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The ovary, as both an endocrine gland and as a food consumed raw from animals, occupies a dual role in the Primal Diet framework. On one hand, Aajonus assessed the state of women's ovaries during iridology-based hand readings as a diagnostic measure of systemic health, hormonal production, and nutritional status. On the other hand, he explicitly recommended the consumption of raw animal ovary tissue as a glandular food to support regeneration of the same organ in women whose ovaries were deteriorating, scarred, debilitated, or producing insufficient hormones.

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Overview

Overview

The ovary, as both an endocrine gland and as a food consumed raw from animals, occupies a dual role in the Primal Diet framework. On one hand, Aajonus assessed the state of women's ovaries during iridology-based hand readings as a diagnostic measure of systemic health, hormonal production, and nutritional status. On the other hand, he explicitly recommended the consumption of raw animal ovary tissue as a glandular food to support regeneration of the same organ in women whose ovaries were deteriorating, scarred, debilitated, or producing insufficient hormones.

Aajonus placed the ovaries within the endocrine system, grouping them alongside the testes as the "gonads", the final pair of glands he discussed when moving through the full glandular system. He consistently described the ovaries as the glands responsible for producing estrogen and for manufacturing ovum. He emphasized that the body maintains two ovaries for redundancy and emergency purposes, so that if one is damaged or removed, the other can still support procreation.

Aajonus repeatedly observed, across dozens of hand readings documented in workshop transcripts, that the ovaries were among the most commonly damaged and deteriorating glands in the women he saw, with vegetarianism, metal poisoning, industrial solvents, and protein deficiency cited as the primary causes of ovarian deterioration. He was unambiguous: the best single intervention for a deteriorating ovary is raw meat, and specifically, eating the raw ovary tissue from an animal accelerates regeneration of the human ovary.

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Properties and Effects

Properties and Effects

Hormonal Production: What the Ovary Actually Does

Aajonus taught that the ovaries and testes, the gonads, are the organs responsible for producing estrogen and testosterone respectively, and that these hormones serve a specific and limited biological purpose: reproduction of cells, building ovum and sperm. He was emphatic that estrogen and testosterone are not for providing everyday energy, are not for keeping bones from deteriorating (which he called "another fallacy"), and are not for maintaining libido in the conventional sense:

"The estrogen and the testosterone are mainly used for reproduction of cells, for building ovum and sperm. They're not to give you energy. They're not to keep your bones from deteriorating."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He stated that sexual appetite is natural and healthy without exceedingly high hormone levels, and that people who have high sexual drives due to excess estrogen, testosterone, or even adrenaline are operating under an abnormal hormonal excess, not a healthy baseline.

What Gives Bones Solidity, Not Estrogen

Aajonus directly contradicted the pharmaceutical industry's claims about estrogen and bone density:

"What gives your bones solidity? Not testosterone, not female hormones, and not male hormones, estrogen. It is fat combined with minerals."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

This is important context for understanding why he recommended raw ovary tissue and raw fats together, not as hormone replacement, but as food to rebuild the gland so it could function again on its own.

Gonads Are Emergency Glands, Not Daily Drivers

Aajonus taught that the gonads, like the adrenal glands, are designed for emergency use:

"Those hormones are normally used only for procreation, not during any other time."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He described the reason the body maintains two of each gonad as an evolutionary redundancy, so that even if one is damaged, the other ensures procreation can continue. He connected this to the same principle governing paired adrenal glands: fight-or-flight demands redundancy.

Ovarian Fat as a Toxin Storage Site

Aajonus specifically noted that the ovaries, being high in fat, are frequently used by the body as a storage location for toxic compounds. This explains why they are commonly scarred, damaged, and deteriorating in the women he read:

"What scars the ovaries? It can be anything. Any toxin that gets into them. Remember the ovaries and the testes are high in fat so your body may use that as a storage place."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

This means industrial solvents, heavy metals, aluminum, pesticides, herbicides, and other fat-soluble toxins tend to concentrate in ovarian tissue.

Estrogen Decline from Vegetarianism, Mechanism

Aajonus directly linked vegetarian and vegan diets to ovarian deterioration and estrogen deficiency. He explained the mechanism in terms of protein and fat starvation of the glands:

"All of the glands have not [had] a lot of nutrients. Probably the gland that you have most functional is your sexual gland and it's probably about half of what it would normally be."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He further explained the glandular logic from early training material:

"Let's say the person, especially if they have been vegetarian, has been so protein and fat starved, the raw, enzymes bound, that the cells have even forgotten how to make the hormone."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

The Hormone Composition Argument

In training sessions, Aajonus identified the two major constituents of all hormones:

"What is the major part of the composition of all hormones? Fat. Protein is the major building block of it. Fat and protein, you have no problem."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

This is his biochemical foundation for why raw fats and raw proteins, not pharmaceutical hormone supplements, are what actually rebuild glandular hormone production. He stated that all hormones will be manufactured by the glands if they receive the proper nutrients: fat and protein.

