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Dr. Johanna Budwig’s Healing Diet & Protocol (1)
100 pages of authentic information on the Budwig diet & lifestyle including
diet details, exclusive book extracts, testimonials, Budwig FAQ,
research, complementary treatments & more
Dr. Johanna Budwig • Dr. Budwig‘s Major Discovery • Books • Comments
Details • Cancer Cure Testimonials • FAQ • Lignan Flaxseed Oil
Quotes • Research • Tips • Vegan Alternatives
Why Organic Dairy
  
Farsi
”What she (Dr. Johanna Budwig) has demonstrated to my initial disbelief but
lately, to my complete satisfaction in my practice is: CANCER IS EASILY
CURABLE, the treatment is dietary/lifestyle, the response is immediate;
the cancer cell is weak and vulnerable; the precise biochemical
breakdown point was identified by her in 1951 and is specifically
correctable, in vitro (test tube) as well as in vivo (real)...”
Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP (oncologist & former cardiologist)
in "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990
Welcome to the only comprehensive & authoritative English-language
website in the world offering authentic information on Dr. Johanna Budwig and her oil-protein diet & protocol as spelled out in
fourteen of her original German books and other
Budwig-related German-language sources.
© by Healing Cancer Naturally
2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008
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General
• Cancer: A Problem of Right and Wrong Fats?
• Who Was Dr. Johanna Budwig?
• Dr. Budwig’s Major Discovery
• Linseed and Fatty Acids: Johanna Budwig
• Excerpted from Dr Budwig’s Book “Cancer - The Problem and
The Solution”: Cancer Researcher Lothar Hirneise Interviews
Johanna Budwig
• Comments on Dr Budwig’s Work
• Memorable Quotes on Dr. Budwig's Work
Budwig Diet & Protocol Details
• Basic introduction to Dr. Budwig’s Oil-Protein Diet & Protocol,
Fats, Essential Fatty Acids & Related Subjects
• Dr. Johanna Budwig: Practical Implementation Oil-Protein Diet
(I)
• Budwig Diet & Protocol: Practical Outline (II)
• How to make the flaxseed oil plus cottage cheese or quark mixture
• Budwig Linomel Breakfast Muesli Recipe
• Oleolux Recipe
• Quark-Flax Oil Mayonnaise Recipe
• Eldi Oils for Massage & Enemas in the Budwig Cancer Treatment
• Budwig Diet and Protocol: Tips and Frequently Asked Questions FAQ
• Is the Budwig Protocol “just flaxseed oil and cottage cheese”?
• Reasons Why Plain Flaxseed Oil Is Better Than High-Lignan Flaxoil
• Thoughts on Supplemental Vitamins & Minerals
•
Dr. Johanna Budwig on what to avoid when following the
Budwig diet & protocol
(items & treatments observed to
interfere with its healing effects)
• On Complementary Therapies: Treatment Modalities Compatible with
Dr. Budwig’s Protocol and Natural Healing Approach to Cancer &
Other Diseases
•
Natural Cancer Pain Management & Relief: Medication Alternatives
Compatible With Dr. Budwig’s Diet & Protocol
• How long did Dr. Budwig advise a cancer patient to stay on the
“strict” Budwig diet & protocol as laid out in her oil-protein
cookbook?
