can compare various
different foods, training regimes and find out what works for us. So we wanted to test plant v animal. What was the best? What was the worst? What were the benefits? What were the drawbacks?
And uncover something new. We dubbed ourselves
as the adventure guinea pigs, because over the years we've taken part
in research at the Department of Twin Research at
King's College London. We wanted to use the model of
identical twins who are genetic clones in order to test the effects of diet and exercise
on the way they respond to foods. I was on the vegan diet, and it
really does take a hit on your body. I think the first couple of weeks
it was really craving of wanting meat and dairy and cheese. Love cheese. I was now having to eat fruit and nuts and alternatives that didn't have any dairy. And so that meant I was eating
a lot more wholesome food, which meant that my sugar levels were
a lot more satiated during the day. I felt like I had more energy. Performance was up and down a little
bit more, for me, on my meat diet. I'd have a few days where
I was very energetic in the gym and then I'd have huge lulls as well, whereas Hugo's was far more sustained
and satiated with energy levels. I think the interesting thing is
how they differ in their responses to sugars and fats,
despite being identical twins. Ross was actually above average for
the way he processed fats and sugars, whereas Hugo was below average. We believe that there's a big,
non-genetic element to that that is driven a lot by our gut microbes. If you treat them right,
they will produce thousands of different chemicals that will keep
your body in the best shape. They will help your immune system
to fight infections. They will go to your brain
to make you not feel over hungry or not stressed or depressed. We find, on average,
that most identical twins only share between 25 and 30 percent
of their microbes with each other, and we think this is why many
of their metabolisms is different and they react to foods differently. And that's, in a way, an example of why
all of us react differently to foods. Being a vegan and going
through that 12 week period – my diversity of gut bacteria
severely dropped. Whereas mine stayed the same, which meant that I was
less susceptible to illness. It could be that that diversity
he was getting from dairy products and those other fats in meats –
led to a slight reduction in the diversity. They're already in the top five percent
of their gut microbiome health, so it's hard for them to push it
further than that. So the first thing is to give yourself – try and aim to have 30 different plants
a week – to give it that diversity. Second is to always try
and pick plants that have these natural chemicals
called polyphenols in them, which gives them the bright colours
or the bitter tastes. Things like brightly coloured berries
or nuts or seeds, things like coffee, things like
dark chocolate and even red wine. Thirdly, probiotic – having foods
that contain live microbes themselves like traditional yogurt,
kefir, kombucha. And finally, it's cutting out
ultra processed food. Watching Hugo eat all his vegan food you do realise how much processed
or, I say ‘crap food', you do eat compared to a vegan. And you do become quite aware.
You feel guilty the whole time when you're next to somebody eating
very, very healthy food. On average, vegans are healthier
than meat eaters, but within that there's a huge range and there are some very
unhealthy vegans and vegan diets. And it does depend
on the quality of the food. It's not about whether you have meat
on your plate or not. And many vegans often find themselves
eating ultra processed food, because of reformulating standard foods,
particularly dairy substitutes and meat substitutes – that are probably as
unhealthy as eating processed meats. The medical and scientific research
that monitors us all agree that there's not a huge difference,
if any, between the two diets. It's just the small ones
that we both have high cholesterol, because we lose a lot
of weight on expeditions. Hugo's cholesterol dropped
off the scale on the vegan diet, whereas my regular meat diet
just stayed the same. My obesity level dropped. My resistance to type two diabetes
also increased. They're looking for small incremental
effects that athletes tend to look at. It's very much understanding
how your body's working so you can tailor
your nutrition optimally and athletes do it
to improve performance. Normal humans would do it just
to feel less tired, feel less hungry. Put on less weight over a year. I've slightly changed my diet in the sense that I eat
a lot more different things – eat the rainbow,
eat everything in moderation. You have a balanced diet –
that's really the key, I think. If somebody says: ‘Right,
you need to do this certain diet with these weights to get the results.' Question it a little bit. Just go and have fun with it. Experiment, find out
what works for you.
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Vegans have higher serum levels of glycine, the collagen building amino acids. This helps explain why vegans tend to age more slowly than meat eaters.
Very interesting, one question….Did anyone ask the animals what they thought about a vegan diet.