The Role of Raw Ovary Tissue as Glandular Food

Aajonus held that eating the raw gland from an animal that corresponds to a damaged human gland accelerates regeneration of that human gland. He stated this explicitly and generally:

"If they eat the gland that's degenerated from an animal, it will increase that."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He described this in the context of raw gland shakes he personally made, including a deer gland shake in which he used every gland available, explicitly including the ovaries:

"So I took the brain and I took the glands, put them all together in a Cuisinart, chopped them up first, put them all there. So I had this huge amount of glands, brain, adrenal gland, even the ovaries, I mean, yeah, the ovaries I used, and some lung, the thymus, the thyroid, everything, I had every gland in there. And I even cut some of the pancreas into it. And I mixed, blended in half milk."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He described the results of that gland shake as extraordinary, energy, sex drive, and stamina sustained for hours. This is the direct application: consuming raw animal ovary as part of a glandular protocol.

Ovary Tissue and Hormone Production in Women

From the We Want to Live source, Aajonus stated that as long as a woman digests properly and eats a predominantly raw diet with specified foods, her body will continue to produce hormones and keep her glands and organs from drying:

"As long as a woman can digest properly, if she eats a predominantly raw diet with full-fat raw milk (when available), 2-4 raw eggs, raw meat twice daily, and no-salt-added raw cheese, her body will continue to produce hormones and keep her glands and organs from drying."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He framed menopause not as the end of hormone production but as the end of the ability to have children, and stated that the common fears about hormone loss, youth, and sexual appeal are "psychological baggage" attached to this life cycle change, not physiological necessities.

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Form and State

Form and State

Fresh Raw, Mandatory

Aajonus was explicit throughout all glandular food discussions: the gland must be fresh and raw to rebuild tissue. He contrasted fresh raw gland with fermented ("rotted") gland in a teaching moment:

"The rotted food will help... to degenerate the old tissue in it, the toxic tissue, the rotted is the better. But to rebuild it has to be the fresh."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

This means: - Fresh raw ovary = for rebuilding, regenerating, and restoring glandular function - Fermented/rotted ovary = for breaking down and clearing toxic or degenerated tissue within the ovary

Both have roles, but they are distinct and opposite in function.

Freeze-Dried as a Fallback

When fresh, raw ovary gland is unavailable, Aajonus recommended freeze-dried glandular extract as the next best alternative. From early training material:

"You go get a glandular, freeze dried glandular extract. If you can't get the actual fresh, raw gland and eat it, and you can in some places. Like around the Amish you can order any gland you want. You get the tissue, ovary tissue, and you get it freeze dried. Preferable to chew, but if you don't chew that's fine."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He specified that it is preferable to chew the freeze-dried glandular, but that swallowing without chewing is also acceptable.

Cooked, Destroyed

While Aajonus does not discuss cooked ovary as a specific food item, his universal teaching on cooked glandular tissue applies: cooking destroys the enzymes, alters the proteins, and eliminates the tissue-specific regenerative properties that make glandular foods therapeutic. This is consistent with his entire framework, only raw gland is glandular medicine.

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Sourcing and Preparation

Sourcing and Preparation

Amish Farmers, Direct Access to Raw Glands

Aajonus identified Amish farming communities as a primary source for raw animal glands including ovary tissue:

"Like around the Amish you can order any gland you want. You get the tissue, ovary tissue, and you get it freeze dried."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He also referenced his own Amish farming connections for bone marrow and other animal products, indicating an ongoing sourcing relationship with these communities.

Deer, Field Gland Harvesting

Aajonus documented a personal experience of harvesting all glands from a deer, explicitly including the ovaries, and preparing them immediately in a blended drink. This establishes that fresh wild game organs, including ovaries, are a valid and potent source:

"Even the ovaries, I mean, yeah, the ovaries I used... I had every gland in there."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

North Star Bison, Referenced Source

In discussions of bone marrow specifically, Aajonus mentioned North Star Bison as a supplier. Given his use of buffalo/bison glands throughout his work, this source may be applicable for obtaining raw animal glands including ovaries, though he does not name them explicitly for this product.