• Tips, Suggestions & Testimonials: How to Overcome Dairy/Cottage
Cheese/Lactose Intolerance and Sensitivity on the Budwig diet
• Magnesium/Calcium Food Table
• FlaxOil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, And
Other Diseases (Dr. Budwig book excerpt)
• Caveat: new breed of flaxseed (linseed) low in alpha-linolenic acid
(an Omega 3 fatty acid): Linola/Solin
• Linola - A new form of flaxseed (linseed) low in alpha-linolenic acid
(an Omega 3 fatty acid)
• Wichtig für deutsche Besucher
Sunlight as Essential Healing Factor
• The Fat's Syndrome & Photons As Solar Enfergy (“man as an
antenna for sunlight”)
• Healing Cancer With Light (“
Sunlight greatly increases the body's
consumption of oxygen. “ ~ Dr. Herbert Shelton)
Light, Food & Electrons
• Light, Eating the Wild Electron
• The Fat's Syndrome & Photons As Solar Energy
(Dr. Budwig book
excerpt)
Research & Validation
• Alternative Cancer Treatment Researcher Lothar Hirneise Asserts
Primordial Importance of Johanna Budwig Protocol for
Cancer Patients
• Two German MDs Specialising In Holistic Cancer Treatment Endorse
Dr. Budwig’s Diet and Natural Healing Approach to Cancer at Every
Stage of Tumor Development
• Otto Warburg On The Prime Cause & Prevention of Cancer:
Respiration of Oxygen in Normal Body Cells vs. Fermentation of
Sugar in Cancer Cells
• FDA Announces Qualified Health Claims for Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• New Information On Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Animal & Human Research Studies Into Effects of Flaxseed &
Components (Lignan, Lignan Precursors & Oil) on Cancer & Tumor
Growth
Budwig Testimonials & Support
• Two German MDs Specialising In Holistic Cancer Treatment Endorse
Dr. Budwig’s Diet and Natural Healing Approach to Cancer at Every
Stage of Tumor Development
• 80+ Budwig & “flaxoil/cottage cheese” Healing Testimonies
•
Testimonials of brain cancer (Adenoma/Glioblastoma multiforme/
Anaplastic astrocytoma/Glioma) cured
• Breast Cancer Healing Testimonials Thanks to Budwig Diet
• Terminal Breast Cancer Healed Via Budwig Protocol, Healthy Today
• Prostate Cancer: Healing & Other Testimonials Involving the Budwig
Diet
• Lung Cancer Healing Testimonials Thanks to Flaxoil/Cottage Cheese
• Bladder Cancer Cure Testimonials
• Cancer Healing Story Involving Omega 3 Fatty Acids: Malignant
Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Lung
• “Terminal” Colon Cancer (Stage 4) Cure & Other Colon Cancer Cure
Testimonials
• Esophageal Cancer Patient’s Cure Testimonial: Terminal Cancer of
the Esophagus Apparently Healed Via Strict Budwig Protocol
• Private Initiative Reports Remissions of Cancer, Aids and Other
Ailments Thanks to Budwig Diet & Protocol
• Pet (Dog & Cat) Cancer Cure Testimonials
• Success Story: Cancer and Ferrets - Adrenal Cancer GONE!
• Developing massive swelling & water retention upon adoption of the
Budwig protocol and its possible causes such as liver impairment
allergies, insufficient LNA conversion etc.: a case of cancer
unresponsive to the classic Budwig oil-protein diet with suggested
remedies
• A former prostate cancer patient's report on his consultation
with Dr. Budwig (incl. health update testimonial)
• Johanna Budwig Protocol General & Cancer Healing Testimonials
On Complementary Therapies
• Treatment Modalities Compatible with Dr. Budwig’s Protocol and
Natural Healing Approach to Cancer & Other Diseases
• Natural Cancer Pain Management & Relief: Medication Alternatives
Compatible With Dr. Budwig’s Diet & Protocol
• Dr. Johanna Budwig on what to avoid when following the
Budwig diet & protocol (items & treatments observed to
interfere with its healing effects)
Dr. Johanna Budwig Resources:
Available & Non-Available Books
Flaxseed Oil Sources
• Dr. Budwig’s Works in English & German
• Buying Quality Flax Oil
Budwig-Related Clinics & Doctors
• Mariposas Clinic in Spain
• Germany:
Holistic Cancer Treatment Practice Uses Dr. Budwig’s Diet
and Natural Healing Approach to Cancer and Other Diseases
• Foundational Health Center
Budwig Diet: The Larger Picture of Healing
• 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)
• Dr. Budwig’s Scientific Protocol & Conventional Medicine
Budwig Diet & Protocol Information in Other Languages
German - Deutsch
• Detaillierte Informationen zur Budwigschen Öl-Eiweiß-Kost incl.
Erfahrungsberichte: www.oel-eiweiss-kost.de
French - Français
• Le régime Huile-Protéine-Soleil du Dr Johanna Budwig:
• Introduction à l’oeuvre scientifique du Dr Johanna Budwig
(centrée
sur les bienfaits des omégas 3/méfaits des graisses hydrogénées
(trans-fats)
•
Le régime Huile-Protéine du Dr Johanna Budwig: lignes directrices,
plan journalier, interdictions & recommendations
• Le régime Huile-Protéine du
Dr Johanna Budwig: recettes de base
• Dr Johanna Budwig: L’huile de linette, comme aide véritable contre
l’arthrite, l’infarctus, le cancer et autres maladies (I)
• Dr Johanna Budwig: L’huile de linette, comme aide véritable
contre
l’arthrite, l’infarctus, le cancer et autres maladies (II)
Spanish - Español
• Introducción y reseña general de la dieta de aceite y proteína y el
protocolo Budwig en idioma español:
• Cáncer y Dieta Budwig : Quién fue la Dra. Johanna Budwig?