Vitamin B12 is produced by soil bacteria. In nature, animals like cows or chickens get it by eating grass or pecking at grains from the ground — they ingest tiny amounts of soil that contain B12.
But in factory farming, animals don't have access to soil, so they’re given synthetic B12 in their feed — often the cheapest and least effective form. This feed is mostly made of soy, much of which comes from deforested areas like the Amazon. Importantly, this soy is grown for livestock, not for vegans — who typically use European-grown soy.
So when people eat meat for B12, they’re indirectly getting the same supplement — just through the animal. Vegans can skip that step and take a better-quality B12 supplement directly.
Veganism is an ethical lifestyle focused on avoiding all animal exploitation — especially for the sake of animals. Positive effects on health and the environment are great side benefits, but the core motivation is animal rights.
A plant-based diet, on the other hand, is usually about personal health and nutrition. It focuses on eating mostly or entirely plant foods, without necessarily considering animal ethics.
no, nither vegan nor animal based food is best… the best kind is vegiterian food… its include 60-75% of plant based, all kind and rest is animal based.. like fish, milk, chicken, egg etc…
Basically, people should determine their diet method based on their body condition, because each person has different nutritional needs.
Remember: Factory Farming is the leading cause of Global Warming aka Climate Change
Cutting out a lot of vegetables and eating a lot of meat has helped my blood sugar levels and Im not a tired as I was. Always good to find something good for you and then share it cause it may help someone else
I am guessing the outcome based on the source 😂 my guess is they will push plant based.
I went vegan six years ago, and let me be clear, I was the ultimate meat lover. We’re talking triple-meat cheeseburgers, extra-large fries, soda on the side. BBQs? I did it all. I’d order two pounds of each type of meat without blinking. No one loved meat more than I did.
But my body was paying the price. I had constant gut issues, borderline prediabetic, low energy, and felt sluggish most days. Then I watched The Game Changers documentary, and it hit me. I went vegan cold turkey.
The first two weeks were brutal, my body was detoxing hard, and honestly, I felt like I was on the brink of death. But I stuck with it. Now, six years later, I’m living my best life. I’m all the “-frees”: sugar-free, gluten-free, processed-free, artificial-free. My gut health is restored, my skin is clearer, my energy is up, my mood’s balanced, and my mental health is on a whole different level.
Meanwhile, the producers in here seem to push an odd narrative with an agenda. They show how a vegan diet gave them lower cholesterol, more stable energy, greater resistance to type 2 diabetes, and lower body fat but somehow conclude that both diets delivered similar results? 5:35……Make it make sense. -_-
What meat has to do with this? Vegan vs junk, not vegan vs meat
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Yes. Vegan diet is healthier. BE VEGAN.
Why should people not eat meat? It takes 15,000 liters of water to produce one kilogram of beef, and 2,000 liters of water to produce one kilogram of rice. Water is running low
No.
Its kinda funny that meat eating people from japan and italy live past 100 year with low diseases but it will bust the vegan bubble of good food i loke how they always compare junk food with vegan food rather go full unbaised with healthy meat food and healthy vegan food and then compare the results then we see whose the best.
I ate nothing but meat and fat and avocados (1/2 per day). I lost 50 lbs in 6 months, fatty liver gone, high bp gone, insulin resistance gone, cardiac MRI clear……so there's that.
Veganism is NOT healthy; nor is it relevant from an evolutionary standpoint. Use your noggins. If you want to eat vegan for moral or political purposes, that's understandable. If you think you're healthy because you eat a "plant based" diet, you couldn't be more wrong.
No. What's healthier is eating whole foods (from any source), preferably organic or as natural as possible, not over-eating, not snacking, being active and avoiding stress (or having effective measures to cope with stress).
And ditch all the added sugar.
At the end was 100% paid meat/dairy/pharma propaganda not facts … we are all humans so stop lying diets don’t matter …
'eat everything in moderation' is dangerous folksy nonsense. Dr Greger says eating in moderation leads to a moderate amount of heart disease and a moderate amount of diabetes.
Do a veg diet for a year. Notice you're dying. Then ask yourself why you trust the government.
I look forward to your new videos every day! 😊
Look up Max German for the facts.
