Ovaries

The ovaries are the female counterpart to the testes, and Aajonus treated their paired structure as a deliberate anatomical backup. He stated plainly: "You have two ovaries. So if one gets cut off or damaged, you can still procreate." This redundancy mirrors the design of the adrenal glands, both of which also come in pairs for the same reason. The body, in his view, builds in backups only for functions it considers critical to survival, and the gonads qualify because they ensure continuation of the species.

The ovaries produce the ovum, which Aajonus described as one of the most concentrated and complex biological substances in the body. He compared ovum to sperm in this regard, noting that both contain stem-cell-like properties capable of stimulating tissue regeneration. He observed that sperm and ovum share nearly identical nutrient compositions, and that both carry the raw biological information required to build and repair tissue. He discussed this specifically in the context of applying these substances topically for skin regeneration, noting that ovum cannot be practically harvested in quantities sufficient for cosmetic use.

The gonads process how cells are differentiated in the body. Aajonus stated that higher estrogen levels produce softer skin and softer hair, while higher testosterone produces what he called "male-type tissue," meaning denser and harder cellular structures. This hormonal influence on cell differentiation is, in his framework, the secondary function of the gonads. Their primary function remains reproductive.

A central principle Aajonus returned to repeatedly is that the ovaries and testicles, like the adrenal glands, are emergency-use organs. He said: "Those hormones are normally used only for procreation, not during any other time. 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." He framed the entire medical and pharmaceutical practice of prescribing estrogen for bone health, skin health, or energy as a misunderstanding of what these glands are actually for.

He extended this argument by observing that in healthy wild animals, testosterone or estrogen only surges when a female enters heat, triggering the male's gonads through smell. Outside of reproductive windows, these hormones are not circulating at high levels. He saw the chronic elevation of sex hormones in modern humans as a sign of toxicity, not vitality: "A lot of people will secrete a lot of extra testosterone and estrogen. Why? Because the body's so toxic it needs extra fats. So your body's using all this glandular energy producing nutrients to handle the toxicity from our pollution."

He also noted that the natural frequency of sexual activity in healthy tribal peoples he had encountered was roughly four or five days per month, coinciding with ovulation, rather than the constant sexual drive many modern people experience. He attributed that chronic drive partly to excess hormone production driven by toxic overload, poor food, and chemical contamination.

Aajonus conducted hands-on iridology and energetic readings during workshops and mini-consultations, and his reports from those readings provide extensive specific observations about individual ovarian states. His descriptions reveal the range of conditions he identified and the language he used to characterize ovarian health.

He described ovaries as "debilitating," "in good shape," "overactive," "underactive," "hardened," "scarred," "cold" (meaning mineral deficient), "waterlogged," and "barely there" across different individuals. Several patterns recur across his readings:

One ovary is frequently in better condition than the other. In multiple readings, Aajonus noted that the left ovary was deteriorating or debilitated while the right remained more functional, or vice versa. He never presented this asymmetry as inherently alarming but described it factually as part of individual constitutional variation.

Vegetarianism consistently produced severe ovarian damage in his readings. In one reading he stated directly: "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." This was one of his clearest statements linking plant-based dietary restriction to measurable glandular destruction.

He identified "overactive ovaries" in some women, and in at least one case noted: "You have overactive ovaries. The protein is broken down in them." He observed that the right ovary was much better than the left in that individual, and noted this as a common asymmetric pattern in women.

He found scar tissue around ovaries in some cases. In one reading he said: "The left ovary is barely there. A lot of scar tissue around." In another: "Scar tissue, so you have that one removed." Where scar tissue was present, it typically signaled prior damage, removal, or severe chronic insufficiency.

He described ovaries as "cold" to indicate mineral deficiency, as distinct from being debilitated from protein breakdown or toxic contamination.

Metal poisoning was identified in the ovaries in some readings. In one case: "The left side is debilitating. There's lots of metal poisoning in the left ovary." He connected this to systemic metal accumulation from environmental and dietary sources.

He described ovaries as "hardened" in several readings, which he associated with glandular calcification or scarring, particularly when a high percentage of the organ was affected. One reading noted: "Right ovary is probably 70% hardened."

He observed that in one individual, "The left ovary is about 25% scarred and about 20% protein and fission. That works pretty very well." Even partial function, in his framework, was meaningful and not necessarily a crisis.

In one reading he noted both ovaries in very good shape, saying: "Ovaries are good. The left one is starting to debilitate." And in another: "Ovaries look in very good shape. Look a little underactive. Left one's slightly shrinking."

In one consult, he observed what he considered athlete-level ovarian development in a young woman: "You've got the ovaries of an athlete. Wow. At this young age, that means you could be an athlete."

Aajonus rejected the premise that women need exogenous hormone supplementation. His position was that if the glands receive the proper nutrients, specifically fat and protein, they will manufacture their own hormones. He said: "All the hormones will be manufactured by the glands if they get the proper nutrients. What is the major constituent of every hormone? Fat. Protein is the major building block of it. Fat and protein, you have no problem." He applied this principle equally to ovarian estrogen production, menopausal hormonal shifts, and conditions like infertility.

He acknowledged that estrogen therapy was being used medically but considered it unnecessary when diet was corrected. He stated: "You don't need hormones. Hormones are for danger periods. They're for emergencies. That's like a small little gland. Everywhere in the body. How big are those ovaries? They're hormone deficient. It's the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry who can do hormones. You need a good diet. You need to change your foods, that's all."

