Food isn't fuel

What I talk about when I talk about nutrition research using identical twins, a few common sense rules for eating, and what we (don't) need? More junk-food cereal.

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Today, I’m reviewing the new Netflix doc-series: You Are What You Eat, a story, of sorts, about an academic study putting genetically identical twins on an 8-week eating trial. One twin runs on vegan food, the other on an omnivore diet. I was curious to watch how this might play out because nutrition studies are notoriously difficult (and expensive) to run, they’re often funded by the very companies who can benefit most, and as humans, we’re all extremely unique. In nutrition, it’s never apples to apples.

I’m also going to briefly jump to Dr. Tim Spector, one of the series experts. Then a few tidbits and some news.

You Are What You Eat is from the team who produced Game Changers, a documentary I relished about top athletes who find success eating a plant-based diet. Initially, I thought You Are What You Eat was going to focus primarily on the actual study, which was led by Christopher Gardner at Stanford University. Nope.

One set of twins featured in You Are What You Eat by Netflix.