Biography of Dr. Johanna Budwig

Dr Johanna Budwig was one of the most important biochemists in Germany who is remembered mostly for her incredible discoveries into the effect that diet can have on a number of serious diseases including cancer. The Budwig Diet, which she created to help to combat and treat cancer in patients, was the culmination of an entire career’s worth of work.

Her work with cancer patients led her to becoming recognised as one of the leading cancer researchers in Europe. Her work was so widely respected that she was even nominated for the Nobel Prize on seven occasions. She spent a large part of her life trying to help cancer patients and those with other terrible illnesses, and she managed to achieve remarkable success with her natural treatment program.

Before the Budwig Diet

Dr Budwig was born in 1908, and died at the age of 95 following a fall. Before her discoveries into the effect that diet can have on the body, she was a leading biochemist who was widely respected by her peers. She held a PhD in Natural Science, a doctorate in physics and was a qualified pharmacologist and chemist. She was also the chief expert consultant for drugs and fats at the Federal Institute for Fats research.

Dr Budwig was a specialist in the role that fats played in the diet. Although we are now mostly aware of good and bad fats and how important they are, Dr Budwig was making these discoveries a long time before it became accepted knowledge. She even lectured on the importance that essential fatty acids held in the modern diet over 40 years ago.

On top of this, she was a published author. She wrote mainly on her discoveries with fats and the natural cure for cancer, and published such books as ‘The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook’ and ‘Cancer – the Problem and the Solution’ which has been translated into English.

Important Discoveries

It was Dr Budwig’s research surrounding different types of fat that were the trigger for her research into the cure for cancer. Most importantly, Dr Budwig became aware of the potentially serious problems with the modern diet. Namely, that it was composed of a great quantity of over-processed foods that contained high levels of hydrogenated fats. According to Dr Budwig, this and the lack of essential fatty acids in the diet were likely to be one of the major causes of serious illnesses in the developing world.

As a result of this research and discoveries into the presence of fats in the modern diet, Dr Budwig set about researching how these could be affecting cancer patients and sufferers of other serious diseases. She was sure that not only could diet help people to lead more healthy lifestyles, but that it could actively help to treat those people who were suffering from diseases. Now all she had to do was prove her theory.

Key Research

So began Dr Budwig’s research into cancer patients in her attempt to discover what was making them ill and how they could be potentially cured. The majority of her research was made into the blood of the cancer patients. She analysed this because she was sure that it held the secret to her ideas surrounding a potential cure for cancer.

After years of research, she had made a number of important discoveries into the blood of cancer patients and how it differed from that of healthy people. The main findings she made were that the blood of cancer patients lacked the same levels of lipoproteins, phospatides, haemoglobin and Omega 3 as those found in the blood of healthy people.

In addition, she discovered that cancer patients had a strange greenish-yellow substance in their blood that she could not find in the blood of healthy people. She realised that getting rid of this substance was key to the recovery of cancer patients. And it was through the diet of the patients that she was adamant the process could take place, allowing her to reverse the process.

Treatment Begins

Dr Budwig came up with a treatment programme that was based on giving patients a diet based on two simple ingredients: flaxseed oil and quark. In combination with these ingredients, patients would also follow a plant based diet free of unhealthy foods, reduce stress, get outside in the fresh air and take gentle exercise, and be exposed to a lot of sunlight.

Flaxseed oil was chosen by Dr Budwig because it contains a very high level of Omega 3, as well as being easily tolerated by the majority of people. Quark, a substance similar to cottage cheese, was chosen for its high levels of sulfurated protein. The two were required in combination in order to help the absorption of the flaxseed oil into the body.

Immediate Results

Almost immediately, improvements were witnessed in her trial patients. After just three months, her patients began to improve in health and strength, and the strange substance in their blood began to disappear at the same time as the nutrients began to rise. Dr Budwig had found her cure for cancer, and set about making the details of the Budwig Diet readily available.

