Will Going on Beyonce’s 22-Day Vegan Diet Plan Get You Fit Too?

You may have heard a lot about celebrities like Beyonce and Venus Williams, and professional sports players like Tom Brady being vegan or going on a plant-based diet and wonder if you should try it too. Here are some interesting articles I came across this month that explore these diets further.

First – What’s the Difference Between a Vegan and Plant-Based Diet?

A vegan diet means no animal products including meat, eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived ingredients.

A plant-based diet is basically for people who wanted to be vegan but couldn’t hack it. Just kidding. It’s a term that can be used to describe anything from a vegan to a flexitarian diet.  Its based on excluding or just minimizing meat, eggs, dairy products, and other animal-derived ingredients and replacing it with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes.

I went on Beyoncé’s 22-day diet — and I lost 15 pounds

This writer lost 15 pounds on the 22-day vegan diet that’s supported by Beyonce, but he went back to eating meat the first night he went to his favorite restaurant.

 What We Learned from The Game Changers

Some of these athletes went vegan; some are just eating more plant-based foods and avoiding meat. Interestingly they didn’t feel like cutting back on meat negatively affected their success as athletes.

 Eating Leafy Greens Each Day Tied to Sharper Memory

If losing weight isn’t enough of a reason for you to start eating more greens, this recent study showed it could help keep your memory sharper too.

Verdict

Being 100% vegan all the time isn’t feasible for most people, but going to a more plant-based diet is a good option.

Try This

1. Instead of a side salad order a full salad to eat first when you go out to eat, so you eat a smaller portion of meat afterward.
2. Or you could start by choosing one meal a week where you stop eating meat and replace it with a vegetable-heavy meal instead.
3. Why does this work? Because you’ll be cutting back on saturated fat and that will help you lose weight.