Actor Chris Pratt to Go on All Wild Game Diet for 1 Year
OutdoorHub Reporters 01.21.16
Well, almost. Chris Pratt, who was most recently in Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy, promised on social media that he would only eat wild game for one year. Except for occasionally the odd hamburger and steak—and fish, eggs, and bacon.
“I’m going to start a diet I called ‘The Game Plan’ where basically I only eat wild game for a year. ‘The Game Plan,’ get it? Cause GAME? I mean I’ll also eat veggies and fruit and other stuff too. But for one year I want to eat only the meats that were caught or killed by me or my friends. Total free range organic wild game! The game plan. Join me,” he wrote on Instagram.
Pratt is hardly the first famous name to try this kind of a diet. Other celebrities, such as TV host and UFC commentator Joe Rogan, have also embarked on similar “Eat What You Kill” diets. Some hunters elect this diet as a symbolic rejection of store-bought meat, while others prefer it because they know the meat they harvest is either healthier, ethically killed, or simply better tasting than meat at the supermarket. For Pratt, its an acknowledgement of where he comes from.
“I grew up in the woods. Not literally. I mean, we had a house. I wasn’t raised by coyotes. But I spent a lot of time in the woods. Hunting, fishing and being outdoors with my friends and family is how I spent my free time as a young’n,” he wrote. “That part of me will never change.”
Pratt is also notable for being one of relatively few Hollywood actors who remain unapologetically enthusiastic about hunting. You can hear him trying to explain his love of hunting below. The video does include some strong language.