Su Mayor Descubrimiento.
• Lo Básico de la Dieta Budwig (1)
: Cómo hacer el Aceite de Linaza
más Requesón o Quesillo
• Lo Básico de la Dieta Budwig (2): Instrucciones para hacer Muesli
Linomel Budwig para el Desayuno
• Lo Básico de la Dieta Budwig (3): Instrucciones para hacer
Mayonesa Budwig
• Lo Básico de la Dieta Budwig (4)
: Instrucciones para hacer
su propio Oleolux.
Farsi
• The above-listed Spanish excerpts translated into Farsi (pdf download,
click to open or right click and “save target as”) including:
Who Was Dr. Johanna Budwig?
How to make the flaxseed oil plus cottage cheese or quark mixture
Budwig Linomel Breakfast Muesli Recipe
Quark-Flax Oil Mayonnaise Recipe
Oleolux Recipe
Cancer:
A Problem of Right and Wrong Fats & Lack of Sunlight?
What would you think if you heard someone claim that there is a diet-based protocol centered on the ingestion of two simple foodstuffs p
lus sunlight that has actually helped heal numerous cases of cancer including saving the so-called terminally ill - some given a few hours to live!? If you react like many, you will think that
this sounds far too simplistic to be true.
And yet it is.
As Dr Willner, M.D., Ph.D. (The Cancer Solution) writes, "Numerous, independent clinical studies published in major medical
journals world-wide confirm Dr. Budwig’s findings…. Over 40 years ago Dr Budwig presented clear and convincing evidence, which has been confirmed by hundreds of other related scientific research
papers since, that the essential fatty acids were at the core of the answer to the cancer problem…You will come to your own conclusions as to why this simple effective prevention and therapy
has not only been ignored—it has been suppressed!". Or as someone commented, ”Over the years I have been given a lot of different advice as well, so when I heard about Dr Budwig’s protocol
I too was very sceptical, until I tried it."
Before you proceed to reading any further, please know that not everybody reacts
the same to this or any other treatment, and that in any healing diet or protocol one may undertake, one should never underrate the often amazing power of
the Mind, i.e. the placebo or belief effect, as well as the influence of the
emotions and energetic and spiritual factors on both the disease
and healing process.
Two important pieces of advice before we start:
1. If you do decide to follow the Budwig diet & protocol, give it a fair try, meaning that you follow Dr. Budwig’s instructions to the
letter for a while such as at least 1 to 3 months, and then see how you or the patient fares. Dr. Budwig’s instructions are very strict and include no supplements apart from yeast flakes (and possibly
plant-derived enzymes for fat/protein digestion, with herbs in their natural form also being ok), daily fresh ground flax seeds etc. etc. You can read up on all the details on this site.
Apart from the possible placebo effect she exerted (as any healing professional who instills confidence in his patients), Dr. Budwig
heavily insisted on her instructions being closely followed since she believed that only in this manner, success could be reached.
Don’t get misled by self-proclaimed “Budwig diet experts” who combine her basic flax oil/cottage cheese with a regime of their own
making which supposedly “reinforces” the Budwig diet. While these regimes may well be effective against cancer and other diseases, I have seen no documentation as to whether this is true.
2. Healing Cancer Naturally considers minerals and trace elements and the ubiquitous lack of them a major player in cancer genesis and healing, see Minerals. The fact that so relatively few of those
who undertake the Budwig protocol today seem to report dramatic success when compared to the near 100% success rate claimed by Dr. Budwig who started treating patients decades ago, might (apart
from non-compliance with her instructions) also be related to the reported significant decline in mineral and trace element (as well as vitamin) content in today’s foods, caused by soil depletion and
inorganic husbandry. So an important piece of advice would be to look for and incorporate naturally rich sources of mineral and trace elements in your diet. More inexpensive sources are, apart from
organically grown foodstuffs, particularly seaweeds which I highly recommend adding.
Who Was Dr. Johanna Budwig?