Preparation Method, Blending with Milk

For the deer gland shake, Aajonus blended the raw glands with milk in a 1:1 ratio with a small amount of honey:

"I mixed, blended in half milk. I made many different batches, half milk, half the glands, a tiny bit of honey."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He produced approximately three-quarters of a quart (three cups) of the gland mixture from this batch and consumed it while working.

Eating with Meat

From the early training material, Aajonus instructed that the freeze-dried or fresh raw ovary gland should be eaten with another animal protein:

"You eat it with liver or fish or some kind of meat, and, a woman would take it."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

This pairing with meat is consistent with his broader teaching that glandular foods are best absorbed alongside other flesh proteins.

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Required Pairing

Required Pairing

Fat, The Mandatory Buffer for All Glandular Foods

Because the ovaries are high in fat and because all hormones are made primarily of fat and protein, Aajonus's glandular food protocols universally involve fat pairings. In the deer gland shake, milk (which contains fat) was used as the blending liquid. In the freeze-dried glandular protocol, meat (which contains fat) is the pairing food.

Aajonus emphasized that fat combined with minerals, not hormones, is what gives structural integrity to the body, and fat with protein is what allows the glands to rebuild their hormone-producing capacity.

For women experiencing hormonal deficiency, he recommended the full dietary protocol from We Want to Live: - Full-fat raw milk - 2–4 raw eggs daily - Raw meat twice daily - No-salt-added raw cheese

Each of these foods provides fat and/or protein that feeds the ovaries and all other endocrine glands.

Raw Meat, Primary Regenerative Agent

Aajonus was clear that raw meat is "the single biggest thing that's going to help to regenerate" when organs have significantly degenerated. He placed raw meat above all other foods in terms of regenerative priority for damaged glands, including ovaries. Eating the specific gland from an animal accelerates this further, but raw meat generally, regardless of cut, initiates the regenerative process.

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Contraindications

Contraindications

  • i

    Aajonus was emphatic and dismissive of pharmaceutical hormone therapy:

  • ii

    > "I made like a fortune by sucking people into this all I need hormone. You don't need that, do you?"

  • iii

    > "You don't need hormones. Hormones are for danger periods. They're for emergencies."

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    He consistently redirected women away from pharmaceutical estrogen supplementation and toward rebuilding glandular function through raw food, specifically raw meat, raw fat, raw eggs, raw milk, and raw glandular tissue.

  • v

    Aajonus directly and repeatedly linked vegetarian and vegan diets to ovarian atrophy. In hand readings, he consistently observed smaller, scarred, or non-functional ovaries in vegetarians and vegans. Examples from the transcripts:

  • vi

    - "The left ovary is about half the normal size so it's deteriorating. So you're vegetarian? Okay. So more than half of this ovary has been eaten away." - "So you're not producing very much estrogen from that ovary."

  • vii

    He taught that even a young woman raised vegetarian may fail to menstruate or develop properly, and that returning to raw meat can reverse this within as little as three months.

  • viii

    Aajonus documented multiple cases where heavy metals, especially aluminum, had concentrated in the ovaries and were preventing function or causing infertility:

  • ix

    > "You have lots of metals in your left ovary, so it's doubtful you'll ever get pregnant with that left ovary on that side."

  • x

    He identified farm communities and pesticide/herbicide exposure as a primary source of systemic metal poisoning affecting the ovaries and all other glands.

  • xi

    In one reading, Aajonus identified an industrial compound in the left ovary ("you've got your industrial compound") and recommended dietary intervention to clear it. The general protocol for industrial solvent clearing involves high fat intake, milk, cream, and butter, to absorb and bind the solvents.

  • xii

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Therapeutic Protocols

Therapeutic Protocols

ProtocolProtocol 1: Rebuilding a Deteriorating Ovary with Raw Glandular Tissue

From early training transcripts:

When a woman has lost the ability to produce hormones due to protein and fat starvation of the glands (especially after vegetarianism), Aajonus instructed:

1. Obtain fresh, raw animal ovary tissue, available from Amish farmers on order, or from freshly slaughtered animals 2. Alternatively, obtain freeze-dried ovary glandular extract if fresh is unavailable 3. Eat the raw ovary tissue with liver, fish, or some other kind of meat 4. It is preferable to chew the freeze-dried glandular, but swallowing without chewing is acceptable 5. A woman takes ovary tissue; a man takes testes tissue (or prostate) 6. This is paired with the full Primal Diet protocol: raw meat twice daily, raw eggs, raw full-fat milk, raw unsalted cheese

