Bijou Phillips Decries Vegan Diet, Says It Just Makes You Sick

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by Michael dEstries December 15, 2008
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phillips_veganActress Bijou Phillips (you may know her from Choke or Hostel II) had some interesting things to say about veganism in a recent interview with the LA Times. The 28-year-old had shed being a vegan that morning and said it made her feel like “she had recovered from a famine.” From the interview,

So you feel all right?

I feel good! I’m sick and I’ve been sick four times since I’ve been vegan and I hadn’t been sick for five years before that. I need to eat food because this isn’t working. Every vegan I know gets sick all the time.

Of course, the actress also says that she’s back to smoking full-time — so good luck with that whole “feeling better” thing. Over on Miami Vegan Blog, writer Inga Ambrosia had this to say about Phillips vegan bash:

Personally, I don’t believe she was vegan the whole time. You should not become vegan to lose weight, that is just a nice side benefit. If you don’t eat healthy, even as a vegan – yes you can get sick. That goes for any diet, even crash diets. This woman exaggerates – she didn’t get sick for five years before being vegan – yea. She needs to contact the CDC, because she’s got the panacea over there.

Ha, well said. Check out the rest of the interview with Phillips here.


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  • Jen Hamilton

    Wasn’t this girl also a drug addict at like 12 or something?

  • http://thediscerningbrute.com The Discerning Brute

    She’d got her pride blinders on. That’s like when I was too lazy to go to swim-team practice and I was like “well all those swimmers suck – they’re always drowning and smell like chlorine and who wants to swim anyway?! Now I’m dry all the time and feel so much better.”

    Bijou clearly is an idiot, and she obvs doesn’t know me or my veg friends who are all healthy, youthful, and fit. Yes, most narcotics are vegan Bijou, but you should have included some veggies other than poppy seeds, pot buds, and coca plants.

  • http://pompousvegan.blogspot.com Misty Snatchwrath

    She was probably just eating crap. Oh, and she’s clearly a moron. Lo siento mucho, Bijou, but since I’ve been vegan I hardly EVER get sick and I have WAY more energy than almost anyone I know who eats meat. Dumbass.

  • http://www.insuchaworld.com Valerie

    I have been vegan for two years and NEVER been sick ONCE during that time. So… yeah… not sure that will hold up. And most vegans I know are very healthy. We also eat lots of cupcakes!

  • Kyle

    People who get sick on vegan diets obviously not eating right. I don’t know any sick vegans, so that comment is strange to me. However I do know quite a few meat-eaters on several-pill-a-day regimens.

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  • http://BrainyBlonde.com erin

    wow has she aged or what? don’t get me wrong. she’s attractive but just a few years ago i saw her where i used to live- in LA and she looked muuch younger and better. this girl has admitted to partying so hard. no wonder she was sick. and i highly doubt she was doing a healthy vegan diet (you could eat candy all day and call yourself a vegan. but not healthy. she looks a lot like my aunt. who is mid 40′s. so sad she’s only 20 something. i will be afraid to see what she looks like in 10/15 years.

    E

  • Pete

    I agree, this is completely the opposite of what I’ve experienced in my going on 3 years now of being vegan. And I’ve often heard other vegans mentioned that they haven’t been sick in years or their life long vegan kids have almost never been sick like other kids.

    One thing is indisputable however, vegans have a much less chance of getting food born illness which in America alone 80 million people suffer from every year. The source of E.coli and Salmonella is always animals. A recent report said that when people often think they’ve caught a stomach flu that’s going around — it’s more often than not actually food poisoning. And again that’s from fecal matter. Even when it’s tainted our veggies, it’s from nearby animal farms.

  • Rob

    I think that’s an incorrect headline – she doesn’t say veganism makes you sick, she said she was sick. A little unfair if you ask me, but I suppose we should be used to it – but not from ecorazzi!

    I’ve been vegan 10 years – I’m fine!

  • http://www.ecorazzi.com michael

    Rob, she actually does imply that. Take a look at this quote: “Every vegan I know gets sick all the time.”

    By her reasoning, if you want to get sick, go vegan. At least, that’s how I read into it.

  • Inga Ambrosia

    I agree Michael, it’s blatant. She’s not our spokesperson – Thank God.

