We Want to Live (Hardcover)

by Aajonus Vonderplanitz (Author)

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Review
Aajonus Vonderplanitz struggled to save his estranged son from life-threatening injuries following an automobile accident. Through this remarkable story the readers also learn how Aajonus healed himself of terminal cancer, diabetes, bursitis and psoriasis, and how thousands of people have healed themselves of hundreds of "incurable" diseases, simply by eating natural food prepared in specific ways and in specific combinations. We Want To Live also features a remedy section listing hundreds of diseases and ailments with the foods that have healed them. Listed are everything from aging, the common cold, beauty tips to cancer, infant problems, and muscular dystrophy. These phenomenal results with health, healing, and sensible disease-prevention are culled from over 40 years of medical and naturopathic experience and experimentation. We Want To Live is an impressive addition to any health and medicine reference book collection. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 310 pages
• Publisher: Carnelian Bay Castle Press; Revised edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889356778
• ISBN-13: 978-1889356778
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #386,572 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From a former vegan of 5 years..., December 23, 2003

By	A reader (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This is an amazing book. I read it back in 1997 after I attended a lecture by the author. Although I was vegan for 5 years and vegetarian for 2 years before that, I switched immediately to this diet. And that's the surprising part because I was so against meat eating on both a social basis as well as health basis. You would never catch me reading anything by an author who recommended any other type of diet because I was certain of my beliefs.

So there I am walking by a seminar room in a shopping center back in 1997, and notice a sign describing a talk by Aajonus. For a laugh, since it sounded so absurd, I decided to pop in and listen for a few minutes. For the next hour, he described what he had been through in terms of his health challenges and what he did to overcome them. I walked out of there a different person and have stayed on the diet for over six and a half years from that day.

When I really think about it, this philosophy really is an extension of being a vegan/vegetarian. Vegans know that animal products are bad for the body, but the distinction here is that cooked meat, pasteurized milk/cheese/butter and cooked eggs are what is bad for you. In their raw form they are extremely healthful, and I have had nothing but major improvement in my health eating this way.

58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Raw Food Revolution, March 24, 2002

By	G. F. Purcell (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I thought this book was outstanding!The diet mentioned in the book helped me recover after 20 years of ill-health-BUT I found the book a bit too new-agey and my former (very serious) health problems were only got rid of completely once I turned to a fully Raw,Palaeolithic version of this diet, by excluding all veggie juice and all raw-dairy(like a majority of RPDers I have a serious food-intolerance/allergy towards raw dairy ) , by greatly minimising my intake of honey, fruit and solid veg , and by replacing most lean muscle-meats(except for fish/fowl/shellfish and some muscle-meats from wild animals) for the nutrient-richer (raw) organ-meats(especially the fattier organ-meats such as bone-marrow/suet/tongue etc.). I also found that IF(Intermittent Fasting) worked far better in terms of combatting fatigue than Aajonus' recommendation to eat constantly throughout the day.I should also mention that AV's "high-meat" was especially effective re increased energy/concentration, and mood.

If you want to avoid spending the second half of your life in a state of constant pain and misery,I suggest you read this book.
For more scientific info on the Primal Diet check out Karl Loren's webpage -it has several articles on Aajonus and his Primal Diet.

43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will make you change your diet!, July 27, 2001

By	OMER (Dubai United Arab Emirates) - See all my reviews

This book explains thoroughly the effects of processed food, cooking and nutrition. I dont agree with Mr. Vonderplanitz on Vitamin Pills but otherwise his book is totally First-Rate!

Readers of this book, be forewarned! You will not like much of what you read, because you CANNOT read this book without changing your diet! I guarantee it!

Also this book is amazingly well written. Half of it is in a Novel Format where Mr.Vonderplanitz explains how he has been affected by foods. Like him curing his son of a terminal illness, or him curing himself of a whole range of "incurable" diseases.

Hmm, perhaps I should call him Dr.Vonderplanitz (even though he isnt a doctor). Because he deserves a whole lot more respect than the doctors who are helping poisoning us, ruining our health and getting rich from it all to boot!

All I can say is I am following his diet, and,in conclusion, Thank You Dr.Vonderplanitz!