What happens when a research study goes viral and lands on Netflix? Stanford’s “Twins Study” comparing healthy vegan and omnivorous diets did just that and ignited debates across kitchens, classrooms, and social media feeds.
Join Dr. Christopher Gardner for a look at how nutrition research gets translated (and sometimes twisted) in the public eye and how we can build more consensus around plant-based diets without losing our sense of humor and appetite.
For more than 30 years, Christopher Gardner, PhD, Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine at Stanford and nutrition scientist, has been a key faculty member at the Stanford Prevention Research Center where he leads the Stanford Nutrition Studies Research Group. With a PhD in Nutrition Science from UC Berkeley, he has led over 20 human nutrition intervention studies, including trials of Mediterranean, Ketogenic, Vegan, Low-Fat and Low-Carb diets and their effects on cardiometabolic out comes such as blood lipids, glucose, and inflammation.