Pete Evans is now pushing his paleo diet onto pets

Pete Evans is famed for pushing his strict paleo diet, but now the celebrity chef is on a mission to transform the eating habits of our four-legged friends, too.

Paleo Pete, as he’s known, has launched a new range of cat and dog food and says is so healthy even humans can eat it. According to his website, Pete has tried all the dog and cat food products himself and reckons they’re bloody delicious.

“All of our products are tested on humans, so I try everything as well!” he wrote on his website.

He told Fairfax this week that just like humans, our pets are suffering from the perils of modern-day food and claimed most cat and dog food on the market is full of “dodgy fillers”. 

“So many pets are suffering the diseases of modern day humans – cancer, diabetes, joint issues, skin issues – and a lot of that can be taken back into what we feed our pets,” he says. 

“If you look at what’s out there on the market, so many are filled with these really dodgy fillers, such as grains and legumes and other things, it’s completely crazy.”

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The My Kitchen Rules favourite is an advocate for the paleo lifestyle, which cuts out dairy, grains, legumes and seed oils such as canola or sunflower oil. It encourages grass-fed meats, organic vegetables and fruit, nuts and animal fats.

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Evans has made a slew of controversial claims over the years, including that osteoporosis sufferers should not eat dairy and that bone broth is good for babies — all of which quickly earned him slap-downs from doctors.

The Australia Medical Association (AMA) has previously slammed Evans for his claims that a paleo diet could treat diabetes, cancer and autism and accused his movie ,The Magic Pill, of putting people in harm’s way with unproven health claims and “pseudoscience”.

AMA president Michael Gannon told Starts at 60: “It’s entirely inappropriate that a media personality claims any authority on speaking on health prevention. Doctors don’t need to be told how to practice medicine by TV celebrities who engage occasionally in their fantasy world of pseudoscience.

What do you think? Would you put your pet on a paleo diet?