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Dr. Johanna Budwig’s Healing Diet & Protocol
Question 37: I find the Budwig diet somewhat monotonous. What is the solution? Answer: The Budwig Diet is similar to the macrobiotic diet, or to diets in cultures and religions where meats are rarely or not at all used. It is all done with the right selection of fruit, vegetables, legumes, grains, oils, nuts, herbs and spices. These people would not view it as restrictive. On a number of occasions I have been a dinner guest at friends who are Seventh Day Adventists. These were festive, all vegetarian, multi-course dinners. I was amazed at the variety of highly delicious foods they came up with. These were memorable experiences. If they had added a flaxseed oil/cottage cheese crème type desert, these meals could have passed as fine examples of meals within the Budwig Diet. Question 38: Why does the cookbook allow flax oil many times to be used without cottage cheese although Dr. Budwig states elsewhere that flaxseed oil alone could cause more harm than good? Answer: Question 39: I thought alcohol was prohibited on the protocol and am puzzled that champagne and wine should be allowed (see Dr. Johanna Budwig: The Practical Implementation of My Oil-Protein Diet and Budwig Diet & Protocol: Practical Outline). Is the beneficial effect due to combining the champagne with flax seeds? Also, does it have to be organic champagne? And wouldn’t it be preferable to drink the ground flaxseeds stirred into the also-recommended papaya juice? Answer 1: I cannot answer as to which is better: ground flaxseeds in Champagne or in papaya juice. They obviously have somewhat different purposes. Generally, I personally would opt for ground flaxseed in papaya juice unless things were critical and the extra push that the ground flaxseed/champagne combination apparently gives, would be needed. [For the description of someone’s attempt at saving the life of his friend, see “Flax oil and champagne for the extremely ill” testimonial in the selected Budwig Diet Testimonies.] Limited use of alcohol in food preparation is not prohibited in this protocol. Look in Dr. Budwig's Oil-Protein Diet recipe book and you will find some examples of it. Dr. Budwig seemed to be more concerned about the variety and tastiness of her flaxseed oil/cottage cheese recipes than total abstinence from alcohol. She also allowed a glass of red wine in the evening. This may shock those who are no-carbohydrate purists and who are dead set against any alcohol, but there it is... it's in her books. Who can argue with it, she proved with her successes that her protocol works. I personally am not in the habit of using alcohol for drink or in food preparation, but maybe I will give it a try sometimes - in food that is - for variety. Answer 2 re wine for overcoming sleeplessness and pain: Dr. Budwig writes in her book "Fettsyndrom" on page 150 regarding the overcoming of pain and sleeplessness: "Often a glass of wine is more valuable and bio-logically more beneficial than the pill." (credits: Michael B. of oel-eiweiss-kost.de) Question 40: What do I do in cases where the liver is affected? Answer: In her last book (1999) Cancer - The Problem and the Solution, p. 117, Dr. Budwig writes this: Unfortunately, Dr. Budwig is not around anymore to prescribe the transition diet for specific cases. I doubt that she would have done it
anyway without seeing the patient. It is therefore up to the individual to make that choice, as it is indeed to choose whether to go on the Budwig Diet or not in the first place. Question 41: I have read in a book that the flaxseed oil/cottage cheese should be mixed either by hand or with a hand beater, but NOT with a blender. Based on your recommendations I have been using a hand blender to first mix the flaxseed oil/cottage cheese, then add ground flax seed, fruit, etc., and blend the entire mixture also using the blender. Is there any reason why using the blender to initially blend the flaxseed oil/cottage cheese would be detrimental to the mixture? There's not a signficant amount of heat generated, and it would seem that this simply increases the efficiency of the blending process (compared to hand blending).