He observed that women who returned to a raw animal food diet after years without menstruation could begin cycling again. He described women in their late fifties who resumed periods every three to six months after years without them, attributing this to dietary restoration of hormone production.

Aajonus offered a specific explanation for endometriosis that placed it within his broader framework of cell borrowing. He described endometriosis as the body using ovarian cells outside their normal location because the body cannot produce the needed cells fast enough in those other areas. He said: "Endometriosis is when your body uses a cell that belongs in one location somewhere else because your body is not reproducing a cell in that area. So your body will borrow cells from one area and heal another area when you're not producing cells fast enough and that area needs a lot of help."

He described the consequence of ovarian cells spread throughout the body as those cells going through their menstrual cycle wherever they are located: "A woman having a pain in her ovaries and her shoulder, heart, lungs, back because of ovarian cells that go into period along with the ovarian cells that are normally located." When the body needs to eliminate those displaced ovarian cells, he said it produces "massive heat spells, hot flashes."

Aajonus presented the female anatomy, including the proximity of the ovaries to the uterus and vaginal cavity, as providing women with a structural advantage men do not have. When the body cannot dissolve dead cells because the lymphatic system is overwhelmed or the right fats are absent, it collects those cells and forms fibroids. He said: "Most women have the advantage of having a uterus, of course, and the medicine, reproductions, but at least they can put all those dead cells in their uterus, in their vaginal cavity. So, it won't interfere with other tissue. It won't interfere with the heart muscles."

He documented at least one case of uterine fibroids resolving on the Primal Diet. A woman on the diet for approximately two years woke up one morning with her fibroids gone. He described it as sudden: "Just one morning she woke up and her fibroids were gone, just like that." He noted this was unusual and that normally fibroids take five or six years to debilitate on the diet. A uterine fibroid in another woman had been shrinking and she reported having managed it over ten years.

He noted the left ovary feeling "very tight" in a woman with a fibroid, and when discussing her case, he palpated the stress as being on the left side even though she described the fibroid as being in the center.

Aajonus included animal ovaries as part of a broader glandular feeding protocol. When he described making what he called a "gland shake" after an intense experience butchering a deer, he listed ovaries explicitly among the organs he included: "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." He described this mixture as producing tremendous energy and sexual vitality.

He also recommended that individuals with depleted glands eat corresponding animal glands to support regeneration. In one case, he suggested someone get fish roe, meaning the whole uterus with eggs, rather than salted eggs alone, specifically noting that the roe would provide complete glandular material to support hormone production and mineral balance.

In one mini-consultation, when he identified significant ovarian scar tissue from what appeared to be a removed ovary, he told the person directly: "You can get some ovaries. Eat it." This reflects his consistent position that eating the raw glandular tissue of an animal that corresponds to a damaged or missing gland provides the specific nutrients that tissue requires to heal or compensate.

Aajonus described ovum as containing stem-cell properties with broad regenerative potential. He placed it in the same category as sperm and bone marrow in terms of biological density and usefulness, noting that all three could theoretically be used as topical agents for tissue repair. He said: "Sperm is the only other thing in ovum," and "I'm not talking about clay. But stem cells from sperm, ovum, and bone marrow." He acknowledged that ovum cannot practically be obtained in sufficient quantities for topical use, in contrast to sperm or bone marrow, which he did recommend applying to skin or using in food.

Aajonus addressed fertility and ovum quality directly in response to a woman who had been trying to conceive a third child for five years at age 46. He recommended patience for dietary cleansing, suggesting approximately 2.5 or more years on the raw diet to clear residues that would otherwise harm a fetus. He then specified a concrete fertility protocol: "Consuming 2 milkshakes daily 10 days before ovulation usually will produce healthy ova." He acknowledged the challenge of age-related egg decline but did not present it as an absolute barrier, framing it instead as a question of tissue quality and timing relative to dietary cleansing.

He also noted that in one woman he had worked with, infertility that had been medically attributed to hormone deficiency was resolved through dietary change rather than hormone injection. He questioned whether hormone injection actually corrected the underlying problem even when it appeared to reverse infertility, calling this a false resolution.

Aajonus described menopause not as the failure of the ovaries but as a deliberate hormonal transition in which the body shifts from producing primarily reproductive hormones to producing growth hormones. He considered this transition beneficial and one reason women live longer than men, since growth hormones support continued cellular maintenance after the reproductive years. Hot flashes associated with menopause, in his framework, are a detoxification event, the body burning off the old reproductive hormones as it transitions to the new hormonal environment.

He recommended raw yam juice with raw coconut cream as a support for hormonal production during and after menopause: "Drinking 1-2 cups of raw yam juice with 3 tablespoons raw coconut cream with each cup of yam juice once every 3-8 days ensures hormonal production that balances mineral levels after menopause. Yam juice should be consumed within 1 hour after juicing." He framed this as supporting the body's own production rather than replacing it with exogenous hormones.

He also noted that sexual activity during menopause can be beneficial for some women because it flushes hormones and expedites the transition, though he noted this was individual. He observed that even women who have completed menopause may occasionally experience menstruation afterward, which he called "a healthy function where the body cleanses those tissues."

Aajonus described a direct connection between the nose and the gonads, including the ovaries. He said: "90% of sexual stimulation comes from the nose. Your nose and your gonads are connected." In healthy animals, the female ovaries produce chemical signals during ovulation that the male detects through smell, triggering testosterone production and mating behavior. He saw this system as operating correctly only in healthy, chemically uncontaminated individuals, and observed that in toxic modern humans, the signaling becomes dysregulated.