But, earlier this year, Bear Grylls revealed he had overturned his diet after his health plummeted. “I was a massive advocate of the vegan lifestyle for years, and wrote a book on it, but my health tanked on it,” he said. “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,” he told GQ magazine.
“The more research I’ve done, I’ve noticed raw vegetables are really not good for you.
“I’ve started incorporating quality grass-fed steak and liver. My lunch is meat, eggs and dairy, a lot of butter, and fruit.”
The 48-year-old emphasised that he is “against nuts… against grains, wheat, and vegetables”. “They affected my health negatively,” he stated.
A vegan diet
The NHS explains a vegan diet is based on plant foods, such as vegetables, grains, nuts and fruits.
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If, for example, kidney stones are identified, then treatment can begin.
Kidney stones “happen when waste builds up in your blood and sticks together in your kidneys to form clumps”.
Larger stones can be difficult to pass, so surgery might be required to remove them.
Bear Grylls is starring in Louis Theroux Interviews, which is airing on BBC Two at 9pm on Tuesday, November 15.
If, for example, kidney stones are identified, then treatment can begin.
Kidney stones “happen when waste builds up in your blood and sticks together in your kidneys to form clumps”.
Larger stones can be difficult to pass, so surgery might be required to remove them.
Bear Grylls is starring in Louis Theroux Interviews, which is airing on BBC Two at 9pm on Tuesday, November 15.