This article was written by: Robert Griggs

To visit the official Budwig Forum which Sandra Olson owns and moderates please visit http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaxSeedOil2/

To preview a demonstation of making the Flax Oil/Cottage Cheese FOCC basic recipe see http://www.budwig-videos.com

INTRODUCTION TO THE BUDWIG PROTOCOL

 

Below is the natural cancer diet/lifestyle that I chose called the Budwig Protocol. The reason I decided on this one in particular was because of the radical healing testimonies. I read accounts of many once terminal people regaining their health and keeping their healings decades later. I had never heard of anyone overcoming liver, pancreas, ovarian, gioblastoma, and all the dreadful cancers that claim so many lives each year.

I quickly joined the free Budwig Forum which Sandra Olson owns and moderates. She has thousands of members from all corners of the earth. We members go there to learn, ask questions, share experiences, and troubleshoot.  

There is apx a 90% reported sucess rate for people who follow this diet strictly. This is the diet that Dr. Johanna Budwig contributed her life to. Dr. Budwig was a brilliant scientist who coined the term Essential Fatty Acids. She was an expert in fats and oils and a 7 time Nobel Nominee. My next blog will be on her. Following is Sandra Olson’s copyrighted details of the basic diet. If you’d like to get started right away here’s her site.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaxSeedOil2/