Dr. Johanna Budwig (born 30 September 1908, died 19 May 2003, pronounced Yaw-hun-nah Bood-vig), a seven-times alternative
Nobel prize nominee, was a qualified German pharmacologist, chemist and physicist with a doctorate in physics who worked as the chief expert-consultant for drugs and fats at the former
Bundesanstalt für Fettforschung (Federal Institute for Fats Research). Described as ”the world's leading authority on fats and oils”, Dr. Budwig studied in-depth the effect of hydrogenated and
other denatured fats upon human health and found it to be desastrous, while she discovered the truly “essential” and powerfully healing nature of essential fatty acids on all manner of degenerative
diseases including cancer. She authored numerous books (among
them Cancer - The Problem and The Solution, Das Fettsyndrom [The Fat Syndrome, discussing the links between fats and next to all diseases of the heart and lung as well as cancer], Krebs, ein
Fettproblem [Cancer - A Fat Problem, on the right choice and use of fats], Der Tod des Tumors [The Death of the Tumor], as well as numerous scientific papers and treatises in which she published her
findings on the critical importance of the right fatty acids and the deleterious effect of the wrong fats on human health (the use of “wrong fats” having become widespread since the invention and
ubiquitous introduction of the hydrogenation process in order to extend the shelf life of fats and to create margarine).
Three of her works "FlaxOil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, And Other Diseases" (read excerpts here), "The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook" and the above-mentioned Cancer - The Problem and The Solution (excerpts here) have been translated into
English. The former, though a slender volume of only about 60 pages, is “packed with the most clear thinking on the genesis of serious diseases and health recovery” including healing cancer. The
fact that so far solely three of Dr. Budwig’s works are accessible to the English-speaking world makes it hard, however, to appreciate the true scope and breadth of her protocol and cancer treatment
approach. While the situation is naturally better for German readers, even these have easy access only to parts of her work since a number of her books - in fact, the majority - are currently out of
print and much determination is called for to find a copy of these books in second-hand stores.
As other researchers who have offered a non-profitable and effective way of healing cancer (or keeping it under control by
preventing metastasis), Dr. Budwig and her work have been attacked and silenced by vested medical, industrial and pharmaceutical interests throughout her life (compare History of Cancer Treatment). As summarized by Cliff Beckwith who has kept
his prostate cancer under control for over a decade: "Dr. Budwig to my knowledge had over 1000 documented successes. However, her work was not popular with the Oncology Industry in Europe. Her
ideas would have meant a lot of losses in the Food Industry [too]; especially in the fats industry.
My cousin, Richard Beckwith, called her probably eleven years ago
and talked to her about forty five minutes. She told him that American doctors had come to Germany and been impressed with her work. Then they wanted to try to work out some way to have
exclusive rights to her methods in the United States and make a lot of money and she wouldn't do that.
She believed her work was very important and was anxious to see it
carried on but no one seemed interested unless they could make a lot of money.
I had Advanced [prostate] cancer and I could not wait for scientific confirmation and began to use these ideas immediately. One thing
led to another, none of it planned, and we have seen many folks recover from cancer or have lives greatly extended. A lot of that information is at www.beckwithfamily.com.
That is all based on anecdotal evidence. Other than the evidence in Dr. Budwig's records [as far as they are available in English] that is all there is. No one is doing any scientific testing. That is done to
prove the value of drugs for profit and one cannot patent Flaxseed Oil.
...In my view there should be enough on those lists [the evidence
reported on two Budwig discussion lists he founded] and what we have seen to at least cause someone really interested in human welfare to be curious."
And it seems likely that apart from financial interests, human failings such as intellectual pride play a part in the silencing and ignoring of Dr. Budwig’s apparently often life-saving discoveries.
Cliff Beckwith again: “For the most part one cannot expect the doctors to place any real credibility to the use of FO/CC [flax oil and cottage cheese]. It seems incredible that anything could be
successful other than what they are taught in Med school. Imagine the blow to one's ego if it became official that something with which he or she is not familiar would be found to be much better than the
things that were studied 10 years to learn.”