I have a feeling that it’s a lot more to do with what ppl are not eating than what they are as seen healthy carnivores and raw vegans
well, you're fuhking idiooots who don't know anything about healthy eating, clearly
I'd just say: EAT REAL FOOD!
"The diversity from dairy products and fat lead to a slight reduction in the diversity" Food science is impossible.
I would love to see them study the effects of ophiocordyceps sinensis.
Answer: No. No it isn't.
Veganism is an eating disorder.
@5:33 🐂💩….it IS actually the FOOD, dummy!
@4:47 " we both have high cholesterol because we both lose a lot of weight in expeditions" – what a crap summary. FACT CLARIFICATION: exercise increases "good" cholesterol (HDL) and decrease "bad" cholesterol (LDL).
@5:55 "whereas mine (cholesterol) on the meat diet. stayed the same" – yeah because of the exercise otherwise it would keep climbing into a co-morbidity!!
@6:27 this MESSAGE does SO MUCH DISSERVICE to humans, animals and the EARTH in one massive punch.
This is lil flashy distracting, rapid-edited, dumbed -down bite-sized Mc-summary obviously was funded by MEAT AND DAIRY MANUFACTURERS. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!!!!
The guy on the right said he was eating the vegan diet and he said his gut biome diversity SEVERLY dropped. But then the "Doctor" Tim guy said that the meat guys diversity dropped. 🤦♀️. Hugo eating the meat/fats diet in the left said his gut biome stayed the same and meant he was less susceptible to illness. They say skinny people that look healthy can actually be less healthy (and die) than people who eat regular fat foods that do not add in sugar to make it "low fat".
This experiment did not compare apples with apples. The true experiment would have been a Vegan Diet vs a true CARNIVORE diet. Meat continually gets a bad name and there is little to no focus on everything else people eat with it, ie the highly addictive bread/potatoes/seed oils and all the other ultra processed crap that comes with eating a Big Mac, which is considered “Meat”. Again studies need to be consistent in comparing like with like. The brother eating the “Meat” diet should have only had grass fed meat and wild caught fish, to prove that this kind of diet is way more sustainable/nutrient dense and healthier long term than a plant based diet. This experiment didn’t actually prove anything – it only highlighted the continual error of talking about meat consumption being bad for us and pushing plant toxins and seed oils which are far more damaging to our health than clean, nutrient dense grass fed meat.
this seems like a Zoe add. Grifters
No two people are the same, so it makes sense that diets shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all either.
These things vary depending on your race, geography, ancentral history & many other things. Diet is not an one size fits all thing. For example, in Indian subcontinent the Bengali community went through couple of famines during British era, which caused a genetic drft in the population leading to the current Bengalis being chronically fat storer & disrupted metabolism. For this reason it's very tough for Bengalis to maintain a healthy body fat percentage & healthy levels of Biomarkers in a Vegan or Vegetarian diet even with enough physical exercise, but they have relatively healthy state in a Non-vegetarian diet which is low in carbs and high in protein.
So, make sure to do your own research especially on your ethnicity & ancestral or family health history, experiment different things on yourself by trial & error to find your suitable diet.
I tried the vegan diet for a few weeks but I had such heartburn! I took enzyme capsules and acid reducer pills and still had to chew Tums pills in between. I am not a carnivore dieter but I did notice before starting the vegan diet that when I ate bacon or some sort of meat with a glass of whole milk, I had no heartburn. Why is that? I figured my body would love all the healthy foods on a vegan diet.
I wish more good research was done into nutrition
It should have been Vegan VS Carnivore, what they did was useless!
A diet with limited amounts of meat is OK for women (not during pregnancy, because there will be a problem with red blood cells), but for men it is a disaster because it leads to impotence! Many people complain about it.
its fake another after co2 and global warming …
I would never trust propaganda like the BBC. Thousands of testimonies of ppl healing themselves with carnivore.
Would it be okay to eat humans if it made you healthier?
Very interesting and informative. Thank you. On the search for what's truly healthy for myself to eat as well as my little canine. Appreciate this. Blessings
My only problem with pure veganism is that you can't get b12 naturally.
Went vegan and got high blood pressure then insomnia with depression. Who says vegan diet is ideal, that's not true, human are meant to eat diverse.
Short answer : no
The vegan twin also found a boyfriend soon after getting on this diet