As well as being a world-renowned adventurer, Bear Grylls is a doting dad to his three children, Marmaduke, Huckleberry and Jesse, whom he shares with his wife of 26-years, Shara.
Across his decades-long stint as a world-renowned adventurer, he has embraced cuisines that feel more at home on a bush tucker trial on I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here than on his dinner plate, but one decision, about his family's diet, left his 23-year-old son, Jesse, rather worse for wear.
© InstagramIt was during Bear's five-year stint embracing a vegan diet between 2015 and 2020, but while many heap praise on opting for plant-based meals, Jesse didn't experience the desired effects, revealing he experienced health problems as a teenager.
Bear 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."
In fact, in a new interview with the Telegraph, Bear - whose sons have joined him on his switch to a "caveman diet" has explained that Offal is an excellent source of protein, and one he would recommend.
"Eating testicles is fine for me in a work capacity, but try getting kids to eat [them] for breakfast. You're going to have a battle. But there’s no doubt that we should all be eating more of this stuff.
"Look at the lions, they go straight in for blood and the offal. And killer whales suck the liver out of great white sharks. It’s an easy way to get bioavailable nutrients into your diet. It’s the ultimate survival food."
Bear and Jesse's joint venture
Now, Bear and Jesse, as well as Shara, have been inspired by their vitamin-rich "caveman diet" to launch a joint project, Modern Savage, a supplement made from ingredients including desiccated bison organs and beef proteins, with his younger sons Marmaduke, 20, and Huckleberry, 17, on board as taste-testers.
“I want to do things that keep the family together; to be honest, that matters more to me than financial success."
He added: "For me, success is measured by the quality of my relationships with my family. I meet enough very wealthy people who have broken relationships with their kids to realise you're not wealthy if you don't have close, strong relationships in your life."