ProtocolProtocol 2: The Gland Shake (Aajonus's Personal Protocol)

From workshop transcripts, documented personal use:

Aajonus described making a comprehensive gland shake from a freshly slaughtered deer, which explicitly included ovaries:

  • Raw brain
  • Raw adrenal glands
  • Raw ovaries
  • Raw lung
  • Raw thymus
  • Raw thyroid
  • Raw pancreas (partial)
  • All other available glands

Preparation: 1. Chop all glands in a Cuisinart food processor first 2. Transfer to blender 3. Blend in a ratio of half glands, half raw milk 4. Add a tiny bit of honey 5. Make multiple batches 6. Consume approximately 3 cups (three-quarters of a quart) during a work session

Documented result: Sustained energy, complete absence of fatigue after heavy physical labor, and sustained sexual energy through the night.

ProtocolProtocol 3: Dietary Hormone Restoration for Women

Source Material: For women concerned about menopause, hormonal decline, or drying of glands and organs:

  • Raw diet, predominantly
  • Full-fat raw milk when available
  • 2–4 raw eggs daily
  • Raw meat twice daily
  • No-salt-added raw cheese

Supporting foods: - Fresh raw peppermint leaves or fresh raw cucumber (or fresh raw juice of both): soothes, relaxes, aids digestion, reduces bloating - Raw melons including unripe banana: eases ill side effects of hormonal changes - 1–2 cups raw yam juice with 3 tablespoons raw coconut cream (when available): additional hormonal support

ProtocolProtocol 4: Thyroid Gland Blending as a Model (Applied to Ovary)

While this protocol is documented for the thyroid, Aajonus described it as a model that applies to all glands. For the thyroid specifically, he recommended blending the raw gland with milk and red onion, noting it tastes like clam chowder. This same general approach (blending the specific raw gland with milk and a small amount of flavoring) can be understood to apply to raw ovary tissue as well, consistent with his gland shake preparation method.

ProtocolProtocol 5: Scar Tissue in the Ovary, General Dietary Approach

When Aajonus observed scar tissue in ovaries during hand readings, he universally recommended raw meat as the primary intervention:

"Raw meat is the single biggest thing that's going to help to regenerate."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He also recommended eggs and smoothies for intestinal and systemic support when scar tissue was extensive, and the lubrication formula for women who were severely depleted of fats:

Lubrication Formula (referenced in multiple readings for women with debilitated ovaries): - Make a batch in the morning - Have it throughout the day - Rotation protocol: once daily in the evening on alternating days, twice daily (morning and night) on other days - When having it at night, add an extra egg to prevent hunger disruption during sleep

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Topical Applications

Topical Applications

Bone Marrow on Skin, Ovum/Sperm Analogy

Aajonus discussed the relationship between ovum, sperm, and bone marrow in the context of skin applications. He explained that bone marrow contains stem cells, specifically, the only source of non-adult, embryonic-like stem cells available outside of sperm or ovum:

"The only place we can get non-adult, what they call embryonic-like stem cells, is in bone marrow. You can't from sperm or ovum, but who's going to manufacture sperm and ovum? It would be rather impossible."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He recommended applying bone marrow topically to the skin for women with dryness and wrinkles, noting results within three months:

"Take bone marrow and rub it in. And like in three months their skin just perks. 90% of the dryness and wrinkles are gone just from putting bone marrow on."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He also referenced sperm as having properties similar to ovum for skin application, stating that sperm is the only other substance comparable to ovum, but noted the obvious impracticality of manufacturing ovum for topical use, making bone marrow the accessible alternative.

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Dosage and Safety

Dosage and Safety

How Much Raw Glandular Tissue to Consume

Aajonus did not specify a precise gram quantity for raw ovary consumption as a standalone food in the sources provided. However, his gland shake protocol provides a reference point: he consumed approximately three cups of a mixture that was 50% glands (including ovaries among multiple glands) and 50% raw milk. This represents a substantial quantity of mixed glandular tissue consumed in a single session during heavy physical work.

For the freeze-dried glandular protocol, he gave no specific dosage, stating only that it is eaten with meat.

General Meat Quantity, Minimum Foundation

Aajonus specified that anyone over five feet tall needs a minimum of one pound of all meats combined per day. This is the baseline into which raw glandular tissue fits:

"Anybody who's over five foot needs a pound a day minimum. And that's just not red meat. I mean that's talking about all meats."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

For women with specifically damaged ovaries and significant glandular depletion, he recommended higher amounts, in some cases up to a pound and a quarter to a pound and three-quarters per day.

