1. The following was submitted by someone from viewing the WeWant2Live.com site and volunteering a tribute and life story, from her heart.
"My
health challenge was not overtly obvious. I had become a vegetarian
when I was 14 and had continued working at making changes as I learned
what was good for me and what was not. When I reached my mid 30’s I
could tell something was not right so decided to stay open to learning
if I ran across something or someone I sensed might be able to help me.
That happened at 45, 11 years ago now when I met a follower of the
Primal Diet who I went to for getting help with my torn ACL [anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee.]. I
had a sense he knew more than what he was telling me so I let him know
that I was open to more information. One of his recommendations was the
book We Want to Live. This began a 2 year study and experimenting
process. I felt Aajonus was way out there but [the person I was consulting regarding the torn ligament] was following what
this book recommended so I dabbled with what I dared.
I
started with the raw milk and it did not take much and could tell I
felt just a little better and I did not get all full of pasty mucus
which is why I initially gave up milk years prior. I had periodic
bladder infections so when that came up for me I followed what Aajonus
said to do and the butter/honey mixture was so soothing. My remedy in
the past was to stop eating except for oranges and this worked but I
would get weak, adding the butter/honey mixture gave me energy and it
was very soothing. I also did the beet juice every 4 days and I have not
had bladder infections for years now J
When I finally got the courage to try the raw meat it was very small
amounts because of the psychological piece of years of programming of
how bad meat (cooked) was for a human being. When I got to the place I
could have a meal of meat I felt so amazingly good, but then in 30
minutes I would be ravenous. I do not have that now but I did the first
6-12 months of starting the meat meals. It had been so frustrating for
me for years that shouldn’t I feel better, stronger and more vital after
I ate, often I felt better not eating, but that of course can only last
so long. I had even put up a prayer into the heavens several months
prior telling God if I knew what to eat so I could feel good I would.
After discovering this experience in eating the raw meat, I responded to
God in frustration, “well this is not what I had in mind”. It has its
challenges socially but I love how it makes me feel and this is what I
live with 24/7 so I have found ways to stay on the diet whether
traveling or eating out and I have benefited so much.
In
2004 I found a nutritionist who was familiar with the vegan diet I was
on and also The Primal Diet. She discovered that I was quite anemic,
even the iron stores in my liver where bottomed out. This is when I
started the raw meat that gradually changed my condition and now am nice
and pink. The nutritionist main concern about my eating the raw meat
was the risk of getting parasites….I decided to find a source of quality
meat and take what then was a risk. Now of course I realize that
parasites are our friends when eating this way. J
Starting
the high meat and getting plenty of raw meat into me to deal with my
emotional and gut challenges was the biggest leap but one of the most
rewarding. I am so much calmer and have so much more internal peace now.
Each year that passes I my thinking ability gets more clear, easier and
I am able to concentrate so much better. I had stretches that the
thinking became more difficult, but gradually that would pass.
Presently
I am learning how to monitor what I eat so I do not detox to fast and
get a tummy ache with a cloudy head. Using the cheese often throughout
the day and keeping my raw fat intake up, especially the raw butter up
and going easy on the fruit….all the things Aajonus says has been the
trick.
It
has been a patient process learning and integrating the truths that
Aajouns has discovered in the powers of healing raw foods but with huge
benefits. I am so going to miss his newsletter and especially not seeing
him each year to learn what changes he could see in my eyes. I hope he
taught someone how to do the iridology that he did. I was hoping someday
to study under him to learn this. I will continue to read his material
and practice what he has taught and work at continued learning. Health
is a priceless gift!!! I will also continue to share these principles
with people and help to empower those who too long for vitality and
health.
When
I was 14 I realized how important our bodies are in affecting our
experience here on planet earth and from my reading of the Bible I was
motivated to want to learn how to eat for strength. This began my
journey seeking for ways of treating my body that helped me feel as
strong and good as possible. I started as a vegetarian and followed this
way of eating until my mid 40’s when I was told of the book We Want to
Live. I spent 2 years reading this and other material, dabbling with
what Aajonus recommended before I wanted to meet him and go to one of
his workshops. When I read his book I felt he was emotionally out of
balance, but when I met I was pleasantly surprised what a caring, deep
and thoughtful person he was. I made the decision to try and go fully on
the Primal Diet after 3 years of edging my way in that direction. I
hope I can be ½ the human that Aajonus was . I admire his values and
clarity to integrate those values into his life to bless as many people
as want the blessing. He was like a modern day Thomas Jefferson for me,
for us, constantly learning and working to get and keep our food
freedom. Educating the public on what is healthy food, to creating
markets for farmers so they would be motivated to grow good quality
foods. He was so through in his methods, he continues to amaze me.
I
learned I could trust him, because if there were things he was not sure
of he would tell me so. If there were things he was sure of, he would
also tell me so. This has given me courage to press on to follow what he
was recommending as I listened to my body. More than anyone or any diet
I have been on The Primal Diet is all about eating for strength. What
doctor could one go to who can actually prescribe what they themselves
have experienced and found health from.
I
so hope those of us who have been blessed by what Aajouns learned and
taught us can pull together and carry the torch of the primitive life
giving principles. Even my kitties are daily blessed by what I learned
from Aajonus J
My
vision of Aajouns has often been and now will be is of him swimming in
the ocean out in Tahiti during the years he felt so good ….. swimming
with endless energy, free in the peace of the natural world he loved so
much!
Hope this is helpful Jim….it is the least I can do!!!
Sending out Peace and comfort to us all in this huge loss!!!
Dawn Gunther
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