Blackberries occupy a specific and purposeful role in the Primal Diet, they are not primarily a food for nourishment or energy, but rather a medicinal tool for detoxification, specifically for the removal of toxic metals, drug residues, and mineral deposits from the body. Aajonus consistently grouped blackberries among the "dark berries," a category that also includes blueberries and boysenberries, and he distinguished this group from lighter berries such as raspberries, strawberries, and mulberries on the basis of the types of toxic metals each category is best suited to remove.

Blackberries are low in sugar relative to most fruits, which makes them less problematic from a carbohydrate standpoint. Unlike hybrid strawberries or white mulberries, which Aajonus frequently flagged as high-sugar and therefore to be consumed rarely and in small amounts, blackberries sit comfortably among the berries he was willing to recommend with relative regularity. They are not a staple food in the sense that meat, eggs, dairy, and raw fats are staples; they are a functional, targeted tool to be deployed in the afternoon as a specific fruit meal, always paired with protective animal and coconut fats.

Aajonus treated the entire category of berries as primarily detoxifying agents rather than nutritional foods, and within that category, blackberries held a specific affinity for particular classes of heavy metals, which he associated with dark pigmentation in the iris of the eye.

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Blackberries are low in sugar. Aajonus stated this explicitly and repeatedly across multiple workshop transcripts. He distinguished blackberries from boysenberries in this regard, noting that boysenberries have "a little too much sugar, so don't have it too often," whereas "blackberries have less sugar." He placed blackberries in the same low-sugar category as blueberries and raspberries, and contrasted them against white mulberries, which he described as "very high in sugar, like boysenberries."

The low-sugar profile of blackberries is significant within his framework because it means they do not carry the same risk of creating an excess of sugar byproducts in the blood, do not drive the same emotional instability or systemic acidity he associated with ripe, high-sugar fruits, and do not interfere with digestion of meat and dairy fats in the same way that sweet fruits do.

The central property of blackberries that Aajonus emphasized is their mineral content. He explained that berries, and blackberries specifically, are "heavy in minerals," and that this high mineral concentration is what gives them the ability to pull toxic minerals and heavy metals out of body tissue. His framework was rooted in the principle that "like attracts like", that the concentrated natural minerals in blackberries are magnetically drawn to toxic metallic deposits lodged in tissue, glands, organs, and the nervous system.

He stated directly: "Blackberries, mostly raspberries will pull out mineral deposits, drug deposits." He noted that while the raspberry is the highest in metallic mineral concentration and therefore most useful for pulling out alkaloids from drugs, blackberries are "high in some other minerals", specifically those with affinity for certain heavy metals he associated with dark coloration in the iris: tin, mercury, cadmium, lead, and other dark-pigment metals.

Aajonus offered a vivid and practical demonstration of this mechanism. He described placing berry juice, including blackberry juice, on metal and observing that it would "turn black and the metal comes right up and off of that container." He gave a specific example: if you get berry juice with pulp on the lid of a canning jar, "it will just turn black and come up off. And you ruin the lining of that lid, throw it away, get another." He said this is exactly what happens inside the body, the berry acids and minerals physically dissolve and pull metallic deposits from tissue.

He also described putting berry juice on any kind of metal, including gold, though he noted gold is affected "less", and observing it "start eating up the metal. Just cutting it will turn black. It will just start eating up the metal."

This is why, he emphasized, the fat buffer is absolutely mandatory: if you start dissolving metallic toxicity in the body without having sufficient fat present to chelate with and bind those dissolved metals, "it will start eating away your own tissue. And then you have ulcers and all kinds of problems."

Aajonus used iridology, reading the colors in the iris of the eye, to determine which type of berries a person needed. This is one of the most specific and clinically applied distinctions he made about blackberries:

• If a person has predominantly dark colors in the iris, black, gray, very dark, this indicates the presence of heavier dark metals: tin, mercury, cadmium, lead. For these people, dark berries are the correct choice, and he specifically named blueberries as "especially" suited, but grouped blackberries into this same dark-berry category.
• If a person has predominantly rust, orange, or iron-colored areas in the iris, this indicates iron and iodine toxicity. For these people, light berries, raspberries and strawberries, are better.

He stated this guidance in multiple workshops: "If you've got a predominance of rusty color and orange color in the eye, then you want more of the light berries, the raspberries and strawberries to help remove those particular metals." And conversely: "If you have a lot of black in your eyes, tin, gray and black, then you have a lot of tin and mercury, cadmium and lead and other minerals. Your dark berries are the best for that, especially blueberries."

