Guest guest Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Is this guy legit? Have any of you read his books or care to comment on him? He wrote books called *We Want to Live* and *The Recipe for Living Without Disease*. Thanks! a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Aajonus is legit, if controversial. He's based here in LA, where he has a large following and holds regular potlucks (he travels quite a bit, as well). He does regular consultations, and uses iridology as a diagnostic tool. While not formally trained, he has given nutritional advice for many years. As you may have gathered from his books, his diet is exclusively raw (with the exceptionof white sourdough bread, but he doesn't emphasize that as an essential component of the diet), with a focus on raw animal foods and raw animal fats. Vegetables are taken primarily as juices, with some chopped and used as condiments for a variety of raw meat, fish, and poultry dishes. Fruit is also part of the diet, as is good quality olive oil, nuts, honey, fresh coconuts and fresh coconut cream, and raw dairy. No salt whatsoever. Virtually no grains (other than the bread, as noted, and again, he doesn't encourage its use except for certain instances), and of course, never anything cooked. So definitely not a WAP guy, even though he relies on some of Dr. Price's studies to support his premises. IMO, I find the information he provides to be something of a mixed bag, since he regards as suspect anything that contradicts or challenges his fundamental principal that raw is the only way to eat. Thus, he claims that cooking was introduced to indigenous groups by the same people that brought them denatured foods; that salt is poisonous to cells; that heating animal fat turns it into a toxic substance; that vitamin supplements are toxic; etc. However, eating raw animal foods, particularly those of good quality (which he strongly encourages), is certainly healthy, and having met a number of people who've followed his diet for years, most look good and are doing well. So, despite the rigidity of his position on " all raw, all the time, " I think he's done a lot of good in encouraging the consumption of enzyme-rich foods on a regular basis, as well as with his strong support of raw dairy products. He and his students provided a lot of the legal support when we had the challenge to the sale of certified raw milk in the city of Los Angeles a few years ago. All the best, B. On Wednesday, October 13, 2004, at 11:13 AM, hlthgrl5275 wrote: > > Is this guy legit? Have any of you read his books or care to comment > on him? He wrote books called *We Want to Live* and *The Recipe for > Living Without Disease*. > > Thanks! > a > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 - >Aajonus is legit, if controversial. Some of what he espouses is certainly worthwhile, but I think it might be a stretch to call him legit. He endlessly refers to his extensive file of case histories as proof of his various claims, some pretty absurd on their faces, without ever once producing the least shred of actual documentary data. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Hi, , I always try to go for giving someone the benefit of the doubt, except in truly egregious situations. However, you make a _very_ good point. I should probably be more careful with my language use, and I appreciate your bringing it up! To clarify a bit, when I used the word " legit " , it was not so much in the established, well-published and well-referenced sense, but more in the sense that he's been around quite a while, and he's got some people looking pretty healthy who've worked with him (I see them at a weekly coop where a lot of AV people shop as well as up WAPF-ers). 100 percent? No way, but he's gotten a lot of vegans to eat meat and fat, and they look a lot better as a result! B. On Thursday, October 14, 2004, at 10:03 AM, Idol wrote: > - > > >Aajonus is legit, if controversial. > > Some of what he espouses is certainly worthwhile, but I think it might > be a > stretch to call him legit. He endlessly refers to his extensive file > of > case histories as proof of his various claims, some pretty absurd on > their > faces, without ever once producing the least shred of actual > documentary data. > > > > > - > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thanks to everyone who replied. I feel I have a great handle on this guy's MO now. Much appreciated. a > > Is this guy legit? Have any of you read his books or care to comment > on him? He wrote books called *We Want to Live* and *The Recipe for > Living Without Disease*. > > Thanks! > a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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