Bear Grylls has revealed that he is now eating steak three times a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner after five years of veganism.
The survival expert, 52, has spoken in new detail about the huge overhaul to his diet in 2020 when he switched to a meat-heavy, carnivore-style diet which includes lots of offal.
He said in a new interview: ‘I’m eating great big steaks for breakfast, lunch and dinner. All the fat, all the gristle. I feel great!’
Asked what his best advice is for nutrition he added: ‘Staying away from processed food. Give me one group of people who never go outside, never challenge themselves, live off processed food and sit on their phones all day.
‘Then compare them with another group who train outdoors, jump in rivers, laugh, eat natural food and never touch processed stuff.
‘I can tell you, the difference between those groups in 20 years time is going to be stark.’
Bear Grylls has revealed that he is now eating steak three times a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner after five years of veganism
The survival expert, 52, has spoken of the huge overhaul to his diet in 2020 switching to a meat-heavy, carnivore-style diet which includes lots of offal
He then explained to The Telegraph how he made the change after his eldest son Jesse, 23, experienced health problems as a teenager that Bear believed were caused by his veganism.
Bear has previously said: ‘My son Jesse wasn’t doing well on a vegan diet – issues with his stomach, really bad skin, he was just really drained – and within weeks of reintroducing meat to his diet he was a ball of energy again.
‘I had kidney pain for years and as soon as I stopped drinking raw juices every day, that was gone. Going back to meat has really made a difference to how I feel and how my family feels.’
He has in the past opened up about how he largely shuns vegetables now after turning his back on his vegan diet.
He claimed that he’d ‘never felt stronger’ and that his skin and gut have ‘never been better’ after binning the plant-based diet.
‘I was vegan quite a few years ago – in fact I wrote a vegan cookbook, and I feel a bit embarrassed because I really promoted that,’ Grylls said in an interview with PA.
‘I thought that was good for the environment and I thought it was good for my health.
‘And through time and experience and knowledge and study, I realised I was wrong on both counts.’
Last year, Bear shared a snap of his ‘breakfast of champions’, which included steak, bacon and avocado
Inspired by how our ancestors survived for millennia, Bear now eats red meat, blood, bone marrow, as well as salted butter, eggs, fruit and honey.
As well as veg, he avoids processed foods, bread and pasta. But while he claims the science stacks up, experts insist that vegan diets can be perfectly healthy and vegetables are key for a balanced diet.
Experts also say that despite red meat being a good protein source, too much can increase the risk of bowel cancer, while a recent Harvard University study found low-carb diets can increase the risk of early death.
He said that since switching to a red meat-focused diet, he no longer craves junk, and slammed his previous plant-based diet as ‘such an unhealthy way to live’.
He said: ‘I was having salads every day, I would really crave junk food and once or twice a week have cheat meals – a real blow-out of whatever you want, burgers, pizzas, etc.’
He added: ‘You’re basically starving for 80 per cent of the time and then you’re bingeing for the rest. That’s not good for the body.’
Bear added: ‘I find now I’m always full when I’m eating so much meat and eggs and butter and fruit and honey – I’m never hungry.’
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