Jared Leto Talks About Vegan Diet in Rolling Stone Interview
Jared Leto is a man of many faces, and some of them include being a star of hit TV series and films, the lead singer of a rock band, and more recently as the iconic Joker. Leto is also known as a long-time vegetarian and vegan, and a few years ago, the actor credited sleep and his plant-based diet for his youthful appearance (at that time he was 41), and for his overall health. He stated:
“It’s probably just down to sleep and diet. If you travel long haul a lot or don’t sleep much, it’s not going to last very long, that’s for sure. I’m pretty healthy so I think that helps a lot. I’ve been that way for a long time - 20 solid years of eating vegetarian/vegan and taking care of myself. That probably helps the preservation process.”
During a recent interview with Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone, the now 44-year-old singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars elaborated more on his career, upcoming projects, personal life, and his vegan diet. The interview was conducted during Leto’s staple activity of hiking-this time though a three-and-a-half-hour trek through a “mountainous, 8,000-acre state park.”
Hiatt notes that Leto has packed a trail mix and thermos of water in his backpack and during the course of the hike, refuels with the trail mix. He clarifies some details about his diet, and calls himself a cheagan. While it may seem similar to being a “flexitarian”, Leto mentioned that his habits do not include eating meat. He states:
“I’m actually a cheagan, a cheating vegan. I don’t eat meat ever. But if someone’s mom made a cookie and handed it to me, I’d probably take a bite, or if I’m in Alaska and there’s wild salmon out of the river, I’d probably eat it.”
The actor also said that he is now mostly straight-edge as well, and abstains from drinking, stating “there’s all kinds of ways to change your state of mind or to get out of yourself.”
You can read the full interview on Rolling Stone.
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