Fran Drescher Adopts Vegan, Gluten-Free Diet

Actress Fran Drescher has shed 15 pounds after committing to a vegan and gluten-free diet.

“The Nanny” star ignored doctors’ advice to take new medications in a bid to solve her flagging energy level problems, and instead changed her diet.

She launched a health overhaul, cutting out alcohol, animal products and items containing gluten from her diet – and it did wonders for her body.

Usher Embraces Vegan Diet, Urges Justin Bieber To Do The Same

The vegan celebrity train picked up more passengers this week after RadarOnline reported that hitmaker Usher has become the latest big name to embrace a plant-based diet. Even more interesting is the fact that the 33-year-old is apparently urging his protégé Justin Bieber to join him.

“Usher frequents a few vegan restaurants in New York City and not only loves the food, but feels like it’s the healthiest way to live,” the source told the site. “He’s desperate to get Bieber on the same health kick he is and thinks with all the touring and busy schedule he has, it would keep him energized.”

Ellen DeGeneres' Vegan Restaurant May Not Happen

Ambitious plans to open a gourmet vegan restaurant in LA with “The Pretenders” singer Chrissie Hynde are now on the back burner.

NFL Player Arian Foster's New Vegan Diet Causes Controversy

NFL.com suggests Foster “might go soft if he stripped ribs and deviled eggs from his regiment.”  Many of Foster’s Twitter followers also gave him a hard time for his announcement.  Foster replied, “People feel so strong about meat and milk. I wish they felt this strong about peace.”

PETA Names Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2012

Woody Harrelson credits a woman on a bus ride 30 years ago telling him his acne would go away if he quit dairy…and he has been vegan ever since!  

Madonna’s Tour Demands: Vegan Food, Bodyguards & Lots Of Rollover Minutes

Traveling personal chef prepares strictly vegan foods. 

Alec Baldwin: Boycott Circuses That Use Animals

“The amount of suffering those elephants go through in order to entertain anyone’s five year old for 15 minutes is a crime.”

Why Venus Williams Went Vegan

The seven-time Grand Slam winner decided to give up meat and dairy opting for a raw, vegan diet to help manage her symptoms of her immune system disorder.