Blackberries, as dark berries, are therefore therapeutically aligned with mercury, cadmium, lead, tin, and similarly heavy dark metals, not iron or iodine toxicity.

In one specific case discussed in the transcripts, Aajonus addressed a person who had received a barium milkshake (a medical radiological contrast agent) and was dealing with barium retention in the body. He stated: "Blueberries and blackberries are better for that. Removing that." He recommended four to five ounces by volume of berries once a day for this situation. He explained that barium has a "hundred year life" in the body and that every subsequent X-ray reactivates it and makes it "that much stronger in radiation," as well as preventing cells from regenerating and healing. The dark berries, blueberries and blackberries specifically, were his recommendation for beginning to address this contamination.

Aajonus indicated that blackberries help pull out "drug deposits" as well as metallic deposits. This function is shared with raspberries, though he stated raspberries are higher in the specific mineral profile needed for alkaloid-type drug residues. Berries in general are used to "get rid of mutant antibodies from vaccines or antibiotics." Blackberries participate in this process through their mineral content and the general mechanism by which berry minerals bind to toxic deposits and draw them out of glands and organs.

When discussing the berry formula in conjunction with coconut cream and dairy cream, Aajonus explained that this combination "will help bind with neurological toxins that will predominantly force metal to detoxification out of nerve tissue." The minerals in the berries attract and bind to metals lodged in nerve tissue, while the fats chelate with the dissolved metals and allow them to discharge safely through the bowels.

He stated that metals, particularly in cases he described during individual consultations, were "mostly stored on the left side of the body", around the left ear, left ovary, left kidney and adrenal gland, in the left brain, and in the left lung, and that the berries, consumed in the afternoon, would continue pulling these metals out systematically.

Aajonus described what happens to blackberries, and all dark berries, after they are broken down in the gut: "When the bacteria finished digesting it, it's all milk and that's absorbed into the lacteal system." He stated this in the context of explaining that he didn't care whether you "ate blueberries or blackberries. When the bacteria finish with it, it is all milk." The dark pigment of the berry, the fruit sugars, the minerals, all of it is transformed by intestinal bacteria into a white, milk-colored substance that enters the lacteal system (the lymphatic-connected intestinal absorption network). This dissolved, bacteria-processed milk substance then feeds the lymphatic system, which transforms it into "a translucent milk" and distributes it to feed the whole body.

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Because the sugar content of blackberries is relatively low even when ripe, Aajonus did not issue the same urgent warnings about ripeness for blackberries as he did for fruits like oranges, pineapples, and cultivated strawberries. His general framework was that "unripe is preferable" for most fruits because ripe fruit means more sugar and fewer enzymes, but he did not specifically single out blackberries as requiring unripe consumption.

His broader principle was: "Remember the ripe fruit is high in sugar. It means a lot of sugar byproducts to get in the blood. If it's unripe, lots of enzymes." Since blackberries are inherently low in sugar, they fall on the safer end of this spectrum, though his preference would still be for firm, not-overripe berries.

Aajonus explicitly and repeatedly stated that frozen blackberries are acceptable. He explained the reasoning: "Frozen berries are okay or frozen fruits are okay just because it's already sugar and there are no enzymes in ripe fruits. So it doesn't matter. So freezing doesn't destroy any enzymes that don't exist anyway in the fruit when it's all sugar. But in the berries, there's very little sugar except for strawberries."

This means freezing blackberries does not destroy the key therapeutic properties, the minerals, because minerals are not temperature-sensitive in the same way enzymes are. The detoxification function of blackberries survives freezing. He recommended the Cascadian Farms brand of organic frozen berries by name as a reliable, accessible source when fresh organic berries are unavailable.

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Aajonus was emphatic that organic is "the key point with berries to remove metals from the body because pesticides carry a lot of heavy metals, a lot of alkaloids, so you don't want that." The reasoning is internally consistent: if you are eating blackberries specifically to remove heavy metals and toxic alkaloids from the body, and you obtain non-organic blackberries that have been sprayed with pesticides which carry heavy metals and alkaloids, you are reintroducing the very compounds you are trying to remove.

He acknowledged skepticism about organic certification in general and expressed distrust of some claims, noting he was "mostly talking about farmers who lie because the birds, the insects, everybody goes after fruit. It's hard to keep them away from it, so they're always spraying. So I don't trust anybody, even if they say organic with fruit."

Aajonus described a washing protocol for berries. He used water, and at times whey, to wash them, and he would keep and reuse the same wash water for "a whole two weeks," adding "a touch of milk in it to arrest those poisons so it stays in the liquid and not on my food." He watched for the water to "get gray," which told him to extend washing or that the batch was particularly contaminated. He would then use the coconut cream pairing as the final protective measure.

