Netflix's You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here's why studying twins is so important for science
- Written by: Nathan Kettlewell, Senior lecturer, Economics Department, University of Technology Sydney
Still from You Are What You Eat.NetflixA new Netflix documentary, You Are What You Eat, showcases sets of identical twins as they adopt different diets. For eight weeks one twin follows a vegan diet while the other one follows an omnivorous diet. The experiment is compelling because, being genetically identical, the health of each twin is very...