Going meatless may not be just a matter of willpower, according to a new study.
The study published Wednesday in PLOS One found that there are four genes associated with how well someone is able to adhere to a vegetarian lifestyle.Related video above: 6 tips to becoming a vegetarian'At this time we can say is that genetics plays a significant role in vegetarianism and that some people may be genetically better suited for a vegetarian diet than others,' said lead study author Dr.
Biobank, a large biomedical database and research resource that follows people long-term.More than 5,000 strict vegetarians, defined as people who hadn't eaten any animal flesh in the last year, were compared with more than 300,000 people in a control group who did eat meat in the previous year, according to the study.Researchers identified three genes that are strongly identified and another 31 that are potentially identified with vegetarianism.
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