Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Is your favorite Hollywood star on a raw food diet?

I just came across a very large article with pictures written in a Swedish newspaper with an address in Stockholm. In the middle of the 2-page spread is a huge delectable plate of raw foods (so labelled) with pictures of Hollywood stars surrounding it. Among them are notables like Barbara Streisand, Pierece Brosnan, Daryl Hannah, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, etc. all with big smiling faces. So it seems that somehow the benefits of raw foods are spreading among these Hollywood figures--and being heard about in Sweden!

Just thought you'd like to know,

Best Ydalmen Sandberg

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Awareness of raw milk benefits

Got milk?

Max Kane sure does. He's bringing awareness of raw milk to the masses via a cross-country bike ride, dubbed Ride for Raw Dairy, Raw milk and other dairy products that have not been pasteurized.

Part of his trip brought him to Midland [Texas] this week where he stayed at Happy Feet Farm where Michele Barnett said they were shipping in raw milk products from Lubbock for him to consume. Barnett said Kane found her through a Web site that lists farms offering a variety of organic or certified natural produce.

Barnett said she's had the farm for three and a half years and she and her family drink as little processed milk as possible. They hope to use milk from a dairy goat that is about to give birth.

A Viroqua, Wis., resident Kane has been on the road since Dec. 17 starting in Rocky Mountain, Va., in the Appalachian Mountains and working his way west to Malibu, Calif.



Making a documentary as he goes, Kane stopped at Flat Belly Organics in Midland on Tuesday. Annette Presley, registered dietitian, co-author of "The Liberation Diet" and devotee of raw dairy products along with Barnett and Albert Pereira, lactation specialist with Pereira Pastures Dairy in Abernathy were there to greet him.

Next stop is El Paso, but to help him on his way, he laid in some supplies.

Kane's family, including wife Jaclyn, drove him to his starting point in Virginia.

Diagnosed with Crohn's disease -- which can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract -- at age 10, Kane at one point was down to about 100 pounds at 5-foot-10. He began researching alternatives to medication four to five years ago and through some trial and error found raw dairy products helped him regain his health. He now weighs around 200 pounds and has gained muscle weight.

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After discovering what raw dairy did for him, Kane began eating raw meat.

"I do my best to eat the highest quality food," Kane said. He said pasteurization changes milk a lot and those interested in raw products should be aware of how the animals are treated and what pesticides are used.

Prior to starting the bike trip, Kane didn't have much experience riding distances. For the first 10 days, he said, he had pain in his legs and knees because, he "hadn't really trained for this."


Partial to glass containers, at first Kane was carrying about 130 pounds. Since then, he has shipped the product home and is carrying one to one-and- a-half gallons of milk, along with butter, cheese and other dairy products.

"I've been on road since Dec. 17," Kane said. "The days just kind of pass." He added that he would like to get to Malibu by Feb. 1.

If all goes well and funding is available, his family will pick him up in California. If not, he'll make his way back on a bus.

Kane, who sells raw milk products in Chicago, said he and 10-12 people mapped out the bicycle route using Google maps. He also has a GPS unit to help keep him on track. "But as it turns out, once I got on the actual bike ride ... only 50 percent of the roads I have been on have been what we mapped out. Things come into play that you don't think about. Some of the roads were under construction and some were unridable," he said.

During his road trip, Kane said he's met a lot of interesting people.

"One of the main differences I've noticed is the people's diet and their accent. Coming from state to state, everybody talks a little bit different. Other than that, there's not much difference that I've found. I've met a lot of good people out there, really kind-hearted people, especially these farmers that I've stopped at. They've been nothing but supportive," he said.

People have either offered him a room in their home or offered to pay for his stay at a hotel for the night. He has camped out on the side of the road "here and there" and stayed at the Salvation Army in Abilene.

"This ride has been nothing but an adventure," he said.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Optimal health is obviously the first priority for the good of the individual

