--- title: 'Man v. Food' Host Adam Richman Has Gone Vegan description: It has nothing to do with the show canonical: https://time.com/3815195/man-v-food-host-adam-richman-vegan/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-09T14:49:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:32.582Z og:title: 'Man v. Food' Host Adam Richman Has Gone Vegan og:description: It has nothing to do with the show og:url: https://time.com/3815195/man-v-food-host-adam-richman-vegan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7649d93c0f231383/6987ea4806f2c1267b337a27/454340536.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2014 US Open Celebrity Sightings - Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Man v. Food' Host Adam Richman Has Gone Vegan twitter:description: It has nothing to do with the show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7649d93c0f231383/6987ea4806f2c1267b337a27/454340536.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Man v. Food_ Host Adam Richman Is Now Vegan by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 9, 2015 2:49 PM UTC  Adam Richman attends Day 4 of the 2014 US Open Adam Richman attends Day 4 of the 2014 US OpenJean Catuffe—GC Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 9, 2015 2:49 PM UTC When _Man v. Food_ host Adam Richman literally ate his way across America, he consumed everything from [7-pound breakfast burritos](http://www.kitchendaily.com/read/14-things-you-didnt-know-about-adam-richman) to [48 oz. steaks](http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=4887176). His most surprising dietary choice, however, was revealed in a new interview_:_ Richman has gone vegan. > [](https://twitter.com/AdamRichman/status/585138140660109312) Speaking to the _Independent_, Richman said the decision to go vegan—a diet that he has now held for three months—had nothing to do with his food-focused shows, but instead his love for soccer. “I’m training for football right now, I’ve been vegan for the past three months or so,” he said. “And for Soccer Aid I went 100 per cent vegan.” > [](https://twitter.com/AdamRichman/status/585865967634251776) Richman [came under fire](http://time.com/2949560/adam-richman-man-v-food-thinspiration/) in 2014 for posting “#thinspiration”—a hashtag often associated with pro-anorexia online circles — on Instagram celebrating his weight loss and then telling a critic to “Grab a razor blade and draw a bath. I doubt anyone will miss you.” He since apologized. \[[_Independent_](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/man-v-foods-adam-richman-ive-been-vegan-for-three-months-10160279.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3815195/man-v-food-host-adam-richman-vegan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3815195/man-v-food-host-adam-richman-vegan/"},"headline":"Man v. Food Host Adam Richman Is Now Vegan","datePublished":"2015-04-09T14:49:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:32.582Z","description":"It has nothing to do with the show","url":"https://time.com/3815195/man-v-food-host-adam-richman-vegan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","celebrities","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7649d93c0f231383/6987ea4806f2c1267b337a27/454340536.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7649d93c0f231383/6987ea4806f2c1267b337a27/454340536.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 US Open Celebrity Sightings - Day 4","caption":"2014 US Open Celebrity Sightings - Day 4","creditText":"Jean Catuffe—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3815195/man-v-food-host-adam-richman-vegan/","name":"Man v. Food Host Adam Richman Is Now Vegan"}}]}] ```