270 - Netflix’s You Are What You Eat: A Twin Study Director Louie Psihoyos

Episode • Feb 21, 2024 • 1h 2m

We are very excited to welcome back to the show one of the most visionary minds of our time. He’s an Oscar-winning filmmaker, an award-winning photographer, and a passionate environmental activist. Through his lens, he has captured not only the beauty of our world but also the urgent need to protect it.

From his groundbreaking documentary “The Cove,” which exposed shocking animal abuse in Japan, to his awe-inspiring projects like “Racing Extinction” and “The Game Changers,” Louie Psihoyos has consistently pushed the boundaries of storytelling to inspire action and ignite change in all of us.

Today, he’s here with us to discuss his new documentary series “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment,” which chronicles the recent Stanford University study that put a group of genetically identical twins on different diets – plant-based and omnivore – for two months to explore how the foods we consume impact the body.

So tune in to this must-listen episode to be inspired and empowered as we explore how what we eat dictates who we are and even what we can become.

“I want to know the truth because I want to defend the truth. I can defend a lifestyle choice of my own, you know, but I’ve been to CAFOs – these, you know, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations – myself. I’ve been there. I’ve smelled them. You look at these animals; you’re in that horror show that most people can’t get to, but people aren’t making an informed decision about where their animals come from. They’re doing it emotionally. They’re doing it by this bro science. And I want to find out the truth.” - Louie Psihoyos

What we discuss in this episode:

- The inspiration for You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment.

- Blue zones and longevity.

- How telomere length dictates how we age.

- Challenges presented during the study.

- The exciting health transformation the vegans experienced as a result of the study.

- Exposure to and impact of endocrine-disrupting plastics.

- Clothes and the environment.

- Louie’s exciting upcoming projects.

Resources:

- Watch You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment | Netflix Official Site - https://www.netflix.com/title/81133260

- Oceanic Preservation Society - https://opsociety.org/