Popular TV and film actress Ginnifer Goodwin was a zealous and dedicated vegan for 2 years.
She was even a spokesperson for Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt-A-Turkey project in 2009, adopting an entire flock herself.Â
She revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live that she stopped eating vegan after experiencing some health issues which she did not disclose.
Ms. Goodwin stated:
I’m always learning and growing and changing and there were some boring health issues, and so I did actually have to work some animal products back into my diet.
She said that the first animal food she ate after her stint as a vegan was a scrambled egg from a farm where the chickens run free and are treated like pets. She admitted that is was the most delicious thing she had ever tasted.
She also revealed that her meal before coming on the Jimmy Kimmel show was meatloaf with bacon! Mmmm. I’m sure Ms Goodwin wasn’t contacted for a testimonial for What The Health, the biased, non-scientific pro-vegan Netflix film!
Sounds a bit like Angelina Jolie who once said that veganism “nearly killed” her and that a big, juicy steak is her beauty secret.
See Ginnifer Goodwin’s entire interview at this link.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
I agree with veganism being good for cleansing purposes. But I don’t think it’s healthy for the long term.
I am a vegetarian and have been my entire life.. Literally from birth. It works very well for me. But I think vegan ism is much more difficult to get all the nutrients your body needs.
You drank milk at birth exclusively, thus you could not be a vegetarian or vegan from birth.
@Mike, you must not understand what a vegan diet is, if you think that human breast milk is excluded. As for vegetarianism, milk is allowed in many forms, so the notion that the poster “could not be a vegetarian from birth” is just flat-out wrong.
I am a vegetarian and have been my entire life.. Literally from birth. It works very well for me. But I think vegan ism is much more difficult to get all the nutrients your body needs.
I think a vegan diet, especially mostly raw vegan, is great for a short cleansing period. But long term, I don’t know many who would keep it up. I’ve actually tried it myself, believing it was the right thing to do. I simply couldn’t maintain it. I still struggle, to be honest, with WANTING to be vegan, for several reasons that make sense to me. But in real life, if I am honest with myself, it simply isn’t going to work. My body says “no”. I have to trust that my body knows what it needs. I am educating myself on the health aspects of a non-vegan diet, so I can convince my brain to listen to my body.
Wow. So glad that he admitted this and was open minded about why. I really hope other people listen and think about making the change. Since discovering Weston A Price, my health has been 200% better. Everyone needs to hear this message.
I went vegetarian for a time and ended up with Grave’s Disease and a total thyroidectomy. I will always wonder if my eating habits were the cause.
A lot of vegans are finding that their bodies need meat. It all depends upon how the animal was raised.
The people who are having a hard time on a vegan diet are just doing it “to be cool.” If they truly wanted to be vegan, they would research the proper vegan diet. You have to choose what you eat carefully in order to get all the nutrients, when not eating meat.
Then they are not doing something correctly. There is no physiological need for meat, and including it in the diet does not ensure health. Regardless of one’s diet, one needs to pay attention to adequate nutrients.
Junk food vegans will suffer poor health, as will junk food meat eaters. Angelina jolie is known for eating garbage from McDonald’s, and feeding her kids copious amounts of that trash, as well, so there you go.
That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
Interesting to read as I’m in the process of considering going vegan for my health. More research is called for apparently.
Do your research and feel out what is right for you. Some people do things unhealthily and then the meat zealots turn around and blow it up into this HUGE deal. Let’s keep this in perspective; this article is about one actress and while there are many stories that show how a vegan needed meat, there are many that show the flip side of how a meat eater regained health by going vegan. I feel like veganism can be sustainable for many people, or at least a stepping stone to releasing the excess that our bodies have stored and returning to a less food obsessed way of being.
I’m glad she was able to turn things around, I’ve enjoyed her work as an actress.
I like her comment that she is always learning, growing, and changing. That is a great way to put things. We all make mistakes with our diet especially with all the mixed messages out there today. But, if one is open minded, the wisdom of traditional cultures becomes apparent and the healthiest ones ALL consumed animal foods!