You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment

I initially started watching this series because of the identical twins and how they were going to eat for the next 8 weeks. What I didn't expect is a mulit-episode infomercial on why you should eat plant-based foods. Look, I get it. Meat bad, plants good. Don't label a show as an experiment on identical twins when it's really a promotional video for a plant-based lifestyle. You're making it sound like anyone who eats meat should feel guilty about every aspect of the environment, social issues, health issues, etc. That's just not the case across the board. The twins we're the best part of this show, and I am very disappointed it wasn't more about them. By episode 3, the twins are hardly in it.

I object to the presentation of this series. It says, it's about the experiment. But it's not. Except for episode 1, there is hardly anything about the participants. It's about how bad the food industry is, and how bad meat is for you. I agree absolutely that the meat industry is very bad. The word alone tells you that. But it's the skewed info on the series I don't like. Just say it upfront. We want to convince you, that veganism is best. You should not eat meat. We will show you a lot of bad things about the food industry, in order to make you change to vegan. That is the point of the series.

The show aims to raise awareness about the global food crisis and addresses critical issues such as deforestation in Brazil caused by cattle ranching. It advocates for a shift towards veganism as a potential solution. However, its singular focus on the negatives of meat consumption and the glorification of a vegan lifestyle may alienate its primary audience: meat eaters. The portrayal of veganism is somewhat biased, with its benefits exaggerated and its drawbacks often overlooked.

This one-sided approach could result in the show missing its mark. A balanced discussion that fairly represents both diets, acknowledging their respective pros and cons, would likely be more effective. Additionally, exploring middle-ground options like vegetarianism might appeal to a broader audience. In conclusion, while I appreciate the show's content and intent, I believe it could better achieve its objectives by adopting a more inclusive and balanced perspective.

I agree with a lot of the reviews, specifically the ones who mentioned the shows being pro vegan. What did the mayor of NYC have to do with this study? Nothing. The whole sexual thing and checking the heat of peoples genitals was just SO out there and really didn't need to be in the shows. The education about the cow/pig/chicken farming was interesting. I don't eat those things but was still interesting. I've also never seen salmon like what they showed in the shows, that was the nastiest piece of fish I've ever seen. I'd like to have known more about their blood test results, I don't think we ever know what their good cholesterol # was. I wanted to know if their iron levels changed, that kind of info. Did their blood pressure change much, and other vitamin levels. All the men seemed pretty fit too, should have had chubby guys since it would be nice to see if the vegan diet helped the guys.

It is a good idea to promote Plant Based Diet. But what is promoted in this series is a lot of processed vegan food that is still not a healthy option. Processed vegan meat substitute, or cheese. Plant Based Diet to be healthy has to be whole, not processed, full of vegetables, fruits, grains, pulses. No oil!

And why all the Americans companies have to immidiatelly go global? Take over the world? Can't you guys just stay local and let other communities in the world just stay healthy. Why they have to buy processed cashew nuts if they can just eat them raw? Why producing a processed vegan sausage? People who do not want to eat animal products do not want to eat sausages. Simple food like grains, pulses, vegetables take very little time to prepare. We should be going back to nature, to simplicity. Instead we exploiting now cashew farms because we need to produce tons of fake cheese? Vegan means eating fresh, minimal processed food. Vegan eating vegan cookies, and oily stews with fake meat is still not healthy.