[November 30], a study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers at Stanford University, who studied 22 sets of identical twin adults’ health to see how they differed when one ate a vegan diet and the other consumed an omnivorous one.
Once the two-month study concluded, researchers found that the twins who followed a vegan diet lost more weight, reduced their LDL, which is also known as “bad” cholesterol, and experienced lower insulin levels.
For many, it included a 20% drop in insulin levels, a 12% drop in LDL cholesterol and a 3% drop in overall body weight.
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“The takeaway is not that the world should go vegan,” [Dr. Christopher] Gardner told Today in a statement after the study was released.
“It is quite likely that there are partial benefits to be experienced simply by replacing some of the meat in one’s diet with more plant foods,” he added.
