{"id":40594,"date":"2026-07-08T02:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/?p=40594"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:34:31","slug":"is-venus-williams-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-venus-williams-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Venus Williams Vegan? She Invented Her Own Word for the Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most celebrities polish their diet stories for the press. Venus Williams did the opposite: she invented a word specifically to confess. &ldquo;I am a cheating vegan now and I call it Chegan,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thesportsrush.com\/tennis-news-i-am-a-cheating-vegan-venus-williams-admits-eating-steak-secretly-with-serena-williams-during-2011-wellness-retreat\/\">she said<\/a>, &ldquo;and living my best life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So no, Venus Williams is not a strict vegan, and she&rsquo;ll tell you that herself before any fact-checker can. What she is: a woman who&rsquo;s eaten mostly plants for 15 years because it gave her a career back, and who&rsquo;s honest about the other 20 percent. That story is better than most perfect ones.<\/p>\n<style>.tiv-verdict{border-left:6px solid #29a579;background:#f8decd;padding:18px 22px;margin:28px 0;border-radius:0 14px 14px 0;color:#0a4a4a}.tiv-verdict .tiv-badge{display:inline-block;background:#106050;color:#fff;padding:4px 14px;border-radius:999px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.4px;margin-bottom:8px}.tiv-verdict p{margin:8px 0 0}.tiv-check{font-size:13px;color:#0a6b6c;margin-top:10px}details.tiv-tl{border:1px solid #e5ded4;border-radius:10px;margin:10px 0;background:#fff}details.tiv-tl summary{cursor:pointer;padding:13px 16px;font-weight:600;color:#0a4a4a}details.tiv-tl[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #f0ebe2}details.tiv-tl .tiv-tlb{padding:12px 16px;color:#0a4a4a}.tivq{border:2px solid #29a579;border-radius:14px;padding:22px;margin:30px 0;background:#fff}.tivq .tivq-q{margin:16px 0;padding:14px;background:#f6f3ec;border-radius:10px}.tivq .tivq-q p{font-weight:600;margin:0 0 10px}.tivq button{display:block;width:100%;text-align:left;margin:6px 0;padding:11px 14px;border:1px solid #d9d2c5;border-radius:8px;background:#fff;cursor:pointer;font-size:16px;color:#0a4a4a}.tivq button.tiv-ok{background:#29a579;color:#fff;border-color:#29a579}.tivq button.tiv-no{background:#fbe9e4;border-color:#e59875}.tivq .tivq-res{display:none;font-weight:700;margin-top:14px;font-size:18px;color:#106050}<\/style>\n<div class=\"tiv-verdict\"><span class=\"tiv-badge\">QUICK ANSWER<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mostly, and honestly so: Venus Williams calls herself a &#8220;chegan&#8221;, a cheating vegan on a roughly 80\/20 plant-based diet.<\/strong> She went raw vegan in 2011 to manage the autoimmune disease Sjogren's syndrome, relaxed to mostly plant-based around 2019, and in November 2025 credited plant-based nutrition for her return to the court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tiv-check\">Last fact-checked: July 7, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The diagnosis that started it<\/h2>\n<p>In 2011, Venus withdrew from the US Open with <a href=\"https:\/\/plantbasednews.org\/culture\/sport\/diet-fuelling-venus-williams-tennis-comeback\/\">Sjogren&rsquo;s syndrome<\/a>, an autoimmune disease that left her with joint pain and fatigue so severe she could barely walk. On her sister Serena&rsquo;s suggestion, she adopted a strict raw vegan diet to manage the inflammation. It worked well enough to extend one of the greatest careers in tennis by well over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Her November 2025 summary, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wellworthy.com\/venus-williams-happy-viking-levels-up-with-a-plant-powered-refresh\/\">Happy Viking relaunch<\/a>: &ldquo;When I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2011, I could barely walk, let alone play tennis. The plant-based, high-protein nutrition in Happy Viking transformed my health and helped me return to the court stronger than ever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>The vegan timeline, tap to expand<\/h2>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2011: diagnosis and the raw vegan pivot<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">Sjogren's syndrome forces her out of the US Open. Serena suggests raw vegan; Venus commits.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2013: &#8220;cheagan&#8221; enters the dictionary<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">She publicly admits she's less of a vegan, more of a &#8220;cheagan&#8221;. The honesty policy starts early.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>Around 2019: from raw to 80\/20<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">She relaxes from strict raw vegan to cooked, mostly plant-based. The autoimmune management keeps working.