Veganism is one of the concepts that has been gaining a lot of popularity recently but abandoning animal products from your meals does incur a cost on the nutrients one receives which might lead to long-term health issues. The Russian Vegan influencer, Zhanna D’Art passed away a few weeks ago in Malaysia reportedly due to starvation which has left the whole world in shock.
Zhanna D’Art allegedly passed away due to starvation
According to sources, Zhanna D’Art was following a strict ‘raw vegan diet‘ for the last four years and was just consuming raw “fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies, and juices.” Things got so bad eventually that the Vegan influencer did not even look like herself a few months ago. A friend close to D’Art also opened up about her condition and said,
“A few months ago, in Sri Lanka, she already looked exhausted, with swollen legs oozing lymph. They sent her home to seek treatment. However, she ran away again. When I saw her in Phuket, I was horrified.”
Zhanna D’Art passed away on July 21 in Malaysia while she was on her tour of Southeast Asia.
The death of the Russian Vegan influencer should act as a wake-up call for other celebrities
The death of Zhanna D’Art took the whole world by surprise and her passing away should act as a wake-up call to all the other vegans in the world as well to at least get in your vital nutrients through some other ways if they do not want to consume animal products.
Here are even some of the celebrities that have embraced vegetarianism or veganism in the recent past and need to take care of their nutrient intake and health.
1. Harry Styles
Harry Styles has been quite vocal about him being vegetarian in the past. Last year, when he was performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City, a few fans threw some of their chicken nuggets on the stage and the singer picked them up and said, “I don’t eat chicken…Sorry, I don’t eat meat.”
2. Ariana Grande
One of the biggest sensations in the music industry at the moment, Ariana Grande has also been vegan for almost a decade now. The Problem singer has been vegan since 2013 and once even revealed in an interview that the only reason she went vegan was because she loves animals more than humans.
3. Zendaya
Just like Ariana Grande, the Hollywood sensation, Zendaya also went vegetarian only because of her love for animals. The actress once revealed that although she did consider going vegetarian as a child at the age of 11, it wasn’t until she watched PETA’s, Glass Walls she decided to adopt vegetarianism.
4. Sir Paul McCartney
The bass guitarist of the Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney has also been a long-time vegetarian and he also featured in PETA’s, Glass Walls which became the changing point in many people’s lives like Zendaya.
5. Lea Michele
The American TV sensation, Lea Michele has been vegan for quite a long time now, and once even revealed in an interview that she tries not to keep any meat in her home as well. She said, “I don’t eat meat. I keep my home almost completely vegan. I make sure that I have the best, most healthy ingredients available to me all the time at home.”
6. Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde decided to go vegetarian at the young age of 12 back in 1996. The Don’t Worry Darling director went on to become a full vegan as an adult when things became more accessible for her. Wilde even took to her website to announce her as a Vegan in a now-removed post and wrote, “I try to be mindful about where my dollar votes go, and this is a huge reason I have chosen to adopt a vegan diet.”
7. Natalie Portman
The Oscar-winning actress, Natalie Portman has also been a vegan for a very long time. However, the Thor actress has been quite vocal about her breaking her strictly vegan diet and consuming eggs and dairy products when she was pregnant with her son Aleph back in 2011.
8. Kristen Bell
Like a lot of stars on this list, Kristen Bell also adopted vegetarianism at the very young age of 11. The actress even tried to go vegan back in 2011 but after she got pregnant she switched back to vegetarianism and has been vegetarian since then.
9. Sadie Sink
Sadie Sink is best known for her portrayal of Max in the sci-fi drama series, Stranger Things has also been a vegan since her early teens. According to sources, Sink allegedly first went vegetarian at the age of 13 and after she met Woody Harrelson on the set of The Glass Castle, she decided to go vegan as well.
10. Russell Brand
The English comedian, Russell Brand has also been a vegetarian since the age of 14 and was also awarded the ‘sexiest celebrity vegetarian’ by PETA in 2011. Brand has also been vocal about his battle with drug addiction in his book, My Booky Wook in which he revealed that even though he was battling his crippling addiction, he never ate meat.
11. will.i.am
The American rapper, will.i.am is one of the few stars on this list who have adopted veganism in the recent past. will.i.am took to his Instagram back in 2018 and announced that he would be adopting veganism.
12. Kristen Wiig
Unlike her portrayal of Annie Walker in the movie Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig is a vegetarian and does not consume meat products off the screen. Wiig also won one of PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity winners back in 2011.
13. Carrie Underwood
The Grammy Award winner, Carrie Underwood who has been a vegetarian since 2012 has been quite vocal about her desire to become vegan but is unable to do so because of her work commitments. Underwood once said in an interview, “I want to be vegan so badly, all the way, 1,000 percent…but traveling and stuff, it just kind of gets hard. Sometimes I may have to do some egg whites or something for breakfast.”
14. Forest Whitaker
The Academy Award winner, Forest Whitaker decided to go vegetarian after he had to lose a lot of weight after playing the role of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland back in 2006.
15. Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone went vegan back in 1998 after she learned about the terrible realities of animal agriculture. The American actress has also been quite vocal about adopting a vegan lifestyle and even opened up about the benefits of having a vegan diet in her book, The Kind Diet.
It is important for the human body to consume all types of vital nutrients and some of those nutrients can only come from consuming animal products.