[Aajonus] Vonderplanitz' books and the Primal Diet Newsletter are pricey, sensational, and evolutionary. They are a privileged and refreshing change from the empty-headed patter of network TV's medical marionettes and the AMA/Big Pharma-indoctrinated media propaganda ads.
Vonderplanitz' fearless and bewilderingly frank pronouncements are a radical night-and-day departure from the so-called 'conventional wisdom.' The two books and Newsletter and their contents fly in the face of the AMA/Big Pharma's program-for-landfall-profits-at-the- expense-of-the-masses philosophy---for good reason. WWTL and RLWD are virtually sole-source publications predicated on a sound, time-honored, experience-based (100% drug-free) truth. They are shocking because quite probably, many assertions are the opposite of everything that we have been sold by the doctrinaire press. The AMA/Big Pharma loss is your gain.
In my considered opinion, the sum of the facts and opinions presented by Vonderplanitz' pen are absolutely LIGHT YEARS ahead of any other concept of lifesaving-change-for-the- better, optimal-health rationale/Rx. Better yet, the volumes are written in a clear, easy-to-read-and-understand format (for anyone in command of a eighth-grade-or-higher ability).
The basic principles outlined in the two Vonderplanitz masterworks and quarterly Newsletter have been proven successful over the centuries by the following notable entities: Medieval European Kings, their royal court and Knights, Asian Emperors (notably Genghis Kahn and his Mongol hordes who actually conquered ALL the then known land masses and civilizations from north to south, east to west, sea-to-sea), the Vikings, the Arctic Inuits, the Native American plains Indians (Shoshone, Sioux, Apache, etc.), Africa's intrepid tribesmen, the Maasai, Samburu and Zulu warriors as well as dozens of other successful and dominant cultures throughout ancient history to modern times, worldwide.
Can we learn from these preeminently successful cultures, benefiting from their massive wealth of experience? For the sake of the species, our family's genetic heritage, and our survival, I hope so. Otherwise, if our genealogical archives are ravaged by future civil upheaval and/or world wars, we may not even be a blip on the screens of the Twenty-Second Century, A.D.
Optimal health is obviously the first priority for the good of the individual, the family and the species. Have you ever pondered the frightening prospect of what is left WITHOUT good health, e.g. when you have lost your mobility, independence, your dignity, and possibly your consciousness, and are being fed through a gastric tube by a minimum-wage nursing home employee? It behooves each of us to see ourselves from that prospective and in that predicament BEFORE the fact. That said, would it be best to do all that is possible NOW to delay or prevent that possibility, OR would it be better to react to it AFTER IT HAPPENS? Enough said. A word to the wise is sufficient."
Mark R. , Alabama

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Living Disease Free on the Primal Diet

I have never suffered from any life threatening or debilitating diseases but I do have an insatiable urge to live disease free and with optimal health and fitness. [Scott is the muscular contestant in the blue shorts & white waistband - no surprise that he won this race.]
I greedily pursue these interests by way of a proper philosophy on life, an exercise strategy geared towards efficiently promoting my functional ability, and a nutritional protocol that best supports these principles.
This nutritional protocol is The Primal Diet. Whilst following The Primal Diet strictly over the past four years, I have encountered greater progress than at any time previously, culminating in reaching my peak from a performance perspective, and attaining the best condition of my life at age 32.
Scott Wheeler

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Healthy and happy life through a proper diet

Dear Mr. Aajonus,
I would like to first thank you for your suffering, tenacity, work, experimentation and love of a good healthy and happy life through a proper diet.
Secondly, I'd like to thank you for my wife's miraculous and speedy recovery from a 15 yr. battle with a debilitating I.B.S. [irritable bowel syndrome] condition. After spending thousands & thousands of dollars on doctors, tests, supplements, gas, time etc., in one day we noticed a
difference on your diet. She was taking a variety of laxatives in the amount of 66 capsules and tablets A DAY just to facilitate a bowel movement.
After faithfully doing your diet she kept backing off the supplements and within a little over a month was completely off them. Our kitchen cabinets were literally full of this stuff and are now empty. She is not totally healed yet as she still struggles at times with dry blockage, but she is 90% betterthanks to you and your research.
I'm totally grateful to you for her health back again. Her skin looks smoother, softer and her eyes brighter.
Thank you Mr. Aajonus, thank you!
Thirdly: after seeing the tremendous results in her in just a couple of weeks, I started to try it [the Primal Diet] too, but only just eating raw meats & fatty avocados, tomatoes, etc. about 3 days a week. I also have been doing the moisturizing drink twice a day now for about 3 months. BOY OH BOY! I had had arthritis hitting my hands and shoulders really bad!
I couldn't bend the thumb on my left hand at all. It was spreading to the rest of my fingers in the same hand & starting in my right hand. Mr. Aajonus, I couldn't even clap my hands without their hurting - or even shake hands. Within a little over a week my thumb started to bend again. Within 3 weeks most of the soreness was gone & within a month & a half, I could bend my
thumb completely without any soreness.
It also left my shoulders too! I used to drink a lot of gelatin & eat a lot of homemade jelly - but it didn't help!
raw butter - 3 tablespoons
2 free range eggs - raw
2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon
1 heaping tablesppon of unheated honey
1 banana for pain
Blend it & voila!
Another note: I had a bad case of "allergic dermatitus eczema" on my hands, arms and very heavily all over my scalp. My easy chair looked like it had just snowed each time I got up, from the dandruff. I feel because of the moisturizing drink and raw foods being the help I needed - it is all but gone - 90+ %.
My calloused skin is as smooth as a baby's in only a couple of months.
Thank you again!
I haven't completely switched over yet - although my wife has. I drink veggie juice now, raw milk, fresh squeezed orange juice an eat raw meats at least 3 days a week. My wife is full time on your diet including lotions and even tooth paste - God, I admire her tenacity and will power.
Well sir, just thought you might like to hear about this. We look forward to the new 'shopping list' and one day to perhaps get to meet the great Mr. Aajonus V...
One last note. I'm a commercial artist of 38 years and need my hands to do my work. I'm 58 years old. My wife is a nationally certified personal trainer of some 12 years and is 44 yrs. old. We love our health & we thank you personally for better health through a better diet - the Primal Diet!
Many thanks & God be with you, Rick & Kelly B.