Sep 11, 2026 · 23 min · 10 segments
Bear Grylls went vegan. Then he went completely the other way. Bear Grylls went vegan due to his dad's poor health, but now he's advocating that people eat testicles... The survivalist and TV…
Where do you want to start, Sarah? I mean, this is such a fascinating story because honestly, I didn't know that the reason why he went vegan is because his father had such high cholesterol.
And then he wanted to do something for the environment.
And then he just did a complete 180.
So he doesn't care about the environment or high cholesterol?
I don't get it.
Like, what does he say? I got skinny and weak.
And it was a disaster for my health being vegan, but that always begs the question.
And what you always say Shabnam is I'd love to see what he was actually eating.
Like what was this vegan diet? Was it the whole foods, plant-based, rich in iron, rich in all the right nutrients? Or was he just, I don't know, eating random stuff that happened to be vegan?
We don't know.
We see on a highly processed vegan diet, which can be achieved even not on a vegan diet, right? Yeah.
It comes traditional and it also comes vegan.
So there are ways to do a diet wrong multiple ways, right? I think what just really gets me the most is just like hearing that I cared so much, I feared so much given my father's medical history.
And now it doesn't matter where we know in, in medical, like family history has a big impact on our personal health history, right? Which is why it's always asked when you are seeing a medical professional.
Have you had a first generation, a first line relative that has suffered from any kind of cardiovascular event or has any kind of autoimmune disease or disorder? These are things we all want to know, so.
I'm just going off on a rant.
Sorry.
No,
no, it's
good.
I also just find it confusing because his dad died age 66, and this is what prompted him.
He was like, they were so shocked by that.
He was a really great guy and all this stuff, and that's so sad.
But to then go back more towards cholesterol-increasing foods when you have that family history seems really mad to me.
Where do you want to start, Sarah? I mean, this is such a fascinating story because honestly, I didn't know that the reason why he went vegan is because his father had such high cholesterol.
And then he wanted to do something for the environment.
And then he just did a complete 180.
So he doesn't care about the environment or high cholesterol?
I don't get it.
Like, what does he say? I got skinny and weak.
And it was a disaster for my health being vegan, but that always begs the question.
And what you always say Shabnam is I'd love to see what he was actually eating.
Like what was this vegan diet? Was it the whole foods, plant-based, rich in iron, rich in all the right nutrients? Or was he just, I don't know, eating random stuff that happened to be vegan?
We don't know.
We see on a highly processed vegan diet, which can be achieved even not on a vegan diet, right? Yeah.
It comes traditional and it also comes vegan.
So there are ways to do a diet wrong multiple ways, right? I think what just really gets me the most is just like hearing that I cared so much, I feared so much given my father's medical history.
And now it doesn't matter where we know in, in medical, like family history has a big impact on our personal health history, right? Which is why it's always asked when you are seeing a medical professional.
Have you had a first generation, a first line relative that has suffered from any kind of cardiovascular event or has any kind of autoimmune disease or disorder? These are things we all want to know, so.
I'm just going off on a rant.
Sorry.
No,
no, it's
good.
I also just find it confusing because his dad died age 66, and this is what prompted him.
He was like, they were so shocked by that.
He was a really great guy and all this stuff, and that's so sad.
But to then go back more towards cholesterol-increasing foods when you have that family history seems really mad to me.
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