Pete Evans has opened up about the downfall of his celebrity chef status that played out in the media following his decision to turn to the paleo diet.

The 52-year-old chef and former My Kitchen Rules judge told American doctor Will Cole about how he went from being “celebrated and adored” to being hated by Australia.

Evans said the hate started after he discovered and began advocating the paleo diet — also known as the caveman diet, based on the idea of eating foods that were available to hunter-gatherers during the Paleolithic era.

“Up until that time, I was celebrated, adored by the Australian media and public until I started talking about paleo, ancestral diets”, he told Dr Cole on his podcast The Art of Being Well.

“I was attacked straight away. It was bizarre, I was like, why is

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