'Raw' actor, Gameau, super sizes on ’healthy’ foods in sugar experiment

Three years ago, Australian actor Damon Gameau gave up all sugars but has now decided to go in completely the opposite direction.

Fri, 21 Nov, 2014 - 00:00

Greg Murphy

Gameau who played chef Geoff Mitchell in hit Irish drama Raw, has used his own body in a risky nutritional experiment for a documentary which will be released next year.

The actor has put his own health at risk by eating nothing but 'healthy' low-fat food with very high sugar content for 60 days.

Turning away from foods that would normally be associated with excess levels of sugar he has instead chosen to live on foods that are percieved as healthy.

"They must be hidden sugars, found in commonly percieved 'healthy' foods and drinks.

"So no soft drinks, confectionary or ice-cream"

These 'healthy' foods include low-fat yogurt, cereals, juices, etc.

The actor consumed around 40 teaspoons of sugar everyday and has added almost 4 inches to his waistline, and according to his documentary, has developed signs of fatty liver disease after three weeks on his new diet.

Gameau was putting 40 teaspoons of sugar into his body everyday

Gameau, speaking on australian TV said that the majority of the food he was eating was what parents gave their kids believeing they were doing the right thing with their childs diet.

"We are not being dogmatic and saying people have to quit sugar," he said.

"It's just being aware that when I had breakfast cereal, low-fat yoghurt and apple juice for breakfast I was eating 20 teaspoons of sugar."

The documentary, entitled The Sugar Film, has been compared to the US film Super Size Me where Morgan Spurlock ater nothing but McDonalds for a whole month.

It features seveal cameos from well knows faces such as Stephen Fry, Isabel Lucas and Brenton Thwaites.