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A former vegan who believes the diet made him sick has revealed that he drank his own urine in last minute attempts to not go back to meat-eating.

Tim Shieff, who made a name for himself online as a vegan influencer, eventually returned to eating meat and is now even considering hunting his own animals.

Originally turning vegan after watching a documentary on the slaughter of animals in the industry, Tim said that he dove into the new lifestyle ‘feet first’.

He even previously appeared on Ninja Warrior in order to prove you can maintain your strength on a vegan diet.




However, he found himself suffering health issues, including chronic fatigue, depression and said: ‘My whole body felt like it was shutting down.’

Desperately clinging on to maintaining being vegan, he said: ‘I was going through real extreme ways to try and manage it within the vegan diet and it wasn’t until I sort’ve broke free from that that I was able to [get better].’

Tim Sheiff attempted to fix his ailments with yoga and drinking his own wee (Picture: ITV)

Host John Barrowman then revealed his methods did not include seeking professional help to aid his health problems, and instead he drank his own urine, took B12 supplements and did yoga.

When asked why, Tim responded: ‘I’m in the avant-garde realm of healing, and I want to find simple natural solutions.

‘I just don’t mind being the guy on the edge doing alternative things. I see everyone else trying all the other stuff, and that’s not working either.’

Tim spoke on This Morning about his return to a meat-eating diet (Picture: ITV)

Rochelle then affirmed that there was no confirmed medical evidence to support Tim’s methods, to which Tim responded: ‘Who decides? I researched stuff, some people say it works, I’m OK to try the simple stuff that could work for every human.’

Returning to the topic of him abandoning the vegan diet, Tim ensured he had no regrets – and immediately felt the benefits upon his return to eating meat after six years.

‘I have to speak my truth. Veganism, it helped me in the beginning, but I’ve tried so many things to make it work, and I was so shocked when the last thing I thought would work – to consume animal products – worked,’ he added.

‘My depression lifted, joints feeling a lot better, energy back in my body.’

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Tim is currently continuing to vlog and has now decided that hunting animals would be the next natural step in his mission for ‘health and wellbeing’.

He added: ‘If I’m going to consume an animal, I feel it is my duty as a human to face that, embrace it myself and feel whatever emotions come up, and then that will make me, at least consume, more consciously.’



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