Aajonus Vonderplanitz
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Aajonus Vonderplanitz (born 1947) is an American nutritional consultant, speaker, author, and raw food diet advocate residing in Malibu, California. As of 2008[update], Aajonus has been eating an all-raw diet for 38 years. He developed the Primal Diet[1][2][3], 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.[4] His second book, The Recipe for Living Without Disease, was published in 2002.[5]
In 2002, Vonderplanitz and his diet received national prime time TV exposure in the U.S. with a featured segment, "Rotten Meat Eater", on Ripley's Believe It or Not.[6] He has also appeared in radio interviews such as Kim Cohen's "Raw To Radiant" show.[7] Aajonus regularly gives Primal Diet workshops across the United States 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 US TV series Wife Swap.[8]
Aajonus is the president of the consumer campaign group, "Right To Choose Real Food"[9] and has repeatedly urged the state of California to relax restrictions on the sale of raw dairy, with some success in 2007.[10] Currently, Aajonus' most recent campaign to lift restrictions on the amount of coliform bacteria in raw milk has been vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger.[11]
A whole raw-food community in Hawaii, called Pangaia, has switched their official diet from an Instincto one to the Primal Diet.[12] Aajonus has also set up a clinic in Thailand.
[edit] References
- ^ Meat: A Love Story
- ^ "Well met, raw meat: hoorah for raw!". http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=7032. Retrieved July 25 2009.
- ^ "Interview of Aajonus Vonderplanitz by Charles Donham and Bob Avery". http://www.karlloren.com/Diabetes/p77.htm. Retrieved July 25 2009.
- ^ Vonderplanitz, Aajonus (2005). We Want To Live. Carnelian Bay Castle Press, LLC. ISBN 1889356107.
- ^ Vonderplanitz, Aajonus (2002). The Recipe for Living Without Disease. Carnelian Bay Castle Press, LLC. ISBN 1889356840.
- ^ "[[Episode #314|Rotten Meat Eater]]". Ripley's Believe It or Not. 2002-09-25. No. 314.
- ^ "[Benefits of Raw Unpasteurized Milk & Dairy]". Raw to Radiant. July 31 2007.
- ^ "'Wife Swap' appearance sparks child abuse calls for Iowa family". http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/wife-swap-appearance-sparks-child-abuse-calls-for-iowa-family-4747.php. Retrieved July 25 2009.
- ^ "Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund: news". http://www.ftcldf.org/news/news-04nov2008-1.htm. Retrieved July 25 2009.>
- ^ http://www.karlloren.com/aajonus/p15.htm
- ^ http://www.westernuniteddairymen.com/WUDheadlinenews.htm
- ^ http://www.pangaia.cc/raw.html
