Who says you can’t be the brawn on a plant-based diet? Not actor Charles Halford, who credits his vegan diet for staying fit — and bulking up.
The character actor, best known for his roles on last season’s “True Detective” on HBO and the new NBC show, “Constantine,” talked to Men’s Journal about his fitness regime, which includes adhering to a vegan diet.
“Beans and nuts are big part,” he tells the mag. “I have been vegan now over 15 years, vegetarian for more than 20. I’ve run the gambit of healthy and unhealthy diets, because it is very possible to be an unhealthy vegan or vegetarian.”
Halford says he sticks to raw and natural foods, and stays away from processed food.
“I mix it up and I’m never bored,” he says. “I also put hot chilies on everything, whenever possible.”
When asked how to bulk up on a vegan…