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Natalie Portman drops Vegan lifestyle for upcoming baby
[HMG Celebrity News] – After the critics savaged her new film, ‘Your Highness’ the now seriously pregnant Natalie Portman has refocused on her forthcoming baby — she’s no longer a vegan.
The 29-year old Oscar winner and her fiancée Benjamin Millepied are due to be parents later this summer and Natalie decided her menu choices needed an upgrade;
“I actually went back to being vegetarian because I felt like I wanted that stuff,” she told Us. “I was listening to my body. I think you have to watch your iron and B12 levels and supplement those in your diet.”
A vegetarian since she was eight, Natalie was voted Peta’s ‘Sexiest Vegetarian’ in 2002, then became fully vegan in 2009. But she clearly doesn’t regret changing back for the sake of the upcoming child;
“If you’re not eating eggs you can’t have cookies or cake, which can be a problem when that’s all you want to eat,” she confessed, laughing. “I actually wanted eggs at the beginning, then they grossed me out after a while.”
But while she’s happy to indulge her food cravings, Natalie has no idea of the sex of her baby. And she and Ben have no plans to resolve that;
“People can say a lot of things and they have a chance of being right,” she admits. “But I’m Jewish, and I think in Judaism there’s a lot of superstition about not doing too much before the baby comes.”
The newcomer’s premiere is set for later this Summer, so soon the whole world will know. But do you agree with Natalie’s views on nutrition or do you think the kid might do better if she could manage just one decent steak?
Share your views in the comments and let’s see what you all think…
I think today, most people are aware of the vast health benefits a vegan diet has to offer! Great for Natalie for choosing the kind (and HEALTHY!) life for herself and her baby
Delicious cookies and cakes can be made without eggs. Yes, it’s difficult to find them in “regular bakeries” but sweet desserts aren’t that healthy when you’re pregnant anyway. Obviously Natalie is just giving in to her taste cravings, which isn’t wise. Meat and dairy are unhealthy any way you cut it.
Dr. Frank Oski, former director of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University said, “There is no reason to drink cow’s milk at any time in your life. It was designed for calves, it was not designed for humans, and we should all stop drinking it today, this afternoon.”
Dr. Spock -the baby doctor–agreed, saying, “[T]here was a time when cow’s milk was considered very desirable. But research, along with clinical experience, has forced doctors and nutritionists to rethink this recommendation.”
The fact that there are entire cultures representing millions of people who have lived and thrived for centuries without meat and dairy is enough evidence that even pregnant humans do not “need” it to survive and thrive. In fact, the evidence weighs heavily in the other direction, i.e., the hazards of a meat and dairy diet and the benefits of a vegan diet are well known even for pregnant women and babies.
Whole heartedly agree Patrick. And in California, there are many, many vegan bakeries and deli’s to satisfy a sweet spot. (They can be found here in DC too, but far more in CA.)
I’ve discovered the Joy of Vegan Baking (wonderful cookbook! Highly recommend it!)
Hopefully Natalie will return to her healthier diet once the baby comes. She (as well as all of us) should read Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals. Wonderful book. Many healthy parents are raising their children on healthy diets containing no animals or their by-products (other than mother’s milk, of course!)
I still admire Natalie. She’s only human and we all slip up occasionally.
Hasn’t she heard of the Skinny Bitch series of books? There’s one called Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven for pregnant women. It explains in a hilarious yet serious way why one can be pregnant and vegan. I don’t buy Natalie’s comment about baked goods….she’s living in a city where some of the best vegan bakeries are located. They even had two “cupcake war” TV series won by vegan bakers. Dairy cravings can be satisfied with non-dairy items. She must not be aware of the relationship between eating dairy during pregnancy and the increased risk of dental caries or other dental problems in her unborn child once the teeth start coming in. There’s plenty of published research in the medical publication, “The Journal of Human Lactation” out of UC Davis in CA.