Going Vegan for Two Months Could Extend Your Life

Scientists found that eating only vegan food for eight weeks led to reductions in biological age estimations.

Want to knock a few years off your biological age? Just go vegan for a couple of months! After conducting a trial involving 21 pairs of adult identical twins, a group of scientists found that eating only vegan food for eight weeks led to reductions in biological age estimations. They investigated the molecular effects of a short-term vegan diet by instructing one half of each twin pair to eat an omnivorous diet for eight weeks. Not only did the vegan dieters lose weight, they also saw decreases in the ages of the heart, liver, inflammatory and metabolic systems.