Eamonn Holmes admits he’s ‘tempted’ to go VEGAN as he makes staggering prediction: 'We'll talk to animals'

Eamonn, 64, also made the shocking prediction that humans will one day be able to talk to animals.

He said: “I’m not a vegan or vegetarian, but I could be tempted for ethical reasons.

“This would be for the protection of animals. I think they are a lot more intelligent than we give them credit for.

“We’ll learn to talk to animals one day, like Dr Dolittle. We’ll suddenly think, ‘for years we didn’t understand what that dog, that cat or cow were saying’.”

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The conversation on GB News turned to whether veganism is a healthy diet for people to take up, and gut health nutritionist Reece Manders said this is not the case.

“It’s good for your gut to eat meat and plants”, he said.

“I think we can all agree that fruits and vegetables are great, and people should be eating more of it.

“The problem with veganism is the lack of meat. That’s where you get most of your minerals or vitamins.

“The plants feed the bacteria in your gut and the meat feeds the human cells that you associate with being vegan.”

Emily McKee, a dietitian at The Vegan Society, argued a plant-based diet is capable of delivering all the vitamins and nutrients required while also coming at less of a detriment to animals and the planet as a whole.

“In terms of gut health, plants are really important”, she said.

“Evidence from the British and American gut foundation is showing that eating 30 different plants a week is optimum for our gut health.

“It’s true that meat has nutritional values, protein and minerals, but these are nutrients you can get from plants.

“Plants have protein and our bodies can digest this.”

The research, published in the journal BMC Medicine, recruited 21 pairs of adult identical twins to investigate how eight weeks on a vegan diet affected these DNA methylation patterns.

One twin from each pair consumed an entirely plant-based diet while the health stuck to an omnivorous meal plan.

By the end of the study, the twins who stuck to the vegan diet saw a drastic reduction in markers of overall biological aging.

"Distinct responses were observed, with the vegan cohort exhibiting significant decreases in overall epigenetic age acceleration, aligning with anti-aging effects of plant-based diets," the authors wrote in their study.