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(#16) Daryl Hannah
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When she was 11 years old, Daryl Hannah made friends with a calf that was on a truck outside of a restaurant in Wisconsin. After bonding with the animal, she asked the trucker the calf's name. He responded, "Veal, tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock."
The moment had a major impact on the Sense8 actress. "That was it: I could no longer disassociate the creature from what was on my plate," she said.
Hannah has become an advocate for the vegan and holistic lifestyle. She vlogs regularly in hopes that she can serve as an inspirational person for others to live mindfully and help the environment. She says:
The planet seems to have an immune system. So many things in nature help bolster it so it can recover. Our species is definitely a problem, but we can be incredibly imaginative and inventive. I've come across some of the most amazing people, who are creating better ways for us to be productive in life and not just consumers. We need a serious change in our priorities, no doubt, but as people get informed, they do make wiser choices and insist on change.
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(#17) Venus Williams
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Venus Williams almost retired from tennis after she was diagnosed with the autoimmune disase Sjögren's syndrome. The complicated disease caused the tennis champion to withdraw from the 2011 US Open during the second round because of various pains and fatigue. She needed to take time off from the grueling sport. Williams went to a raw vegan diet and was able to get back on the court. She explained her dietary decision and how it changed her life:
I started for health reasons. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, and I wanted to maintain my performance on the court. Once I started I fell in love with the concept of fueling your body in the best way possible. Not only does it help me on the court, but I feel like I’m doing the right thing for me.
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(#20) Maggie Q
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Maggie Q uses her celebrity and social media to be an advocate for animal rights and to help nonprofit animal organizations. The Nikita star has been a vegan for over 20 years.
While attending a concert, the actress was approached by a PETA employee who made her aware of how animals were mistreated in the entertainment industry. It was a lesson that Q would take to heart. She talked about her shift to a vegan lifestyle in 2017:
I transitioned to a plant-based diet about 19 years ago while living in Hong Kong. I attended a concert, and a PETA Asia employee was tabling outside of the show. I was watching her, and it didn’t seem anyone was paying much attention to what she was offering. It made me feel bad for her, so I walked over. We connected, and she sent me information on animal-welfare in the fashion, food, and entertainment industries. It made me sick, but nothing prepared me for the truth of the environmental impact of meat production. I quit cold turkey and never looked back. I didn’t understand how I could have ever claimed to love animals but hadn’t made the choices to protect them.
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(#14) Jessica Chastain
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Jessica Chastain was in her 20s when her doctor wanted to put her on medication to control her high cholesterol. Although her energy level was low, she was apprehensive about taking pills and decided to try out a vegan diet. The Zero Dark Thirty star noticed an immediate spike in her energy. Even still, she wasn't entirely sold on the vegan lifestyle until she later ate fish at a restaurant. She explained:
I went to the restaurant and I ordered fish and risotto and immediately I felt bad, like not emotionally but physically, and so I said okay, I’m going to just listen to my body now. Being vegan was not anything I ever wanted to be. I just really was listening to what my body was telling me.
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(#7) Jason Mraz
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Jason Mraz initially went vegan to help out his friend who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and also went almost entirely raw. He admits to eating raw foods about 75% of the time, but will occasionally treat himself to soup or roasted vegetables.
The "I'm Yours" singer just wanted to make his friend's dietary transition easiser for him, but wound up loving the vegan lifestyle:
A guy in my band found out that he had type 2 diabetes and felt that the only way he could help himself was to go raw. I did it as a partner for him so it would be a little easier. In the meantime, I got hooked. It was so easy to make the world's most delicious salads. We had a raw food chef on the road with us for a month who turned us on to making our own hummus and cheeses and a bunch of alternatives to dairy, bread, and sugar. Once you kick sugar, you won't want it, because there are so many other sweet things to eat. Raw desserts? Forget about it!
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(#11) Zac Efron
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Zac Efron sees his imperfections, even if the rest of the world does not. In order to keep his matinee idol looks and chiseled abs, Efron decided to experiment with a plant-based diet. The result of the dietary transition has been life-changing for the leading man:
Just like everyone else, I wake up, look in the mirror, and I see the imperfections and the bags under my eyes, and think, "Oh, man, is this really the best I've ever looked? I'm getting older? What the heck?" Recently what I've started doing is searching for the cure inside that's causing the symptoms of what I'm getting on the outside. Getting more sleep has really taken away the bags under my eyes, so I don't need to worry about it as much. There are other lifestyle changes - I've been experimenting with eating purely vegan. That's completely changed the way that my body works, and the way that I metabolize food, the way it turns into energy, the way that I sleep. It's been brilliant. It’s been great for my exercise, and great for my routine.
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There are many types of vegetarianism, such as the freestyle (it’s Ok to break the rules once in a while) and the ascetic (no eggs, no milk, no butter, no cheese). There are several reasons for VEGETARIANISM: 1. Religious claims or vegetarian expressions of loyalty to religious denominations, ascetic forms of which are most common; 2. Purely for bodybuilding, weight loss, exercise, and so on, this is mostly freestyle. 3. For the mercy of the heart, one can not bear the animal because of their own appetite and was killed.
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