Aajonus Vonderplanitz
Aajonus Vonderplanitz (born 1947) is an American world renowned nutritional lecturer, consultant, speaker, author, and raw food diet advocate residing in Malibu, California. As of 2012[update], Aajonus has been eating an all-raw diet for 42 years. He developed a diet he called the "Primal Diet®",[1][2][3] which is a diet consisting of fatty meats, organ meats, dairy, honey, vegetable juices, coconut cream, and minimal fruit, 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 produced an enlarged updated edition of this book in 2005.[4] His second book, The Recipe for Living Without Disease, was published in 2002.[5] Dr. Vonderplanitz lecture schedule includes tours in Finland, Australia, South Africa, France, Singapore, Antilles, Bahamas, China, Thailand and USA.
In 2009, Vonderplanitz diet was featured as the most extreme health approach on The Doctors TV series episode "Ten Most Extreme Health Trends" and consequently discussed on Dr. Phil Show. In 2002, Vonderplanitz and his diet received national prime time TV exposure in the U.S. and many countries of the world with a featured segment on Ripley's Believe It or Not.[6] In 1993, he appeared in an episode of Walt Disney's Epcote Magazine, "You Are What You Eat", and several TV talk shows including Marilu Henner and Mo Gaffney Shows in 1994-5. Has been interview on the news by FOX6, NBC and ABC, written about in The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine Europe (called him the "raw milk guru"), Los Angeles Times, World Times, and Mina Olen Magazine (Finland), and appeared in over 70 radio interviews such as Kim Cohen's "Raw To Radiant" show.[7]
Aajonus is the president of the not-for-profit consumer advocate organization, "Right To Choose Healthy Food"[8] that works to preserve healthy, better than organic foods. He has repeatedly urged the state of California and U.S. Congress to relax restrictions on the sale of raw dairy, with some success in 2001 and 2007.[9] With Representative Ron Paul, M.D. he wrote the Raw Milk bills of 2009 and 2011. Aajonus' and others' campaign to lift restrictions on the amount of coliform bacteria was only 2 votes shy of unanimous support with legislative bill SB201 in 2008 in California State Senate and Assembly but was vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[10]
[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 1-889356-10-7.
- ^ Vonderplanitz, Aajonus (2002). The Recipe for Living Without Disease. Carnelian Bay Castle Press, LLC. ISBN 1-889356-84-0.
- ^ "[[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.
- ^ "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
