Bear Grylls On Why He Gave Up Veganism: ‘My Health Tanked’

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Bear Grylls is serious about his diet. In a new interview with GQ, the “Running Wild: The Challenge” star opens up about his eating habits, including why he gave up veganism. READ MORE: Prince George Ate A Live Ant Once With Adventurer Bear Grylls Though previously a big proponent of veganism, Grylls says he’s now “super against nuts.

And against grains, wheat, and vegetables. They affected my health negatively. I was a massive advocate of the vegan lifestyle for years, and wrote a book on it, but my health tanked on it.” He continues, “When I got COVID a couple years ago, I doubled down on what I thought was healthy—raw juice, vegetables—and got mega-sore kidneys, almost kidney stones.

The more research I’ve done, I’ve noticed raw vegetables are really not good for you. So I’ve started incorporating quality grass-fed steak and liver.

My lunch is meat, eggs and dairy, a lot of butter, and fruit. I have liver probably every other day. I started to get strong again.” Despite his new anti-vegetable stance, Grylls says he’s “not super strict,” explaining, “I changed my mind-set away from vegetables are great to realizing we’ve had millions of years of evolution where we’re designed to eat meat and milk and eggs.