Aajonus Vonderplanitz

Aajonus Vonderplanitz (b. 1947) is an American nutritional consultant, speaker, author, and raw food diet advocate residing in Malibu, California, and, as of 2008, has been eating an all-raw diet for 38 years. He developed the Primal Diet [ [http://meatalovestory.com/excerpt.html Meat: A Love Story] ] [http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=7032] [http://www.karlloren.com/Diabetes/p77.htm] , which is a diet consisting of fatty meats, organ meats, dairy, honey, minimal fruit and vegetable juices and coconut cream, all raw.

In 1997, he authored a book entitled "We Want To Live" which included a brief autobiography as well as his raw diet theories and recipes, and he has produced a further enlarged edition of this book in 2005 [http://home.earthlink.net/~welive/author.html] . His second book, "The Recipe for Living Without Disease", was published in 2002. [Vonderplanitz, Aajonus. "The Recipe for Living Without Disease". Carnelian Bay Castle Press, LLC; Sep 2002. ISBN: 1889356840.]

In 2002, Vonderplanitz and his diet received national prime time TV exposure in the US with a featured segment, "Rotten Meat Eater", on "Ripley's Believe It or Not". ["Ripley's Believe It or Not". [http://www.sonypictures.com/tv/shows/ripleys/database/ep_314a.html Episode #314] . September 25, 2002. Retrieved 10-Apr-2006.] He has also appeared in radio interviews such as Alissa Cohen's "Raw To Radiant" show [http://www.modavox.com/voiceamericahealth/] . Aajonus regularly visits Primal Diet workshops across the USA and Canada, as well as abroad, in such countries as Finland. The Haigwoods, a family following his Primal Diet, were featured in a 2007 episode of the TV series Wifeswap. [http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/wife-swap-appearance-sparks-child-abuse-calls-for-iowa-family-4747.php]

Aajonus is the President of the consumer campaign group, "Right To Choose Real Food" [http://westonaprice.org/federalupdate/aa2007/18july07.html] and has repeatedly urged the Californian State to relax restrictions on the sale of raw dairy, with some success, in 2007 [http://www.karlloren.com/aajonus/p15.htm] .Currently, Aajonus' most recent campaign to lift restrictions on the amount of coliform bacteria in raw milk has been vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger [http://www.westernuniteddairymen.com/WUDheadlinenews.htm]

A whole raw-food community in Hawaii, called Pangaia, has switched their official diet from an Instincto one to the Primal Diet [http://www.pangaia.cc/raw.html] . Aajonus has also set up a clinic in Thailand.

References

External links

* [http://home.earthlink.net/~welive/index.html Official site]
* [http://www.beyondveg.com/nieft-k/rvw/rvw-we-want-to-live.shtml A review of "We Want To Live" from BeyondVegetarianism]
* [http://www.drbass.com/aajonus.html Interview with Aajonus Vonderplanitz]