New Photos!Natalie Portman Goes on Cute Mother-Daughter Shopping Trip With 1-Year-Old Amalia Millepied

Since Natalie mainly cooks meals for her kids at home, it’s allowed them to eat very healthily, just like their famous mom. “We tend to eat vegan and vegetarian food in the house. It becomes like the normal stuff that kids get used to,” she revealed to Us Weekly. 

Natalie revealed she first became a vegetarian at a very young age and later adapted her diet to be vegan, too. “I became vegetarian when I was nine because, you know, you watch cartoons and animals have feelings and talk to each other and they’re not … You think of them as, like, emotive creatures, not as dinner,” she explained.

Sometimes Natalie’s children get confused when they see their dad and the Black Swan actress’ husband, Benjamin Millepied, indulge in foods that they don’t normally eat. “There had been conversations because my husband is not vegan, and so my son has asked, ‘Why do you eat that and mommy doesn’t?’” she recalled, explaining that she assured her son it’s ok for people to have different eating habits. “And I talked to him about it, and it’s really changed. I think it’s very natural for children to relate to the stuff.”

“I think that you always want to be respectful of other people’s choices. I don’t want anyone to ever give me a hard time about my choices,” Natalie said about her clean diet.

The star has not only helped her kids become more healthy, but she’s inspiring Benjamin, 41, as well. “Of course, living together, you end up influencing each other too. So I think he’s certainly become more conscious of where his food comes from,” she noted.