Nimai Delgado

Nimai Delgado is an American bodybuilder, fitness coach and influencer. He was the first vegan bodybuilder to earn IFBB Pro status and founded Vedge Nutrition, selling vegan vitamins and supplements.

If anyone ever questions whether you can build muscle on a plant-based diet, show them a photo of Nimai Delgado. What’s even more impressive is that Nimai was raised as a vegetarian by his lacto-vegetarian Hindu parents, so no one can argue that he built his muscle on animal flesh before going vegan.¹Plant Based News. 2019. Vegan Bodybuilder Nimai Delgado Built This Body Without Ever Eating Meat. Available: https://plantbasednews.org/culture/vegan-bodybuilder-nimai-delgado-built-this-body-no-meat/ [Accessed 6 May 2021].

Why Nimai Delgado is vegan

Nimai Delgado is vegan for the animals.

NImai has been vegetarian since birth but decided to take “a stand against the violence, suffering, and death of innocent living beings” by going vegan in 2015.²Great Vegan Athletes. 2026. NImai Delgado. Available: https://www.greatveganathletes.com/nimai-delgado-vegan-bodybuilder/ [Accessed 18 September 2026]. Since then he has dedicated his life to spreading the vegan message and debunking myths about a plant-based diet.

Nimai was one of the many sportspeople to appear in the The Game Changers documentary and has a huge influence on social media, where he shares what he eats on a daily basis to prove plants are powerhouses of protein.

“…your masculinity is not a reflection or result of the food you eat. Period. If you think eating meat somehow solidifies your masculinity, then I invite you to explore that and ask yourself where you learned that concept & how you’ve come to identify food with masculinity.”³Delgado, N. 2021. Twitter. Available: https://twitter.com/NimaiDelgado/status/1350919826575769600 [Accessed 6 May 2021].