Another day, another reason celebrity chef Pete Evans has us picking our non-Paleo-eating jaws up off the floor…
Because just when we thought his thoughts on switching out cow’s milk for bone broth, not to mention that time he tried to tell us how to physically use a toilet, were his wildest yet, Paleo Pete ~literally~ gets down on his knees and into the personal space of one his horses in order to be “in #thepresent”.
Not only that, but his wife Nicola Robinson Evans stripped down to her “free and bare Earth Suit” to celebrate the “Spring Equinox” to join Pete in being at one with nature.
“I must admit, yes I was at first apprehensive about posting this image of Baby [Zorro, their horse] and I, so I asked myself why?” she wrote on Instagram.
“Of course my programmed ego promptly stepped in and replied, ‘For fear of judgement,’ to which my innate self replied, ‘Let that crap go honey bee… Be free, judgement is nothing but an illusion!”
This isn’t the first time alkalised almond-loving Pete and co. have left us scratching our heads. Remember when he said that…
Sunscreen is the DEVIL
In a bid to, as he puts it, “share the truth”, Pete came out swinging against sunscreen, saying that many people are lathering themselves in poisonous chemicals.
He even said he “generally” doesn’t wear it as keeps “an all over tan all year” and doesn’t “stay out for super-long periods in the sun”.
Considering as many as 1800 Australians die from melanoma each year, experts were quick to call the chef out for giving out medical advice seeing as he’s not a medical professional.
Babies can safely go on the Paleo diet
When Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way For New Mums, Babies and Toddlers launched, well, so too did the medical community, with myriad doctors kicked off a barney with Paleo Pete; they feared that the lives of young children would be at risk if they followed Paleo Pete’s nutritional advice.
This book included an infant formula recipe that included bone broth and liver – a concoction that doctors argue could be life-threatening for babies if consumed.
As previously reported by The Australian Women’s Weekly, Professor Heather Yeatman, president of the Public Health Association of Australia said: “There is a very real possibility that a baby may die if this book goes ahead.”
We’re all pooping incorrectly
This time, Paleo Pete really was talking crap.
As previously reported by Now To Love, Paleo Pete was all about the health benefits of using this chair when going to the bathroom.
And while we’re the first to pull Paleo Pete up on his controversial health quips, he actually may have a point here…
As he explains, none other than gut-health advocate Dr Kerryn Phelps also endorses the product, which is designed to be used for squatting over your toilet.
To quote Dr Phelps, she says: “Before you go squatting on top of your toilet sear or in your garden or the calling the plumber for renovations… Supporting your feet while sitting at a level high enough for your knees to be up near your abdomen will do the trick.”
Alright, Pete – you win this round. But this round only.