He named Cascadian Farms frozen organic berries by name as an acceptable commercial source. He stated: "You can get the Cascadian Farms organic frozen berries. Frozen is okay?", and confirmed it himself, "Frozen is okay." This was offered to individuals who could not access fresh organic berries.

Aajonus referenced wild blackberries and wild berries in general as the true, unaltered form. He described foraging for wild blueberries in Alaska alongside grizzly bears, noting that wild berries are "only in season for a month and a half" and are "a very small berry." He observed that cultivation has not succeeded in making most berries as large and sugar-laden as strawberries, stating: "Berries are probably about the only thing that they haven't been able to grow into huge things. They haven't been able to get the blueberries to get about this big." This implies that blackberries, along with blueberries, remain relatively close to their natural form even in commercially available organic varieties, unlike strawberries which he considered thoroughly adulterated.

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Aajonus was unambiguous: blackberries must always be consumed with fat. This is not a culinary suggestion, it is a biochemical requirement within his framework. Without fat present, the berry acids and minerals dissolve metallic toxicity in the tissue and bloodstream, but with no fat to bind, chelate, and carry those dissolved metals out of the body, "it will start eating away your own tissue. And then you have ulcers and all kinds of problems."

He described the mechanism precisely: "The minerals in the berries are going to bind and attach to those [dissolved metals], magnetize them. Then the cream, or butter, or cream and butter, will chelate with that and prevent it from being absorbed into your body, and it'll discharge through the bowels. And that's what you want."

Aajonus consistently designated coconut cream as the primary and most powerful fat to use with blackberries. He explained that coconut cream has a specific power that other fats do not: "Only coconut cream can do that. Other fats will do it over a very long period of time. But coconut cream will rip it out quickly."

He described placing coconut cream and berries on metal and watching the combination dissolve the metal within "20 minutes to an hour. It just rips the metal right out." This rapid, aggressive chelation power is exactly why coconut cream is the first choice, and also why a solid animal fat must accompany it, to prevent the released metals from damaging tissue.

The solid animal fat, dairy cream, butter, or both, is the second required component. Aajonus described the roles differently:

• Coconut cream: aggressive solvent, rips out metals quickly
• Dairy cream and/or butter: chelates with dissolved metals and prevents them from being reabsorbed, escorts them out through the bowels

He gave repeated formulas specifying both coconut cream and dairy cream together, along with a small amount of butter in many cases. He stated that for individuals whose livers digest cream too quickly, he would recommend whipping the cream: "If you whip it, it will digest slower, more slowly. It won't escape the berries. Because the berries are going to be pulling out the metal. And you want their fat to be with the solvents that are made from the berries." Whipping slows absorption, keeping the fats in proximity to the berry acids and minerals in the digestive tract longer.

In some protocols, Aajonus added lime juice to the berry-fat formula as a further chelating agent. He stated: "You can put one to two tablespoons of lime juice in there. With the berries. You can double your way of chelating these things out of the body." He also mentioned adding vinegar (a quarter teaspoon of raw apple cider vinegar) in some therapeutic contexts to enhance the chelation effect.

He described a protocol where he "spent a year and a half working on just the berry formula and the sport formula," eventually adding lime juice, vinegar, and a little lemon juice to the coconut cream and dairy cream combination. He reported that nobody had an "overreaction as long as they did all of those", meaning the sport formula plus the lime juice, vinegar, and lemon juice with the fruit meal prevented over-contamination during the detox process.

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Aajonus gave specific volumetric serving sizes based on body size during consultations:

• Small-framed individuals: three-quarters cup to 1 cup
• Average individuals: 1 cup to 1 cup and a quarter
• Larger individuals seeking to put on weight: 1 cup and a half

These were given as the fruit meal servings, not as snacks. One fruit meal daily is the standard recommendation, not multiple berry servings per day unless specifically instructed for therapeutic purposes.

• For barium / X-ray toxicity: 4–5 oz by volume once daily
• For kidney, liver, testes metal contamination: 6–8 oz per day
• For children with autism (moldy berry protocol): 1 berry per day
• General consultations: typically three-quarters cup to 1 cup of dark berry blend

The standard is one fruit meal per day in the afternoon. Blackberries, as part of the dark berry blend, could be included in this daily meal. However, Aajonus also gave some individuals multi-day rotation schedules, for example: two days per week dark berries, two days raspberries, one day pineapple, one day carrot juice formula, one day another fruit. In such rotations, blackberries would appear two days weekly.

