Sonam Kapoor goes from being vegetarian to vegan

Actress Sonam Kapoor is known to be an ardent animal lover and often requests people to adopt strays. While it was years back that the actress turned vegetarian, she has now taken her love for animals a step ahead.

Sonam who was named the Hottest Vegetarian for 2016 by PETA India, has now given up dairy products and turned vegan. She says, “I’ve been vegetarian for many years, but I became vegan this year. I believe in making compassionate choices. So much so, I am having soya milk coffee now, I don’t even have dairy…” (Also Read: Sonam Kapoor has a fitting reply to Kangana Ranaut’s nepotism statement)

She however does not intend to give up on her fashion with this. “I don’t buy fur. It’s all faux fur, but I do buy leather. If someone gives me an exotic leather product, I use it, but I won’t buy it. I just purchase normal leather,” she says. Further adding how her family is pissed with her changing lifestyle. “My mom is really pissed with me, she’s like, ‘Go to the mountains’ because I was like, we cannot have red meat in the house… I feel like wherever you can do things, you should do it. To balance things out I became a vegetarian. I can’t eat meat and I don’t judge anybody who does it. I feel it’s okay because some people need it.”

Asked if she will ever eat non-vegetarian food, she says, “Maybe, one day, I’ll start eating fish again. I tried and I just can’t because it’s been so many years now, but let’s see. You need the protein — I travel, so I get all kinds — but a lot of people don’t have access to it.”