Answer: The author of this book may have a point although I don't know whether it is of sufficient importance to change. Like most people here, I have been using a Braun hand held electric mixer for years to mix my flaxseed oil/cottage cheese. It works very well and I see no reason compelling enough to change at this point. Those that use this kind of mixer have reported good success with this protocol. I believe undermixing is no good, i.e. where the oil is not yet fully water soluble, and overmixing is no good either like "I put all ingredients in a blender at high speed for 5 minutes". That to me is beating the dickens out of good food ingredients. The school of thought that the author is getting at, I believe, is that excessive mechanical agitation of milk proteins can damage them. Mixing by hand will not do that. I am not too sure what kind of damage they are talking about. If I recall correctly, I read somewhere some time ago that cystine can be broken up into cysteine through excessive agitation. I don't know if this is true and I have not found any other sources saying that although I looked for it. Why would this be considered a negative? Cysteine is what we are looking for in the end anyway. It is because cysteine in its pure form is easily broken up in the digestive tract and would therefore not be available to the cell, whereas the di-peptide cystine safely passes through the digestive tract and is broken up into two cysteine molecules on entering the cell. Cystine is therefore the preferred delivery system of the important protein cysteine. I am not convinced that this is critical in the Budwig Diet where cysteine is rather tightly bonded with highly unsaturated fatty acids. It is quite likely that this bond will protect the cysteine molecule from being broken up in the digestive process. Perhaps that is one of the unsung reasons why we must mix flaxseed oil/cottage cheese until the oil is water soluble. In any case, besides cysteine in its pure form, most of the sulphur containing proteins in quark and cottage cheese are in the form of cystine and methionine anyway. Therefore, I am not fully convinced that moderate mechanical mixing will cause "damage" and that this is something to be concerned about when preparing flaxseed oil/cottage cheese. Most people use mechanical mixing with good results - and it is results that count. Question 42 re yogurt: Did Dr. Budwig actually recommend the use of yogurt in place of cottage cheese/quark? Answer: I do remain somewhat uneasy about the use of yoghurt in the place of quark. I have imitated how others say they use it, such as "30 turns with a spoon" (not even 200 turns with a spoon would do it right) and beating it with a whisk. On close observation with a magnifying glass I found that there are still tiny oil specks floating on top. That to me is not mixed enough. The dairy product needs a certain protein density to facilitate complete water solubility of the flaxseed oil. Some yogurts may have it, others don't. Not all yogurts are alike. Some are fortified with powdered milk or something else to raise the protein content. I am still of the opinion that if you want to use yogurt, strain it to come up with a yogurt quark as described in the following. I do it that way. It works well: Feeling the pressure for alternatives, especially yogurt, I began some time ago experimenting to make Yogurt Quark. At first it didn't work out well because it didn't drain enough. Later on I tried it again and had great success with it because the yogurt I bought and used as a culture, probably had different bacteria in it. I read up on it and found that some advances had been made in the selection and combining of bacteria to combat post-acidification. That is a condition where Yogurt becomes more and more acid as it is stored in the refrigerator. Whether this change was the reason for better drainage of whey is not entirely clear to me, but I thought so. Anyway, since sufficiently drained Yogurt is a type of Quark, and since
in my opinion it has all the attributes (low fat, protein quality, quantity and concentration) of German Quark made from buttermilk, I believe that it can be used as a substitute for it. Other than that, I see no
suitable substitutes. Question 43 re “maintenance dose”: I have been doing the Budwig diet on and off in addition to traditional treatments for Hodgkin's Lymphoma (I feel that I was able to utilize every avenue to try and ensure the defeat of my cancer). A well-known alternative cancer treatment site specifically says that being in remission from traditional therapies you should treat yourself as if you still have cancer. I always planned on starting the purported maintenance dose once I was at the right point. Is that time now or should I still stay with a larger dose of flaxoil? If so for how long? Answer 1: When you have changed your eating and lifestyle habits for the better and you are in remission, it makes sense to continue with it. That is also true for the Budwig Protocol. Dr. Roehm said to stick with it for at least 5 years. A man who was a patient of Dr. Budwig and who was healed of his brain cancer in just a few months (independently verified), is still using the protocol years after. He has no intention of stopping. He may have scaled back a bit, but I don't remember that part very well, I have not spoken with him for several months. I believe that cutting back somewhat is ok if you know that your cancer is gone. Going all the way back to the [alleged] maintenance level of 1 T flaxseed oil per 100 lb body weight may not be wise. I see it more as a prevention for those that never had cancer than a maintenance after you had cancer. I could be wrong. Answer 2: Also compare Budwig protocol & life energies blockages: on the question why the cancer always/sometimes will come back with a vengeance when the Budwig diet is abandoned (part 1). Question 44, re flaxoil capsules: is there any danger in just taking flaxoil capsules instead of mixing oil and cottage cheese together? Answer: Question 45: Is this protocol effective with pancreatic and liver cancers? Answer: CT ABDOMEN AND PELVIS. Technique Compare liver cancer and pancreatic cancer healing testimonials in the selected Budwig Diet Testimonies and Anecdotal case history: exclusive Gerson diet therapy leading to full recovery from terminal pancreatic cancer.
