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Former vegan turned meat-lover Bear Grylls said he's "embarrassed" that he used to promote plant-based diets.

During a recent interview with PA, the celebrity survivalist and "Into the Wild" star claimed a carnivore diet has done wonders for his health and wellness, the Telegraph reported. Grylls, 48, also said he looked back on his history of speaking out about the benefits of veganism for the planet and for an individual's health as shameful.

"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," he said. Grylls' 2015 cookbook, "Fuel for Life," shared over 70 dairy, wheat, and sugar-free recipes.

"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 realized I was wrong on both counts," he added.

Later in the interview, Grylls said he's now an advocate of what he calls the "ancestral way of living."

"I've found a counterculture way of living, of embracing red meat and organs natural food just like our millennia of ancestors would have eaten for hundreds of thousands of years," he said. "I've tried to listen to my body more, tried to listen to nature, and I don't miss vegetables at all. I don't go near them and I've never felt stronger, my skin's never been better, and my gut's never been better."

Grylls claimed, without citing his evidence, that a plant-based diet isn't "good" for the environment or for his health, and that instead, he prefers to adopt a carnivore diet.

As Insider's Allana Akhtar previously reported, carnivore diets have become increasingly popular in recent years, with social-media personalities such as Joe Rogan touting its benefits often through unsubstantiated claims.

Wow he does NOT look good.

Wow he does NOT look good.

Bro drank water from elephant shit I don't need his diet advice

Wow he does NOT look good.

Bro drank water from elephant shit I don't need his diet advice

Look even if you don't think an entirely plant-based diet is a good thing, surely you have to realize that a meat only diet is insane. And it certainly isn't "ancestral". Meat was a luxury food when you had to go out and hunt it. It certainly wasn't the main part of your diet.

Also I'd love to know how vegetables are worse for the environment.

These meat only diets have to be some weird grift. Only manchildren could buy into this shit.

meat's fucking gross

That's what happens after years on a vegan diet

Does he really not eat vegetables?

Look even if you don't think an entirely plant-based diet is a good thing, surely you have to realize that a meat only diet is insane. And it certainly isn't "ancestral". Meat was a luxury food when you had to go out and hunt it. It certainly wasn't the main part of your diet.

Also I'd love to know how vegetables are worse for the environment.

She should be embarrassed he pretended to be such a badass and spent all his time during the filming staying in hotels.

Les Stroud is the real one.

Lol.

Where is the nice middle ground?

Where is the nice middle ground?

I thought this guy was supposed to be a genius of survival and I assumed health was part of that. How does he think 100% meat diet is ok?