Can vegans take part in Bushtucker Trials and whos vegan on Im A Celebrity 2019?

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I’M A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! has returned to our screens for the 19th series and the topic of vegans has once again crept up.

Are there any vegans in the jungle this year and does veganism affect the Bushtucker Trials? Let’s take a look…

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’s Roman Kemp was a vegan in the summer of 2019

Who are the vegans on this years Im a Celeb?

As of Sunday, November 17 there are currently no vegans in the Australian jungle.

However, Roman Kemp did go vegan in the summer of 2019 as part of a 12-week fitness program, to help him reduce his body fat.

But there is no evidence he has kept up the plant-based diet.

Meanwhile, Caitlyn Jenner gave up meat in 2015 to lose weight, however, she had never been vegan.

In the 2018 seriesX Factors Fleur East and Coronation Streets Sair Khan were both vegans.

James McVey from The vamps is a vegetarian andNick Knowles had adopted a vegan lifestyle in the past

The DIY SOS presenter released a vegan cookbook in 2017, titled Proper Healthy Food.

X Factor star Fleur East vegan but opted to take part in bushtucker trials

Can vegans take part in Bushtucker Trials?

Yes, 2018 contestants James, Fleur and Sair were given the green light not to take part in any tasks that require them to eat animal products if they didn’t want to.

However, Fleur stated before she went into the jungle that she didn’t intend to be vegan in the jungle and would eat anything.

Each year, the ITV series challenges campmates to eat a succession of disgusting meals, from fish eyes and witchetty grubs to cockroach milkshakes and crocodile penis.

DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles, front, has also been known to adopt a vegan lifestyle

Have other vegans taken part before?

Vegans have taken part in the show since series one.

In 2017, stand-up comedian Shappi Khorsandi revealed that she was vegan shortly before joining the Jungle.

However, she ditched her plant-based diet for the show. Eventually, she did confess to falling ill, where she requested vegan-only food for the remainder of the show.

At the time, Shappi said: I had meat, and I was really, really physically sick, five times in one hour. It was horrible.

What is a vegan diet?

Veganism is currently defined as “a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose”.

The term “vegan” comes from the first and last letters of the word vegetarian.

Vegetarians do not eat any animal flesh – this includes cow, pig, chicken and fish.

Vegans go further by not eating anything derived from an animal, including eggs, milk and butter. Honey, meanwhile, is rather divisive in the vegan community.