Hello, Friend! Happy Tuesday! I sincerely hope you’re enjoying this blog! I imagine you’re learning new and insightful things about nutrition, or, at the very least, are entertained by my thoughts! If you would like to help support this newsletter, please consider becoming a paid subscriber for just $5 per month.
Agree that the broad claims of this study are exaggerated, but also tend to believe that some of the contention could be exaggerated. A “healthy” vegan diet (versus the many ways to make it unhealthy) leads naturally to a caloric deficit and more vegetables versus a similarly “healthy” omnivore diet so controlling for those variables would not prove much of anything. I think the bigger limiters are the duration of study and n of participants (though using identical twins is fascinating)
Agree that the broad claims of this study are exaggerated, but also tend to believe that some of the contention could be exaggerated. A “healthy” vegan diet (versus the many ways to make it unhealthy) leads naturally to a caloric deficit and more vegetables versus a similarly “healthy” omnivore diet so controlling for those variables would not prove much of anything. I think the bigger limiters are the duration of study and n of participants (though using identical twins is fascinating)