Saturday, September 29, 2007

Former vegan bodybuilder getting well on the Primal Diet!

(We will hear more about living experience on a raw food farm tomorrow.
Meanwhile, here is a testimonial just received from a former vegan involved
in body building who is benefiting from the Primal Diet after just five days!)
Hi Aajonus!
You may just be helping to save my life, buddy.

I've been a suffering invalid for the past ten years,
because of an inability to fall asleep. This came
about after I got into bodybuilding and went on
a completely nonfat, no-carb, all protein diet, with
lots of cooked chicken breast and cooked egg whites.

Tried everything in the world to help myself,
including the full gamut of Western Medicine,
then The Gerson Therapy (vegan-ism), Natural Hygiene
(vegan-ism) and most recently, extended periods
of water-fasting.

I woke up five nights ago with an insatible desire
for something, which I couldn't figure out. After
tasting every bit of food in my house and not being
satisfied, it finally came to my attention that it
was RED MEAT that my body was asking for.
I had been full-on vegan for two years now. I was
stunned! It was the middle of the night, so I had
to go to IHOP unfortunately, in order to satisfy
my craving, but it was a revelation to me. The
very next night the same thing happened.
Ironically enough, I had just read an article a few
days previous about somebody who had recovered
from cancer using raw liver. This goes against all
my training in Natural Hygiene, which posits that
protein should not be consumed in illness, as it
just adds to the already huge pile of toxemia
which your body is trying to eliminate.

Then, while researching that, I came across
your name. This was the day after my first
meat craving. I've since read your book, and
this is my fifth day on The Primal Diet.

Aajonus, for the first time, I'm going to get well.

You have no idea what hope I feel in my breast
at this moment. My body is getting better.
I can intuitively sense it. I am experiencing
very strange sensations of fatigue, that are not
like my normal fatigue, but I know that it is very
positive. My sleep is also getting better. My
body does indeed feel more soothed!!!

I"m so excited!! I moved to Venice six years
ago, so I could be near Gold's Gym, which is
what I want to do with my life. I have wanted
to become a competitive bodybuilder ever since
I first discovered bodybuilding, and consequently
got sick, a decade ago. Now I also want to
become a nutritionist and help others to
overcome their health problems as well.

I'm just so excited to hear about you, and see
all the good work you've done to help people.
I hope I get to meet you someday.

I just wanted to say "Thank you."

Melinda B., Venice, California

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

OH Melinda
Please do email me also with any questions/concerns/comments etc. on body building....being a woman...the primal raw diet...raw vegan and vegetarian etc.
I am an X competetive natural body builder and was Miss Natural California in 92-92 and 2nd in the Nation I was also vegetarian for 20years and for the majority of the past 4-5 yrs vegan/raw
my health/strength and endourance all sufferend greatly with a gradual decline in all to the point of becoming very ill with anemia and digestive problems...Plus lost much muscle mass and had about 7% bodyfat, lost much weight
anyway, I have now been doing the raw primal diet (but on a smaller scale) for 10 months and I am Better then I ever have been !!
at 48 yrs old, I feel like a 28 yr old strength, stamina, No anemia, deeper sleep and less amount
it is Awesome...this is how I run my bootcamp here in Hawaii too
Take care and keep it up
for your Optimal Health
Kieba