Aajonus's consistent safety message about blackberries was not about the blackberries themselves but about the fat pairing. The berries are safe; the risk comes from consuming them without adequate fat, which leaves dissolved metals circulating in the blood and tissue without a vehicle for removal, causing internal tissue damage. As long as the fat formula is in place, he did not express concern about consuming blackberries in the recommended quantities.

He also advised against berries in the morning or evening, only the afternoon, and against pairing with eggs for those not ready for aggressive detoxification.

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When blackberries or dark berries are blended with coconut cream, dairy cream, and butter, the natural pectin in the berries causes the mixture to thicken into a gel-like consistency. Aajonus described this as "like a parfait because the pectin in the berries will cause it to firm." This is a desirable texture outcome and one he referenced repeatedly as a preparation option.

An alternative preparation is to whip the fats (coconut cream, dairy cream, and butter) into a whipped cream, then serve the blackberries whole alongside or on top of the whipped cream. Aajonus stated: "The different ways you make it make it taste differently so it will taste different each time, and feel like a different kind of meal to give you some variety." He valued the variation in preparation as a way of maintaining palatability and dietary adherence.

Berry Good Ice Cream, 1 Serving: - 1 egg - 4 tablespoons raw cream - 3 tablespoons raw milk - 3 tablespoons fresh berries, specifically listed as blueberries, raspberries, boysenberries, and blackberries - 1 tablespoon unheated honey

Method: Blenderize all ingredients together in a 12-oz jar on medium speed for 10 seconds. Pour into ice cream maker and churn until firm.

One formula given: - Half cup raspberries and half cup blueberries - 4.5 tablespoons coconut cream - 1.5 tablespoons dairy cream - Pea-sized amount of butter - Blend all together into parfait (pectin causes it to firm), OR whip the fats into whipped cream and have berries whole

Blackberries are interchangeable with blueberries in this formula as part of the dark berry grouping.

The recipe for Mango Creamsicles explicitly listed berries, including blackberries, as a direct substitute: "Substitute other fruit, such as peach, nectarine, or berries." The base formula uses egg, raw cream, raw milk, and unheated honey, blended and poured into popsicle molds, frozen 5–8 hours.

Aajonus gave several individuals specific fruit rotation schedules where blackberries appeared as part of a multi-day cycle. In one case: three-quarters cup dark berries (blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries) and one-third cup raspberries combined, with four tablespoons coconut cream and one and a half tablespoons dairy cream, on most days of the week, alternating with carrot juice meals, pineapple meals, and mango/kiwi combinations.

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Although Aajonus's most explicit protocol for molded berries centered on raspberries, the molding principle applies to the broader berry family. He described the mold process as predigesting the berry through 17 stages, releasing the minerals and nutrients in a form that the body can assimilate rapidly and that actively neutralizes mutant antibodies from vaccines and antibiotics.

The molding process: 1. Wash the berries 2. Let them get wet and swell until soggy 3. Leave out at room temperature, mold will grow quickly 4. Once mold starts, put in a jar and refrigerate 5. Begin consuming at the third week 6. Take four or five berries per week that have molded 7. Continue through all 17 stages of mold development 8. Eat through the entire 17-stage progression

Year-old molded berries: Aajonus stated these are still "helpful, very helpful," even though the mold is "probably not active anymore," because "the mold has already predigested the berries."

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Aajonus repeatedly contrasted commercially cultivated berries with wild berries to make the point that modern agriculture has dramatically altered fruit, including berries. He said of wild strawberries: "As big as a small marble. And they're as tart and as bitter as can be. They're not sweet." He made the observation that berries, blackberries included, are one of the few foods that agriculture has not been able to "grow into huge things," and he noted that blueberries have stayed relatively small: "They haven't been able to get the blueberries to get about this big."

This is a significant point in his framework: blackberries remain relatively close to their wild form, which is why they retain their medicinal mineral concentration. The more a food is hybridized and bred for sweetness and size, the more it loses its functional mineral properties and gains problematic sugar content. Blackberries, being small, tart, and hard to dramatically alter, retain their therapeutic value in a way that strawberries no longer do.

Aajonus expressed deep skepticism about pesticide use on fruit, including berries, and noted that the very pesticides used on non-organic berries carry heavy metals and alkaloids, exactly the toxins that blackberries are meant to remove. Consuming non-organic blackberries for metal detoxification would, in his framework, be counterproductive or even harmful: you would be adding to the toxic metal load while attempting to remove it.

He stated that even farmers who claim organic certification cannot always be trusted because "everybody goes after fruit", birds, insects, making it nearly impossible to resist spraying. His washing protocol (reusing the same water for two weeks, adding milk to bind toxins) was one response to this reality.

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