  • http://minacelestechronicles.blogspot.com/ Rinalia

    “I need to eat food because this isn’t working”

    Well, there’s her problem.

  • veggiedude

    If you give up cocaine, you will get sick. Same with tobacco. Getting off any addiction will make you sick. That is normal – your body takes time to adjust to healthy living!

  • Mia

    She is sick becuase she is not eating a healthy diet, not because she is eating a vegan diet. She does not sound educated.

  • http://columbusvegan.blogspot.com Tracy Warner

    [...]she seems to be a neurotic [...]

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  • Rob

    Micheal, no, she says ‘every vegan I know’, again this does not entail ‘Vegan Diet: It Just Makes You Sick’.

  • Pete 4000

    Hey get a load of this crap:

    http://www.examiner.com/x-867-LowCarb-Lifestyle-Examiner~y2008m12d17-Bijou-Phillips-Being-a-vegan-kept-me-sick-Im-going-back-on-Atkins

    Or google new “Bijou Phillips vegan” if that url doesn’t work. In the article this guys says,

    “HA! I LOVE that! Way to go, Bijou. You tell ‘em like it is and eat healthy the low-carb way. THANK YOU for sharing your forthright answers in those questions about your vegan experience. From vegan couples starving their babies to the general wacky behavior many vegans engage in, we need a voice of sanity like yours every once in a while to remind us that up is up and down is down. Keep up the great work on your healthy low-carb lifestyle!”

  • Nancy

    I had no idea that all those people lined up at the clinic with colds and flus were vegan, wow. And how about all those people with coronary artery disease and diabetes, they are vegan too cause veganism makes you sick ya know. Oh and then there’s cancer that’s caused by a vegan diet too, just didn’t know the majority of the population of the world were vegan! The epidemic of obesity in america attributed to veganism, this is shocking, again didn’t know there were so few omni’s out there and all these stats for disease and illness were all vegans! So eating none of the foods that have been proven to cause diseases in people like meats and dairy and eating more of the foods that prevent it like vegetables and whole grains is actually wrong, stupid doctors and nutritionists telling us to eat more fruit and vegetables and limit your animal fat intake, all wrong. Compassionate living… silliness, who knew.

    My sarcastic rage aside, the next time I hear someone say that all vegans are fat or are sick I am going to beat their ass. Why? Cause I can cause I am vegan and haven’t been sick since becoming vegan and am in incredible shape for it. I am vegan but not a pacifist. I am so sick of hearing that it was a vegan diet that made someone sick when it was a POOR diet that made that person sick, I know this for a FACT from reading “The Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dieticians of Canada” public policy statement for starters. It goes into great detail about how vegetarian and vegan diets prevent disease and illness and provide health benefits.

    These twits who ate poor diets then blame their poor health on being veg should not be listened to. Their arguement is one of correlation and not causation. Following their logic one could say they got sick cause it rained that day or they were sick cause they wore purple or they got sick or cause they dyed their hair.

    And a little side note to Pete 4000, again with the correlation and not causation arguement. Someone somewhere starved their baby cause they were vegan, NO, they were screwed in the head and they also happened to be vegan. Again if I follow this loose logic of yours and other morons then I could say that ALL catholic men are pedophiles cause there has been more than a few cases to support that theory. Are there any critical thinkers left in this world?

  • http://www.veganeatingout.com/ Vegan Diet Menu

    Funny, I’ve been vegan for 3 years now and I’ve never had a problem. I’d venture to even say I’ve gotten less sick than I usually do.

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  • http://auditoryalpha.blogspot.com Animalia_Libero

    Wow, a crash-”vegan” diet to lose weight extremely fast for movie roles in an unhealthy manner while being coupled with being a “full time smoker” made you sick, Bijou? How surprising!

    It’s really sad how ignorant people are. Really sad. Bijou, you let us all know how healthy you feel on a pack a day on top of steaks cooked in butter with a side of chicken periods. I’m sure you’ll feel very good after that.

    To the rest of you who actually want to be healthy, Atkins died of a heart attack. But, a balanced vegan diet reduces your risk of all sorts of diseases and is one of the healthiest diets in existence. A good 5 minutes of nutrition research will show anyone with a brain this.

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