Interview · #87
Conversation with Director: You Are What You Eat – A Twin Experiment
Anant sits down with documentary filmmaker Louis Psihoyos to discuss the Netflix series You Are What You Eat.
The series follows an experiment with 21 sets of identical twins: in each pair, one twin ate a whole-food, plant-based diet while the other followed a standard healthy omnivorous diet for eight weeks.
Psihoyos discusses the published results, which reported improvements for the plant-based twins across measures including weight, visceral fat, blood pressure, telomere length and inflammatory markers – outcomes he says surprised even the research team.
He explains why he chose the twin format to explore the genetics-versus-lifestyle question, and shares advice for filmmakers along with a look at one of his new projects.