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INTRODUCTION to the BUDWIG PROTOCOL with DIET DETAILS Written by Sandra Olson, owner, FlaxSeedOil2 and  http://www.budwig-videos.com Copyright © 2006-2010. ——————————————————————- This is automatically posted every two weeks & is sent to new members when they join the group. Please read this carefully, print it out & use it daily. ——————————————————————- The Budwig healing plan has stopped cancer & other diseases for many people. It has been saving lives for over 60 years. Dr. Johanna Budwig was a brilliant scientist & health practitioner who worked with patients from 1952 to 2000 or 2002. You can read about her in our files. ——————————————————————- This guide can help you to follow Dr. Budwig’s full program. It’s based on her book, “Cancer – The Problem and the Solution” [1999], her cookbook, “The Oil-Protein Diet” [1952] as well as on our Filesfor this group and experiences of our members. The menu below is Dr. Budwig’s SUGGESTED GUIDELINE, you don’t have to consume all of it. Most people begin gradually, adding healthy foods & liquids and eliminating damaging ones. The diet seems simple, but foods are powerful and can damage or heal a person. The Budwig plan has healed people of many kinds of cancer and other diseases and conditions. In liver, pancreatic, stomach and gall bladder disease it’s best to begin with a “Transition Diet” which is explained in our Files Section, Folder 3. After the transition, begin the diet below with small amounts of the oil & cheese as well as the other foods. Dr.Budwig had over a 90% success rate with this protocol with all kinds of cancer patients over a 50 year period. Many research studies done in the last ten years support the cancer-fighting value of the foods, juices, sun exposure and relaxation Dr.Budwig recommended. There are many testimonials in the Files of this group written by members who have regained their health by following this protocol after being diagnosed with cancer – many of them terminal. To start the diet, it helps to have 3 appliances: 1- A coffee bean grinder to grind the whole brown flaxseeds sold in health food stores or online. Freshly ground seeds are a must. 2- An immersion hand-held mixer (a stick-shaped mixer) to blend and bond the flaxseed oil [FO] & cottage cheese [CC] together so that they become one food, making the oil water-soluble and more absorbable. It’s important to use an electric mixer rather than stirring the two. 3- A vegetable juicer. A masticating type juice is said to give a more healthful juice than a centrifugal type. Research Green Star & Omega 8005. FLAXSEED OIL and COTTAGE CHEESE (FOCC) or quark: Generally, each tablespoon of Flaxseed Oil (FO) is blended with 2 or more tablespoons of low-fat organic Cottage Cheese(CC)or quark. That is a ratio of approximately 1:2. Cold-pressed refrigerated liquid FO is used, for example, Barlean’s & Spectrum. It’s better to buy regular FO instead of High Lignan FO. Healthier lignans are obtained at a lower cost by using freshly ground flaxseeds. [used instead of Linomel]. Ground seeds must be consumed within 15 minutes. TO START THE DAY – About an hour before breakfast, have a glass of sauerkraut juice. It has cancer-fighting benefits and improves digestion. Homemade is best in order to get the digestive enzymes [recipe in Files - Folder 5 'Foods']. Anything pasteurized has lost its enzymes but still offers lactic acid which is important and helps with digestion. Biotta brand sauerkraut juice is pasteurized and is a high quality juice, has lactic acid & vitamins C & K. One 17oz bottle offers 2 or 3 servings. “Biotta Organic Sauerkraut Juice-Size: 17 oz.” http://tinyurl.com/mnqwjn BREAKFAST - Start with a cup of green tea or herbal tea. It provides warm liquid required for the ground flaxseeds to swell properly. That’s important. Then, eat your Muesli [Muesli in the Budwig diet refers to the recipe below. We often call it FOCC]. Besides cottage cheese or quark, you could use homemade yogurt cheese or kefir cheese with cow or goat milk. [See recipes in Files] Budwig FOCC[or quark]Recipe: [Make enough for 1 meal only, avoid storing. Eat immediately. Use organic foods if possible. JB's cookbook has varied recipes] [1] Blend 3 Tbs flaxseed oil with 6 Tbs low-fat CC or quark with a hand-held immersion electric mixer for up to a minute. If needed, add 2 Tbs milk. Avoid adding water or juices when blending FO with CC or quark.The mixture should be thoroughly blended with no separated oil. Layer or stir in the following ingredients: [2] Grind 1 or 2 Tbs whole flaxseeds and add. [This replaces Linomel] Freshly ground seeds become rancid within 2 0 minutes, eat recipe immediately. [3] Add various fruits such as fresh [or thawed-out frozen if necessary] berries, all kinds, which contain strong cancer-fighting ellagic acid. [4] Add other fresh fruit if you like, totaling 1/2 to 1 cup of fruit. [5] If mixture is too thick, add 1 or 2 Tbs of fruit juice [e.g. dark grape, blueberry] or milk. Fruits & their juices are proven cancer fighters. [6] Add organic raw nuts such as walnuts or Brazil nuts [no peanuts] and a bit of raw honey. For variety, try vanilla, cinnamon, lemon juice, pure cocoa or shredded coconut. Try various fresh organic fruits & flavorings. Afterward, you can have whole grain bread (something other than wheat, which is harder to digest) with cucumber, tomato, radishes or other raw veggies. You can watch a video of this recipe being made at http://www.budwig-videos.com MID-MORNING - Freshly-pressed vegetable juice from carrots and/or beet, celery, lemon, apple as well as green vegetables – lettuces or spinach[carrot & beet juices are especially helpful to the liver & are strong cancer fighters] Vary vegetables. Chart comparing juicers: http://www.2-life.com/site/juicer_reviews.html SUNLIGHT – Dr. Budwig emphasized that being in sunlight is very healthful for vit.D and other benefits. Avoid burning & avoid sunscreen & sunglasses. If you feel up to having some exercise, individualize it according to your strength – DON’T OVERDO IT. Regarding exercise, Dr.Budwig wrote: “Often yoga or sport is very important, but sometimes the patient should not do this” and “I would never allow a cancer patient with metastases to jog, ride a bicycle, or to practice yoga. His body must relax.” One form of exercise that is beneficial for most people is using a rebounder [a mini-trampoline] because it helps clear the lymph system and promotes better drainage. See www.healthbounce.com & www.needakrebounder.com BEFORE LUNCH - A cup of warm green or herbal tea. Use 1 tsp honey if desired (no sugar). Also suggested, but optional, one Tbs whole flaxseeds, freshly ground & added to a glass of champagne, known to help digestion & absorption. [1999 book] LUNCH - RAW vegetable salad with various home-made salad dressings which may include one or more Tbs FO blended with 1 or 2 Tbs organic low-fat CC plus one Tbs organic apple cider vinegar or lemon juice and spices. Or, for sweeter dressing, try FO & grape, orange, apple or another juice. You can vary the salad dressings based on the recipes in the Oil-Protein Diet Cookbook. Several recipes do not include cottage cheese at all. The body can utilize 1 or 2 Tbs oil without cottage cheese. Avoid commercial salad dressings. Pumpkin seed oil can also be used. Experiment with spices or honey for variety. If still hungry, make steamed or boiled veggies and grains. [See "DINNER"] LUNCH DESSERT: It’s IMPORTANT to have a SECOND SERVING of FOCC with varied fresh raw fruits (organic if possible). Again, use 3 Tbs FO & 6 Tbs CC with fresh fruit[omit flaxseeds if you had them in the champagne before lunch]. If there are problems digesting this amount of oil, begin with smaller amounts of FOCC and increase it slowly. Chew very well to optimise digestion. Predigestion starts in the mouth by mixing saliva with the foods. Try to have meals in a peaceful atmosphere. Relaxing is important. MID-AFTERNOON - One tablespoon whole flaxseeds, freshly ground, stirred into sparkling wine, champagne or fruit juice: pure grape, blueberry, cherry, pineapple or papaya. The amount of liquid can be adjusted to your appetite. Chew ground seeds for better digestion. RELAX, in sunlight if possible, TO RELIEVE STRESS. Empty the mind of worries, angers, fears. Focus on nature, music, deep breathing & positive interactions. Think kind thoughts about yourself & others. Dr. Budwig said that relieving stress is extremely important. Many research studies support this idea. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaxSeedOil2/message/57568 LATE AFTERNOON - One tablespoon whole flaxseeds, ground & added to one of the juices named above. Both papaya & pineapple have digestive enzymes if they are fresh. Most bottled juices have lost their enzymes but still have valuable nutrients. If making the juice, drink it immediately after preparation before the enzymes are lost by air and light. You want to get as many natural enzymes as possible [as well as electrons from flax seeds & oils]. [Note: Instead of the fruit juices, some members heal using homemade vegetable juices as described at 10 a.m.] DINNER - Vegetable soup or a variety of veggies and starch-containing foods, well spiced. Add Oleolux and nutritional yeast flakes after cooking. Nutritional yeast adds important B-vitamins which boost energy & mood. Choices of cooked starchy foods – buckwheat (JB’s top choice-digests well & very nutritious), millet, brown rice, lentils, beans, peas, yams & potatoes. Add lightly cooked vegetables such as kale, tomatoes, spinach, beets, carrots, chard, cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli, onions, artichokes, asparagus, peppers, green beans, etc. Also, add healthful spices such as cayenne pepper, paprika, turmeric, sea salt & others. AFTER COOKING, add homemade Oleolux ‘to taste,’ which adds more nutrition and satiates appetite. [Oleolux recipe in File 5]. Use also on bread [whole or sprouted grain, homemade or Ezekiel]. EVENING - A glass of organic red wine if desired. The above diet can be varied by the many recipes in Dr. Budwig’s book “The Oil-Protein Diet Cookbook,” sold on Amazon & Barlean’s websites for about $10. THE FOLLOWING IS VERY IMPORTANT: Dr. Budwig stressed that we must AVOID CANCER-PROMOTING FOODS such as hydrogenated oils, trans-fats, animal fats/proteins [as in meats, poultry, seafood, eggs & butter], cane sugar, agave & maple syrups, preservatives, highly processed foods, pesticides & chemicals, as in household products & cosmetics. Drink pure water if possible. ++ Avoid leftovers – food should be prepared fresh and eaten soon after preparation to maximize intake of health-giving electrons & enzymes. ++ Drink warm green or herbal teas, unsweetened or sweetened only with honey. ++ Stress is damaging. Avoid stress-producing people & situations. Take time to relax & enjoy each day. Listen to beautiful music, laugh, do deep breathing, connect with nature, spend time with people you like. Reduce anger & sadness through EFT[see emofree.com], counseling or a support group. ++ ELDI oils are oils for external application or enemas. Dr. Budwig had her patients use them as needed. [See Files for information] . ++ Dr.Budwig did not include drugs or supplements in her protocol guidelines. In her 1999 book, she spoke against them. She warned that high amounts of man-made supplemental antioxidants can interfere with the diet’s benefits. However, she did not completely forbid supplements. Some people have added a few supplements to their program & have made progress. Others have gotten well without them while following the Budwig plan. It may help to ask the group about your choices. ++ Dr. Budwig warned about adding drugs & treatments such as chemo & radiation, cortisones, hormones & pain killers. She also warned against the dangers of oxygen therapy for the cancer patient & said that the cells are not ready to absorb oxygen but are healed through diet. Flax oil is known to thin the blood, using blood-thinning drugs, including aspirin, could be dangerous. ++ The rejuvenating foods in the Budwig Protocol give the body what it needs daily to stop cancer & keep it in check. Dr. Budwig suggested following the diet strictly for five years before relaxing a little, but you can never stop the healing foods for more than a few days nor can you regularly eat damaging foods or damaging supplements. Doing so could allow cancer to return. ++ Take care of your teeth. Infections can interfere with your improvement. Dr.Budwig’s book “Flax Oil as a True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer and other Diseases” offers an understanding of the scientific principles behind this protocol. Her cookbook “The Oil-Protein Diet” gives practical diet information and recipes. Both of these books can be ordered from www.Amazon.com or from www.Barleans.com for about $10. Excerpts are in our files section. Her newest (and last) book, “Cancer-The Problem and The Solution,” written in 1999, is available from http://www.nexus-book.com Excerpts from this book are in the Links Section of our group along with Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]& other information. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaxSeedOil2/links/ To read more information, many testimonials of those who regained their health with the Budwig Protocol, and excerpts from FLAX OIL AS A TRUE AID…, click here for the Files Section of the group. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaxSeedOil2/files/

