India, Aug. 14 -- A recent study carried out by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Freiburg in Germany found that changing your diet may begin to affect how your genes work within just a few weeks.
Published in MedComm, the study found several changes in the body's chemistry, particularly in processes that control how genes are switched on and off. Compared with people who ate more meat, those following a vegan diet showed changes associated with lower inflammation, changes in metabolism and potentially slower biological aging.
To understand how diet affects the body, researchers studied blood samples from 48 healthy adults who took part in a controlled diet study. Everyone followed the same di...