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)
Thank you for your comment! I definitely agree with the limiters you mentioned... longer time and more people! I still think having participants consume the same calories within their diet class would be interesting... I imagine the people in the vegan category naturally ate fewer calories for the reasons you mentioned and it's possible that factor led to greater changes in the metrics. Regardless, it's definitely an exaggerated headline and almost everyone could benefit from more veggies!
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)
Thank you for your comment! I definitely agree with the limiters you mentioned... longer time and more people! I still think having participants consume the same calories within their diet class would be interesting... I imagine the people in the vegan category naturally ate fewer calories for the reasons you mentioned and it's possible that factor led to greater changes in the metrics. Regardless, it's definitely an exaggerated headline and almost everyone could benefit from more veggies!