A new study comparing the effects of a plant-based versus animal-based vitamin program was conducted by a pair of twins who are well-known for conducting comparative health studies to look at how various factors affect them both.
When Ross and Hugo Turner accepted a challenge to explore what would happen if one of them adopted a vegan diet and the other a meat diet, they became well-known on the internet. The results promised to provide a closer approximation than would often be achievable because they are twins, which means they are nearly genetically similar.
Hugo, who was assigned to follow the vegan portion of the diet, told the British website UNILAD after the 12-week endeavor: “I got so annoyed one day about being vegan,” he said. “All right, I’ll just go buy garlic bread and that’s it,” I said. When I returned, a friend said, “It has butter in it.”
In the interest of science, the twins have set out on a new quest: a vitamin-based competition pitting plants against animals. The brothers’ most recent venture reportedly lasted six months.
Ross took the equivalent of animal-based goods as tablets, while Hugo was instructed to consume exclusively plant-based liquid vitamins from Vivo Life.
The brothers reported noticing “slight differences” around the midway point of the scheduled half-year research. But when it came to completing the entire six months, the outcomes were said to be obvious.
“At the end of six months, the blood tests showed the positive benefits of using plant-based supplements, particularly with Hugo’s improved Omega-3 index and a big increase in his D3 levels,” Ross said in a recent Instagram video.
As previously noted, the twins have carried out other intriguing research, such as one in which they adopted distinct vegan and carnivorous diets.
While his twin followed a diet that comprised meat, dairy, and fish, Hugo adopted a completely vegan diet for the duration of a 12-week research run by Kings College London.
To make the test as equal as feasible, the pair in that study tried to consume the same number of calories and exercise the same way.
During the experiment, Ross developed 10 pounds of muscle but also gained weight. At the end of the trial, his body fat percentage increased from 13 to 15 percent, an increase of two percent.
In the meantime, Hugo’s cholesterol fell “off the scale.” In addition, his resistance to type 2 diabetes increased and he lost weight.
