Experiment: what different organisms vegans and meat-eaters?

Between vegetarianism and veganism is a big difference, but the idea is the same.

Most people on the planet with an appetite to eat meat, while others prefer to eat only plant food. What do vegetarians and vegans, worthy of praise — vegetable diet they are not only trying to improve their health, but also oppose killing innocent animals. But is there a difference between organisms meat eaters and those on plant-based diet? Finding the answer to this question took the twin brothers Ross and Hugo Turner, who are blogging about extreme travel, and often carry out experiments on their bodies. Being very similar to each other in appearance and genetically, they sat on different diets and followed what between them there are differences.

New diet

According to Ross Turner, to conduct this experiment, they were prompted widespread talk about the benefits of a vegan diet. The popularity of vegetable food in the United States soared after the release in 2018 . In his story, the coach of the special forces and master of mixed martial arts James Wilkes travels the world and asks the question — from what products is the healthiest diet for humans? To see this movie in a Russian voice acting you can.

The Brothers organized an experiment lasting 12 weeks from January to March they are five to six times a week doing at the gym and followed a completely different diet. The role of the vegetarian took over Hugo, who had to go to a completely unfamiliar food. Ross switched to a meat diet, which in addition to beef, chicken and fish were included dairy products and cereals. Every day they consumed the same amount of calories, only one brother received them from vegetables, fruits and grains, and the other of meat. The meal they gave us a delivery service Mindful Chef.

For the health of experimenters watched scientists from king's College, located in the English city of Cambridge. Basically, they were interested in indicators such as body weight, cholesterol levels and muscle mass. After more than two weeks of the experiment, the researchers found quite noticeable changes in the bodies of the brothers. Hugo is a vegetarian and a meat-eater Ross started to differ from each other body weight, amount of fat and the microbiome of the intestines.

Advantages of vegetarianism

Switched to a plant-based diet Hugo noticed that the new diet has made him more energetic and focused person. In the experiment, he not only changed the diet of Breakfast, lunch and dinner — he stopped snacking on chips and cookies, replacing them with fruits and nuts. Before the experiment he weighed 84 kg, and the ratio of fat in his body was equal to 13%. By the end of the experiment, he had reduced these figures to 82.1 pounds and 12% body fat.

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Also in Hugo reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood — what it is and how it harms the body, read . He has changed the microbiome of the intestine which, according to scientists, reduced the risk of obesity and diabetes. But at the same time he increased the risk of Crohn's disease in which the gastrointestinal tract ulcers and scars.

In General, many of the indicators brother, the vegetarian has improved and he is clearly healthier and more energetic. He dropped a lot of weight because he consumed his usual amount of calories per day. But vegetarian diet, according to scientists, increased risk of developing at least one threat of the disease. Hugo also noted that with the transition to a vegan diet, he inexplicably lost interest in sex.

Use of meat

Ross Turner has always been slightly larger than his brother and in the course of the experiment it became even more noticeable. By the end of the experiment, he started to weight of 85.7 pounds and become more muscular than Hugo. Cholesterol had not completely changed, and the diversity of microorganisms in the gut. That is, the risk of obesity and diabetes, he remained at the same level. About vitality throughout the day and attraction to sex and Ross will not comment, but in vain — it would be interesting to know about this.

so began to look brothers at the end of the experiment. Ross Turner, left, and his brother Hugo on the right

The Brothers came to the conclusion that both diets have strengths and weaknesses. They decided that the more varied the diet, the better — this . Hugo Turner noted that in the search for vegetarian alternatives to the usual food he saw how much inworld various dishes. The brothers intend to add to your daily diet more vegetation and suggest to do it to other people. You can just stop snacking on chips and go for fruit and other useful products.

Perhaps in the future the brothers will conduct another similar experiment. But it will last six months or a year that they were able to identify more prominent differences in organisms.