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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: Blame Your Genes For Type 2 Diabetes? Go Vegan To Lose Weight?
Description: On episode 9 of the Science Dispatch Podcast, we examine data suggesting that type-2 diabetes may be due largely to genetics. We then break down a recent study which found that veganism leads to more weight loss than other common diets.Â
Join ACSH directors of bio-sciences and medicine, Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein, as they break down these stories:
Good Genes, Good Diet ... or Both?
Good genes and a good diet should spare most of us from developing Type II diabetes. The popular nutritional thought suggests that it is predominantly a bad diet, p...