Prince Charles has shown his concern about the environmental impact of animal agriculture. Appearing on Big Interviews, he explained that he does not eat meat or fish during two days of the week and has a vegan diet on one day of the week.
It's not just King Charles doing his bit to go green, with other members of the Royal Family opting to adopt plant-based diets on different days of the week. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, follow a vegan diet during the week, with Meghan only eating organic food it has been reported.
The monarch's diet is part-vegan, meaning he noshes on meals free of dairy and meat one day a week. The 74-year-old also goes for a vegetarian diet twice a week.
Charles has previously spoken about the environmental impact of meat consumption, so it's unsurprising he's gone for a meat-free option. He even revealed two years ago that he eats veggie two days of the week and goes fully vegan for a third.
Markle says, however, that she follows a plant-based diet some of the time. “I try to eat vegan during the week and then have a little bit more flexibility with what I dig into on the weekends,” she told Best Health in 2015.
Brad Pitt is said to have been a vegan for years, although Angelina Jolie isn't any longer. Brad Pitt is said to have been a vegan for years, although Angelina Jolie isn't any longer, saying. "I was a vegan for a long time, and it nearly killed me. I found I was not getting enough nutrition."
Beatrice reportedly told staff she wanted to try the vegan sushi on offer because she wants to move to a plant-based diet, according to a restaurant source. According to the Princess, the hardest thing to give up when becoming a vegan is sushi.
Following her experience with bulimia, Diana chose a more health-conscious approach to eating and would request alternative low-fat versions of recipes (via E! News). The Princess of Wales was treated to a variety of such recipes with a diet that focused mainly on chicken, fish, and vegetarian dishes.
However, while Pope Francis is said to have a diet rich in vegetables, he does not eschew all animal products.
In a new interview with Australian Women's Weekly, Princess Anne discussed her thoughts on veganism, saying that "you can't have a world without livestock". "They are a necessary and very constructive part of our expectation to feed ourselves," she said.
After a day of mainly plant-based and raw foods, Kate prefers to indulge in a hearty traditional English supper or nourishing carb-dense meals. She often eats roast chicken for dinner, which is Prince William's favourite meal, and is said to enjoy cooking pizza, pasta and baking cakes with their children.
Launched by Bey's friend and exercise psychologist, Marco Borges, 22 Days Nutrition is a meal planner service which helps to create healthier habits by moving towards a vegan lifestyle. This owuld prove to be the beginning of Beyonce's plant-based diet.
Among the early Judeo-Christian Gnostics the Ebionites held that John the Baptist, James the Just and Jesus were vegetarians. Some religious orders of various Christian Churches practice pescatarianism, including the Benedictines, Franciscans, Trappists, Carthusians and Cistercians.
Plant-based eating is deeply rooted in three of the prominent religions practiced in India – Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. All these religions believe in the concept of Ahimsa, which means kindness and non-violence towards all living things.
Of course you can! Aside from the importance of having different interests, and beliefs to your partner, I think it should be easy to live with someone that doesn't share your diet.
Meghan Markle's (Almost) Vegan Diet
Meghan keeps things light during the week. Vegan foods tend to be easier to digest and make for simpler meals, both in the stomach and in the kitchen. Looking at Markle's workout routine, it's easy to see why she's chosen the vegan lifestyle. She's no bodybuilder, by any means.
"Breastfeeding offers a degree of contraceptive protection, so with their babies being fed by others, Queens were free to resume their duties and begin the process of conceiving the next heir." The Queen's daughter-in-law Princess Diana also decided to breastfeed as well, and later the Duchess of Cambridge.
Kate Middleton
The Duchess of Cambridge is believed to favour less meat in her meals, instead opting for plant-based eats in keeping with her Dukan diet, consuming raw food (watermelon seeds, goji berries) and avoiding dairy when she can, according to Women's Health.
She also revealed that she had gotten into the Vegan diet when she was preparing herself for Les Misrables and had lost 25 pounds of weight within weeks of starting it. Then, she remained on the diet for the next 3 years until Damon intervened to make her feel better and quit Veganism because it wasn't suiting her.
She has produced several films, including the short film The Choosing, and the documentary film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story. Good is a vegan, and has been since 2016. She has said that she decided to become vegan for both ethical and health reasons.
I'm vegetarian and my husband is vegan, so there's a lot of plant-based focus in our home,” the Titanic actor said. “My husband turning vegan is relatively recent, so that's been a really fun education because you have to learn to be a little more inventive with foods.”
Leonardo DiCaprio's devotion to his role in The Revenant proves just how great an actor he is. Even after being an adamant vegan, the award-winning actor broke his dietary rules just so he could deliver a striking performance in the film, which he undoubtedly did. It's not even something he was forced to do.
And then I couldn't eat them. I was like, 'Okay, if I cannot eat these chickens because they actually have names and they are my friends, I am not going to be able to eat any chicken again. ' So I became a vegetarian," contactmusic.com quoted Shakira as saying.
Einstein was a vegetarian during the last year of his life, although he had supported the idea for a long time. In a letter to Max Kariel he said, "I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience," and soon after became a vegetarian.