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Vegan Diet Plan to Reverse Aging in 8 Weeks —
How to Get to the Fountain of Youth with Vegetarianism:
A recent study in BMC Medicine shows that converting to a vegetarian diet. Just eight weeks can significantly decrease rates of biological age. This research was carried out on 21 identical twin adults. It highlights the potential for diet to affect our biological clocks.
Understand biological age:
There is a difference between formal and biological age. The biological age tells you about your risk for diseases such as Diabetes & Dementia. The study was mainly about DNA methylation. It is an epigenetic change that affects gene expression but does not affect the DNA code. Researchers can determine biological age. They also check the impact of changes in life by measuring these modifications.
Study Outcome:
One twin from each pair ate an omnivorous diet every day. It means they consumed 170–225 grams of meat, one egg, and one and a half servings of dairy products. The other twin ate a vegan diet without any animal products.After eight weeks the results were easily visible.
Notable findings:
A vegan diet showed significant biological age reduction. An omnivorous diet did not cause such…