I HAVE WHAT!!!

 

You have cancer. Three words we all hate and dread to hear. Most of us are taken back. We didn’t ever expect it to happen to us. Now here we are with some possibly major decisions to make. Decisions that could mean the difference between life or death. What route am I going to take? Shall I go conventional or seek out alternatives? I want to highly encourage you to thoroughly do your homework either way. Make an informed decision. Not one you are rushed into by someone else. This is, afterall, your one and only life here.

Should anyone decide to go conventional you need to go home and do a lot of research. Serious, time consuming, laboring  HW. Please don’t  just hand over all control of your life to a complete stranger whose not nearly as interested in you as you and your family are. After your doctor has told you what his plan is for you, go home and read every thing about it you can find on the internet. How effective is it? What’s the rate of recurrence? Is there anyone alive to testify two years later? Does it give you any hope or a sense of deep dread? See if there are other treatment plans. Check out some cutting edge experts in your area. It may be worth the trip. There’s some interesting new research being done, especially overseas. Read all about it. Just don’t take the words your local doctor has spoken over you as the gospel. It’s not the final word unless you let it be and it’s certainly not the only remedy out there. Don’t be afraid and become completely paralyzed by the current situation. Instead, be bold…educate and empower yourself. Then on your next visit go in prepared with written down, thought out, well informed questions. You may frustrate you doctor by the fact that you dare ask him questions since he already told you his plan. If that happened to me, I’d find a new doctor. Also, make sure to check out the National Mortality Database and look at the statistics for your disease before your appt. If your treatment only buys you one or two years at the most, consider do you want to spend them in the hospital doing chemo and making yourself so sick that you only wish you were already dead only to live six more months.

Next, especially if you were given a so called grave prognosis, I want to encourage you. Still continue researching, remember it’s not over until the fat lady sings. If you or a loved one were given a death sentence by conventional medicine, or told to have some radical surgery that you don’t want to undergo, then another alternative is to look up natural therapies. What? Natural therapy with my kind of cancer! You must be joking. No, I most definetely am not. I ask you,  if  you’ve already been stamped terminal, what do you have to lose?  

The day I found out I had cancer I came home and immediately got on the computer. I typed in “Natural Cures for Breast Cancer.” The very first thing that popped up was the Budwig protocol. After researching it and reading testimonies of once “terminal” people that are alive five, ten, twenty years later still being cancer free, I decided that was the route for me. I then went to bed that night, slept like a baby, and I’ve never looked back. I have absolute perfect peace about it. And here’s the great news. It’s working. My tumor has shrunk in half. All I had to do was change my diet and develope a healthier lifestyle. Beats the heck out of a double radical mastectomy, radiation, chemo and breast reconstruction.  So you see there are choices to make that unfortunately most people never exercise.

I’ve decided to have a theme each month for my blogs. Since January is always the month of New Year Resolutions, I’m dedicating Jan to the Budwig Protocol. This diet and lifestyle change could not only help you to regain your health, but tremendously improve your life overall.  

Health and Healing to All,

Cynthia Auer

www.FirAlternativeHealth

Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. If you are in need of medical advise please consult a physician.