Dr. Johanna Budwig’s Major Discovery
In 1952, Dr. Budwig wrote in a paper entitled On Fat Biology V. Paper Chromatography of Blood Lipoids, the Tumour Problem and
Fat Research: "It is basically proven that highly unsaturated fatty acids are the heretofore undiscovered decisive factor in respiratory enzyme function”, i.e. constitute the second part of the “equation”
that nobelist Otto Warburg* had been unable to find. What sounds insignificant to the layman’s ears, is arguably one of the greatest breakthroughs in medicinal science: from that moment onward we
have known that the highly unsaturated fatty acid is the decisive factor achieving the desired effect of cellular respiratory stimulation. Working in conjunction with sulfurated amino acids (protein), the
highly unsaturated fatty acid plays a part, even the critical part, in the ”bridging” taking place between fats and protein, in the absorption AND utilization of oxygen, in all growth processes, in the
formation of blood and in many other processes. Working from this theory, Dr. Budwig was able to help a great many cancer patients with the scientific oil-protein diet of flaxoil plus cottage cheese she
designed (the “Budwig diet”), which allows cancer cells to start ”breathing” again. A few physicians followed in her footsteps, such as Dr. Dan C. Roehm from Florida or Dr. Robert E. Willner (Miami).
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Based upon her research findings, Dr. Budwig was not only against processed foods and supplements (no pills) but also against chemotherapy, radiation and drugs, and in a less
categorical manner, surgery (see interview). And, rare as that may be, she also was aware of the critical importance of sunlight as well as the spiritual, mental and emotional factors in healing cancer and other illness. That said and as hinted
at above, it is important to keep in mind that the fuller details of her published thought on healing cancer are not currently known/accessible in the English- and most of the German-speaking world,
thus making all efforts presently undertaken at implementing and spreading the word about Dr. Budwig’s discoveries in English a grassroots movement liable to be enlarged as more details become
known to the general public via correctly translated editions of more of her books.
* Dr. Otto Warburg, twice Nobel Laureate, awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology
or Medicine in 1931 for his research on cellular respiration, explains: “The growth of cancer cells is initiated by a relative lack of oxygen. Cancer cannot live in an
oxygen-rich environment...Cancer has only one prime cause. It is the replacement of normal oxygen respiration of the body’s cells by an anaerobic (i.e., oxygen deficient)
cell respiration.” Going into greater detail in The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer, he writes: “...the cause of cancer is no longer a mystery, we know it occurs
whenever any cell is denied 60% of its oxygen requirements. Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only
one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of
sugar. All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, whereas cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation. All
normal body cells are thus obligate aerobes, whereas all cancer cells are partial anaerobes.” Compare Otto Warburg On The Prime Cause & Prevention of Cancer:
Respiration of Oxygen in Normal Body Cells vs. Fermentation of Sugar in Cancer Cells.
Basic Introduction to Dr. Budwig’s Diet, Fats, Essential Fatty Acids and Related Subjects
The basis of Dr. Budwig’s diet or protocol is the ingestion of a special oil-protein mixture in the form of organic cold-pressed
flaxseed oil plus cottage cheese or “quark” (a dairy product readily available in German-speaking countries made from various types of milk and roughly similar to cottage cheese), to balance an
oversupply of omega 6 fatty acids and hydrogenated fats in the Western diet and to provide an immediately available abundant supply of essential omega 3 acids. Of all plant oils, flax oil is the
richest source of these omega 3 acids (naturally occurring variations not considered, 100 g of oil contain 72g of polyunsaturated fatty acids, 54g of which are omega 3 acids). This oil is combined with
protein (or more precisely, sulphurated amino acids** such as liberally found in quark/cottage cheese) to allow the highly unsaturated fatty acids to become water-soluble, thus bypassing the
need for an (often) diseased or impaired liver to break down the unsatured fat by its own efforts. Quote: “The lipotropic protein connections, e.g. Cystein, as they are found in ... cottage cheese or
nuts are able to make water-soluble the ...highly unsaturated fatty acids in seed oils. And that is what matters. When you mix together ... cottage cheese and linseed oil in your blender the fat becomes
water-soluble” and thereby immediately available for use by the body. In this manner, the necessary “spark plugs” are provided for cells to “breathe”, optimally detoxify and function, even more so
when additionally combining the flax oil cottage cheese mix with an optimised sugar-free diet devoid of respiratory poisons [substances which inhibit cellular respiration] but containing much raw organic
food (compare excerpts from Dr. Budwig’s Flax Oil As A True Aid and Nutrition page).
Dr. Budwig’s diet (which, when properly applied, is an entire protocol and involves not only ingestion of the above oil-protein
mixture, but also a healthy minimally processed vegetarian diet, freshly ground flaxseeds, sunlight, stress management, “Eldi” oils, etc.*, has literally pulled people back from death’s doorstep. Based on this evidence and its ease of implementation, it may be the
quickest and easiest move to take for many stricken with a cancer challenge and/or those who are looking for an often fast-working approach to health recovery. In fact, eminent alternative & conventional cancer treatment researcher Lothar Hirneise considers
Dr. Johanna Budwig’s protocol the indispensable nutritional basis of any healing plan for cancer patients.