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>2020\/21: Happy Viking launches<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">Her plant-protein brand raises $2M with investors including Serena, Kevin Durant and Megan Rapinoe. She also backs the vegan marketplace PlantX.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>July 2025: the comeback<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">At 45, she wins a singles match at the DC Open, the oldest player to win a WTA Tour singles match in over 21 years.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>November 2025: Happy Viking relaunch<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\">New formula, 30g plant protein, and her clearest statement yet crediting plant-based nutrition for the return.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h2>The steak confession<\/h2>\n<p>The best chegan story involves both Williams sisters, a raw-vegan wellness retreat, and day one. As Venus tells it, she and Serena <a href=\"https:\/\/thesportsrush.com\/tennis-news-i-am-a-cheating-vegan-venus-williams-admits-eating-steak-secretly-with-serena-williams-during-2011-wellness-retreat\/\">snuck out and ate steak<\/a>, plus chocolate fondue cake, on the very first day of the retreat. Her standing warning to dinner companions is just as good: &ldquo;If it&rsquo;s on your plate, I might get to cheat. If you&rsquo;re sitting next to me, good luck. You turn your head once and your food might be gone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You will not get this level of honesty from a wellness brand founder anywhere else. Speaking of the label wars: her fellow tennis legend <a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-novak-djokovic-vegan\/\">Novak Djokovic eats stricter and says less<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Fact or fiction?<\/h2>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>She invented the word &#8220;chegan&#8221;. Fact or fiction?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\"><strong>Fact.<\/strong> Cheating vegan, her coinage, used since around 2013.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>She went vegan to win more titles. Fact or fiction?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\"><strong>Fiction.<\/strong> It was medical: managing Sjogren's syndrome, which nearly ended her career in 2011.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"tiv-tl\">\n<summary>At 45 she set a WTA age record. Fact or fiction?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"tiv-tlb\"><strong>Fact.<\/strong> Her July 2025 DC Open win made her the oldest WTA singles match winner in over 21 years.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<h2>Quiz: how well do you know chegan Venus?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tivq\">\n<h3>Five questions, no cheating (ironically)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>1. What word did Venus invent for her diet?<\/p>\n<p><button>Flexivore<\/button><button data-ok>Chegan<\/button><button>Veganish<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>2. Why did she go raw vegan in 2011?<\/p>\n<p><button data-ok>To manage Sjogren's syndrome<\/button><button>To lose weight<\/button><button>A sponsorship deal<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>3. Who suggested the raw vegan diet?<\/p>\n<p><button>Her coach<\/button><button data-ok>Her sister Serena<\/button><button>A nutritionist on TV<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>4. What did the sisters secretly eat on day one of a raw-vegan retreat?<\/p>\n<p><button data-ok>Steak and chocolate fondue cake<\/button><button>Pizza<\/button><button>Fried chicken<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"tivq-q\">\n<p>5. 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Scroll back up and try again.\")}});<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Is Venus Williams still plant-based in 2026?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, on her own honest terms: mostly plant-based, openly chegan, and as of November 2025 crediting plants for a comeback that made age-record history. Fifteen years of managing an autoimmune disease with a mostly plant-based diet is a better advertisement than any perfect record could be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More vegan celebrity checks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-novak-djokovic-vegan\/\">Is Novak Djokovic vegan?<\/a> Tennis&rsquo;s other non-answer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-lewis-hamilton-vegan\/\">Is Lewis Hamilton vegan?<\/a> The athlete comparison<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/is-jessica-chastain-vegan\/\">Is Jessica Chastain vegan?<\/a> Another body-led decision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Venus_Williams_(2025_DC_Open)_crop.jpg\">Hameltion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Venus Williams went raw vegan in 2011 to fight an autoimmune disease, then coined &#8216;chegan&#8217; for her honest 80\/20 reality. 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