Question 46: Is there a possible need for the use of supplemental enzymes? Answer: Question 47: I have read that Dr. Johanna Budwig recommended flax oil enemas. Is this the flax oil/cottage cheese mixture she recommended for this? Answer: Question 48: I have been faithfully applying the recommendations and have been progressing towards being cancer- (or more precisely tumor-)free, but my body, the immune system ... has not completed the circle. Why has it stopped halfway and not completely rid the cancer? Must I wait another 3-6 months? That’s ok as long as I know, but I don't. This is why these alternative methods are not consistent. If Budwig works why did the healing process stop. I haven't changed anything? Answer 1: Answer 2 re tumors: In fact there are experiments that show that tumors serve as "septic tanks" or detoxification factories which absorb uneliminated surplus toxins and thus keep them out of the general circulation where they w/could do harm. That's why Lothar Hirneise goes so far as to call a tumor a solution, not a problem. A pertinent quote: 'A tumor is the body's solution to a problem. A tumor forms because someone is no longer producing adrenaline, which is needed to break down sugar. An excess of sugar is dangerous, so the body produces tumors. Tumors ferment - burn - sugar. They also use a lot of energy - sugar - due to the fast division of cells. That's why some tumors grow so fast. Cancer cells function like liver cells, only much more efficiently. So the tumour helps you to rid your body of poisons. Without the tumor you would be really ill. I always tell people: "The tumor is not your problem. A tumor is an incredibly ingenious solution on the part of the body." When you get healthy, the tumor disappears on its own, which is why you shouldn't immediately operate to remove it. First detoxify yourself. If the tumor continues to grow - which is almost never the case - you can always operate later.' The one problem a tumor does represent is the fact that it robs its host of energy (sugar) which could lead to the person carrying the
tumor to eventually die of cachexia. In fact a tumor cell takes up 18 times the amount of sugar than a normal cell. To counteract this energy drain and loss, Hirneise suggests three things: (1) high energy
organic nutrition as provided by Dr. Johanna Budwig’s oil-protein diet, by a raw food diet or by freshly squeezed juices (for Hirneise and others, food is essentially pure light, compare Light: Eating the Wild Electron), (2) daylight (to be regularly sought quite independent of
weather conditions and whether the sun is shining or not) and (3) Eldi oils. Answer 3 adding some more esoteric ideas to the picture...: Perhaps you are doing healing work on other parts of your being... perhaps your "higher self" doesn't want you to be fully physically
healed yet... Perhaps there are unexplored parts of your life and inner attitudes which get in the way... So have you thought of looking into your inner emotions and attitudes, geopathic stress, possible past lives (see for instance Real-Life_Stories: Breast Cancer Healing), unresolved traumas... A most highly recommended tool to address and often successfully deal with any emotional issues is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), see Introduction to EFT: Healing Mind and Body By Reestablishing Healthy Energetic Flow. A somewhat similar technique which, like EFT, is also DIYable is called The Emotion Code and also worthwhile checking out. Above all, have you asked whomever invisible agents of good or love and light you trust and believe in to help you see the entire truth and picture, or a larger perspective, of your present situation? You can ask this kind of question before opening a book on healing and request to be guided to the page(s) containing answers for you. You can ask for guidance when going to sleep and may receive revelations from/in your dreams. Others may find it helpful to consult medical intuitives, “divinatory” cards, or to meditate, pray etc. Be careful of overfocussing on what you perceive as lacking in your life. Nearly everyone has much to be grateful for. Gratitude apparently is a very healing emotion in itself. Also it may be beneficial for some to focus more on serving others and less on oneself. Last but not least, always try to see yourself as healed and healthy - the mind can be MOST powerful to heal or make ill. If you’d like to read more concise food for thought and meditation, here are inspirational quotes and thoughts for cancer patients on a healing quest. (credits: Healing Cancer Naturally)
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