The Primal Diet

Ten Chapters — The Complete FrameworkThe Book →
Root Cause
Why the body gets sick in the first place
Terrain Theory
The internal environment as determinant of health
Detoxification
What healing actually looks like from within
Microbes
Responders, not invaders — the role of bacteria and fungi
Cancer
The terrain theory explanation of malignancy
Cooked Food
What heat does to biological intelligence and nutrition
Raw Food
Enzymes, living fats, and the case for unprocessed food
How to Eat
Combinations, timing, and practical application
How to Live
Sleep, environment, detox cycles, and daily practice
Sovereignty
Food freedom, raw dairy rights, and self-determination
The Foundational Foods of the Primal DietView all foods →
Animal
Raw Milk
11 conditions
Raw Butter
31 conditions
Raw Cream
19 conditions
Raw Eggs
12 conditions
Raw Meat
27 conditions
Raw Liver
22 conditions
Bone Marrow
16 conditions
Raw Cheese
18 conditions
Plant & Fats
Raw Honey
25 conditions
Coconut Cream
14 conditions
Vegetable Juice
20 conditions
Raw Kefir
7 conditions
Avocado
8 conditions
Each food links to the conditions and recipes it serves.All Foods →
178 Conditions — Terrain Theory Explanations & ProtocolsAll conditions →
Chronic
Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Arthritis
Chronic Fatigue
Asthma
Neurological
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinson's
Alzheimer's
Depression
Anxiety
Epilepsy
Digestive & Acute
Crohn's Disease
Colitis
Lyme Disease
Allergies
Candida
Kidney Stones
Each condition includes Aajonus's explanation, causes, and food protocol.View All 178 →
Recipes, Protocols & Practical ApplicationAll protocols →
Healing Protocols
Detox Bath
Heavy Metal Detox
Pain Protocol
Cancer Protocol
Dental Healing
Weight Loss
Getting Started
Transitioning to Raw
Raw Meat Introduction
Dairy Transition
High Meat Preparation
Sport Formula
Recipes & Research
All Recipes
90+ raw preparations
Workshop Q&A
Decades of questions answered
Research Papers
Terrain theory studies
Find Raw Food
Farm directories
All Recipes →
Aajonus Vonderplanitz — 1947–2013
About
His Story
Terminal diagnosis at twenty. Four decades of clinical observation. The most comprehensive system of nutritional terrain theory ever assembled.
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The Primal Diet, Recipes, We Want to Live
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Two decades of recorded Q&A sessions
Testimonials
122 documented patient accounts
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Farm directory and sourcing guide

The Book›Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of 10

Root Cause

Why the body gets sick in the first place — and why the modern model has it backwards.

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Chapter1 of 10

All Chapters

1.Root Cause
2.Terrain Theory
3.Detoxification
4.Microbes
5.Cancer
6.Cooked Food
7.Raw Food
8.How to Eat
9.How to Live
10.Sovereignty

The Primal DietEducational reference — not medical advice