Deschanel cannot eat dairy, eggs or wheat, and therefore decided to follow her sister into the vegan world. But after removing those foods, in addition to the restrictions of gluten-free veganism, Deschanel's options were limited and she couldn't take it any longer. She said: "I gave it a good try, but sometimes you just need a little something, a little meat. At a certain point, you just have to go, You know, this gets in the way of my living too much," and she describes that she promptly found herself gorging on sushi again.