Dr. Christopher Gardner

22 pairs of twins.

22 pairs of twins.

22 pairs of twins.

Yeah, they get randomized. Okay. So I will tell you that there was a Stanford media report on three pairs of twins. And one pair said, no, we went back to our other diet. One pair said, yeah, we're both vegetarian now. And one pair was sort of in the middle of that. There's another two of the featured twins in the movie, Michael and Charlie, contacted us afterward.

Yeah, they get randomized. Okay. So I will tell you that there was a Stanford media report on three pairs of twins. And one pair said, no, we went back to our other diet. One pair said, yeah, we're both vegetarian now. And one pair was sort of in the middle of that. There's another two of the featured twins in the movie, Michael and Charlie, contacted us afterward.

Yeah, they get randomized. Okay. So I will tell you that there was a Stanford media report on three pairs of twins. And one pair said, no, we went back to our other diet. One pair said, yeah, we're both vegetarian now. And one pair was sort of in the middle of that. There's another two of the featured twins in the movie, Michael and Charlie, contacted us afterward.

And the one who was omnivore said, we're both trying to be more vegetarian. Can you give us more resources? So they shifted. Yeah. Okay. So two of the pairs that I know of that we had anecdotal follow-up with shifted more toward it, and one was intermediate and one just completely blew it off. That's an N of four pairs out of 22, not science. I'm only going to answer it that way.

And the one who was omnivore said, we're both trying to be more vegetarian. Can you give us more resources? So they shifted. Yeah. Okay. So two of the pairs that I know of that we had anecdotal follow-up with shifted more toward it, and one was intermediate and one just completely blew it off. That's an N of four pairs out of 22, not science. I'm only going to answer it that way.

And the one who was omnivore said, we're both trying to be more vegetarian. Can you give us more resources? So they shifted. Yeah. Okay. So two of the pairs that I know of that we had anecdotal follow-up with shifted more toward it, and one was intermediate and one just completely blew it off. That's an N of four pairs out of 22, not science. I'm only going to answer it that way.

My anecdotal evidence said some yes, some no.

My anecdotal evidence said some yes, some no.

My anecdotal evidence said some yes, some no.

Yeah, and not part of the study. So let's go back to the design because we can have some fun with this. And there's a really fun part. I would love to have the chance to address a critique that we've received that's part of the challenge of communicating this to the public. And it has to do with lean mass and DEXAs, dual energy X-ray absorbed geometry.

Yeah, and not part of the study. So let's go back to the design because we can have some fun with this. And there's a really fun part. I would love to have the chance to address a critique that we've received that's part of the challenge of communicating this to the public. And it has to do with lean mass and DEXAs, dual energy X-ray absorbed geometry.

Yeah, and not part of the study. So let's go back to the design because we can have some fun with this. And there's a really fun part. I would love to have the chance to address a critique that we've received that's part of the challenge of communicating this to the public. And it has to do with lean mass and DEXAs, dual energy X-ray absorbed geometry.

So the story starts with, this is all funded by a producer who comes to see us in 2021 and asked Justin Sonnenberg, the microbiome expert that you've had on your show and I, if we would consider doing a study, the parameters being it had to be identical twins and one arm of the study has to be vegan. His name is Luis Sehoyos.

So the story starts with, this is all funded by a producer who comes to see us in 2021 and asked Justin Sonnenberg, the microbiome expert that you've had on your show and I, if we would consider doing a study, the parameters being it had to be identical twins and one arm of the study has to be vegan. His name is Luis Sehoyos.

So the story starts with, this is all funded by a producer who comes to see us in 2021 and asked Justin Sonnenberg, the microbiome expert that you've had on your show and I, if we would consider doing a study, the parameters being it had to be identical twins and one arm of the study has to be vegan. His name is Luis Sehoyos.

He got an Academy Award a decade ago for The Cove, which was a documentary about dolphin slaughter in Japan. Mercury-laden dolphins were being fed to schoolchildren. He also did Game Changers, which was elite athletes on plant-based diets. And he wanted to do another one to test out like the health of the diet, not in elite athletes but in the general population.

He got an Academy Award a decade ago for The Cove, which was a documentary about dolphin slaughter in Japan. Mercury-laden dolphins were being fed to schoolchildren. He also did Game Changers, which was elite athletes on plant-based diets. And he wanted to do another one to test out like the health of the diet, not in elite athletes but in the general population.