Frequency of Gland Consumption

While not giving a specific daily/weekly frequency for ovary gland specifically, Aajonus noted regarding organ access generally:

"If you don't have access to organs regularly, then is the single best next thing? It's any of the meats."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

This implies that regular, ideally frequent, consumption of raw organ meats, including ovary, is the therapeutic goal, with plain raw meat serving as the fallback when organ access is limited.

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Culinary Applications

Culinary Applications

The Gland Shake, Aajonus's Primary Recipe Using Ovary

As documented in the workshop transcripts, the primary raw preparation involving animal ovary is the gland shake. The method:

1. Collect all available raw glands from a freshly slaughtered animal (deer was used by Aajonus personally; the principle applies to any animal) 2. Explicitly includes: brain, adrenal glands, ovaries, lung, thymus, thyroid, pancreas 3. Chop first in a food processor (Cuisinart) to break down fibrous gland tissue 4. Transfer to blender 5. Blend 50% glands to 50% raw milk 6. Add a tiny bit of honey for palatability 7. Produce multiple batches; consume approximately 3 cups (three-quarters of a quart) as a sitting

Flavor note from thyroid preparation (as model): When blending raw thyroid with milk and red onion, Aajonus noted it tastes like clam chowder. For a more Mexican/tomato flavor, he recommended a salsa-style seasoning. These flavor principles could apply to ovary tissue preparation as well.

Eating Raw Ovary with Meat, Basic Protocol

The simplest preparation from the early training protocol:

  • Obtain fresh raw ovary (or freeze-dried ovary glandular extract)
  • Eat it directly alongside liver, fish, or other raw meat
  • Chew thoroughly (especially the freeze-dried form)
  • No cooking, no heating

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Primary Derivative

Primary Derivative

Freeze-Dried Ovary Glandular Extract

Aajonus identified freeze-dried ovary glandular extract as the primary derivative form of raw ovary, available when fresh tissue cannot be obtained. He specified:

  • Available from sources like Amish farmers
  • Preferable to chew rather than swallow whole
  • Eaten with other meat (liver, fish, or any flesh food)
  • A fallback to fresh raw gland, not an equivalent

He implied that the Amish can be contacted to order any gland including ovary tissue on demand, making this a relatively accessible protocol for those near Amish farming communities.

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Historical Context

Historical Context

The Workshop Diagnostic Context

Aajonus conducted hand readings at workshops and mini-consults where he assessed the state of women's ovaries through iridology and physical palpation of the hands. The sheer volume of readings documented in the workshop transcripts, dozens of women with deteriorating, scarred, cold, protein-deficient, metal-poisoned, or atrophied ovaries, constitutes a clinical record of epidemic ovarian degeneration in the modern American population.

His repeated findings: - Vegetarians and vegans almost universally had significantly deteriorated ovaries - Metal poisoning (especially aluminum) frequently concentrated in ovarian tissue - Industrial solvents deposited in ovarian tissue - Pharmaceutical interventions (hormone therapy) were universally rejected as unnecessary and harmful

The Medical Establishment and Hormone Therapy

Aajonus consistently positioned the pharmaceutical industry's hormone therapy prescriptions as both unnecessary and exploitative:

"I made like a fortune by sucking people into this all I need hormone. You don't need that, do you?"

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He argued that the medical establishment's framing of low estrogen as pathological is incorrect, that low hormone levels simply reflect glands that are not being fed properly. The solution is always dietary, not pharmaceutical.

Infertility and Testosterone Injection Critique

In discussing infertility treatment, Aajonus questioned whether testosterone or estrogen injections actually solve the underlying problem:

"When they pump that into a person and it does reverse infertility, and a person can't have a baby, is that really the problem? No."

Aajonus Vonderplanitz

He cited the case of gorillas eating meat once every 28 days to illustrate that hormonal cycles depend on nutrition, and that the absence of the right raw foods, particularly raw meat, is the true cause of reproductive failure, not a hormonal deficiency that requires injection.

The Young Vegetarian Woman in Hawaii, Case Study

Aajonus documented a case of an 18-year-old woman raised vegetarian by her mother:

  • Had only had one menstrual period in her entire life
  • Very pale and anemic
  • Primarily a fruit eater
  • Very weak, very swollen all over, had a great deal of hair
  • Got on the Primal Diet

Result within three months: - Started having regular periods - Everything started maturing - Entire life changed

This case illustrates the direct link between vegetarianism, ovarian failure, and the rapid reversal of that failure through the Primal Diet, including raw meat.

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