11 Celebs Who Swear by the Paleo Diet
There are many types of diets celebrities follow to look and feel their absolute best, and many stars have lauded the Paleolithic diet, or paleo diet for short. For the paleo diet, the focus is on whole, unprocessed foods like vegetables, fruits, lean meats, fish, seeds and nuts. It excludes food groups like processed foods, refined sugars, dairy, grains, cereal, and legumes, instead focusing on what hunter-gatherers ate before agriculture became a thing. With this in mind, here are 10+ celebrities who follow the paleo (or a paleo-esque) diet.
1. Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus, 32, was a strict vegan until she switched things up with the help of the paleo diet.
"I was vegan for a very long time and I've had to introduce fish and omegas into my life because my brain wasn't functioning properly," Cyrus said on The Joe Rogan Experience in 2020. "Now I'm so much sharper than I was and I think that I was, at one point, pretty malnutritioned."
This, combined with her allergies to gluten and lactose essentially means the "Flowers" singer follows a paleo diet.
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2. Novak Djokovic
Tennis pro Novak Djokovic, 37, isn't strictly paleo, but he follows a plant-based diet that excludes gluten and dairy due to food sensitivities. Per Olympics.com, the 24-time Grand Slam men's singles champion mostly eats "vegetables, beans, white meat, fish, fruit, nuts, seeds, chickpeas, lentils and healthy oils."
3. Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey, 55, turned to the paleo diet to help lose weight for his role as Ron Woodroof, in the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club. For the movie, the actor ate nothing but fish, egg whites and tapioca pudding.
"I did not torture myself. I was militant. The hardest part was making the damn choice," McConaughey explained of the 50-pound weight loss on The Joe Rogan Experience in 2020.
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4. Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway, 42, was previously vegan but switched to the paleo diet while filming Interstellar, which required her to wear a 40-pound suit and film underwater.
"I just didn't feel good or healthy," she told Harper's Bazaar, "not strong." After adding fish and poultry to her diet, according to Prevention, she felt more energized and parted with her vegan diet.
5. Jack Osbourne
Jack Osbourne, 39, the son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, previously opened up about following the paleo diet.
"Diet is a big thing. I am a firm believer in you are what you eat," he told ABC News, per the Daily Mail. "I juice a lot, I try and stick to a paleo Diet. At its core, I look at MS as inflammation, so I try and eliminate foods that cause inflammation. Dairy, gluten, grains."
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6. Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow, 52, followed the paleo diet for many years.
"The beauty of it, for me, was that I really deepened my connection with food and this whole philosophy around macrobiotics, which is essentially just how they eat in the mountains of Japan," Paltrow explained on the April 22 episode of her Goop podcast. "So, very local, very seasonal, lots of fish and vegetables, rice, no dairy, no sugar, et cetera."
However, the actress has recently reintroduced non-paleo foods to her diet, including "some sourdough bread and some cheese."
7. Jessica Biel
During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jessica Biel, 43, opened up about her mostly paleo diet, although she isn't "all-out" paleo.
"I just feel better when I don't have gluten or wheat or dairy," she told the publication. "My digestion is better, I feel better, I have more energy… I just try to eat really healthy. I mean, of course I have cheat-days and will go out and have, like, cookies and pizza. If I'm training maybe I up the protein intake."
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8. LeBron James
Back in 2014, LeBron James turned heads when he suddenly slimmed down after following a paleo diet for over two months.
"I had no sugar, no dairy, I had no carbs," the now 40-year-old told Sports Illustrated, per Business Insider. "All I ate was meat, fish, veggies and fruit. That's it. For 67 straight days."
9. Megan Fox
Megan Fox, 38, previously shared on Instagram that she "oscillate[s] between eating keto and paleo," per Mashed.
Additionally, she "cut out all bread and those sort of carbohydrates," the celeb told E! Online. "No crackers, no pretzels, no chips. Nothing unhealthy."
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10. Aaron Rodgers
NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers, 41, previously told ESPN about his paleo-esque diet. Although he isn't a strict follower, he eats "more of a vegan diet with some red meat at times and some chicken"—plus he cut out dairy.
"I just wanted to get healthier," the pro athlete explained. "I've done a lot of research and talked with Adam Korzun, our [team] nutritionist, and some other friends around the league about how I can extend my career and how I can be and feel healthier."
11. Tom Jones
Singer Tom Jones, 84, a former judge on The Voice UK, has also sung the praises of the paleo diet.
"I'd recommend it to anybody," Jones told Radio 2, per Express. "It tells you to get back to what we used to eat when we were hunters and gatherers. Eat anything that's natural—meat, fish, veg."