* Compare Complementary therapies Dr. Johanna Budwig recommended and
endorsed.
While Dr. Johanna Budwig’s proposed diet and basic protocol IS easy to implement in daily life (see Dr. Johanna Budwig: The practical implementation of my oil-protein diet), and for “how-to” details on the Budwig diet, start with Making the Flaxseed Oil plus Cottage Cheese or Quark Mixture. Budwig Linomel Breakfast Muesli Recipe, Oleolux Recipe, Quark-Flax Oil Mayonnaise Recipe as well as
the very extensive Budwig Diet & Protocol FAQ I have compiled from an authentic Budwig source currently available in English as well as the 13 original German-language books by Dr. Budwig I
own), the subject of fats and fats metabolism is rather complex and possibly far from fully understood by scientists today. To facilite both a deeper understanding of this area and the implementation of
Dr. Budwig’s natural cancer treatment and healing protocol if you are so inclined, I have compiled a file containing both further “how-to” information on the Budwig diet and protocol and general
and scientific information on fats & essential fatty acids plus related subjects gleaned from various websites. I have edited the information for link and other accuracy as well as obvious
redundancy. Additionally, I have included links to further ”fat”, ”flax oil” and ”Budwig” reference pages and a tabulation of the unsaturated fatty acid content of various oils.
Download information file on Budwig diet & protocol and fats
in zip (compressed) or doc format (currently being updated).
I’d also like to refer you to Dr. Johanna Budwig’s available English-language books, with some people expressing particular appreciation for her oil-protein cookbook. One comment reads: “I
have found that one of THE MOST VALUABLE, yea NECESSARY items one should get for following the Budwig diet is Dr. Budwig's ‘Oil Protein Cookbook.’ It demystifies all kinds of things for you, and
has OVER 500 recipes in it to make sure [you] will be getting all the things Dr. Budwig wanted her clients to get in their diet.” I too believe it is essential for anyone “serious” about implementing the
Budwig diet with the aim of healing from serious disease such as cancer to at the very least own Dr. Budwig’s inexpensive oil-protein cookbook. It would seem best to also read her book “Flax Oil as a
True Aid” and to make sure to share these books with others, both to possibly help them prevent and heal from serious disease. More comments.
Research Studies On Animals Into the Effects of Flaxseed and Flaxseed Components (Lignan, Lignan Precursors & Oil) on Cancer and Tumor Growth***
A 2002 animal experiment on the ”[e]ffect of flaxseed supplementation on prostatic carcinoma in transgenic mice” found that a
”diet supplemented with 5% flaxseed inhibits the growth and development of prostate cancer in the TRAMP model”.
Aiming to ”investigate the effects of flaxseed supplementation on prostatic neoplasia
in the transgenic adenocarcinoma mouse prostate (TRAMP) model”, a ”total of 135 male TRAMP mice 5 to 6 weeks old were randomized to a control group (AIN-76A
diet) or an experimental group (AIN-76A diet plus 5% flaxseed by weight). One half of the mice in each group were treated for 20 weeks and the remainder for 30
weeks. At autopsy, urogenital tissues (four prostatic lobes, seminal vesicles, and emptied bladder), lungs, lymph nodes, and grossly abnormal tissues were collected
for histologic evaluation. RESULTS: Of the control mice, 100% developed prostate cancer versus 97% of the mice in the flaxseed group. The tumor/urogenital weight
was 3.6 +/- 0.4 g in the controls versus 1.9 +/- 0.2 g in the flaxseed-treated mice (P = 0.0005). At 20 weeks, no significant difference in tumor grade was seen between
the two groups; however, at 30 weeks, the flaxseed-treated mice had significantly less aggressive tumors than did the controls (P = 0.01). The prevalence of lung and
lymph node metastases was 13% and 16%, respectively, in the control mice versus 5% and 12%, respectively, in the experimental group (difference not significant).
After 20 weeks of treatment, cellular proliferation (Ki-67) differed significantly between the control and experimental groups (38.1 +/- 2.03 versus 26.2 +/- 2.03; P
<0.0001), and the apoptotic index (deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-digoxigenin nick end labeling) was 1.45 +/- 0.14 versus 3.3 +/- 0.31 (P
<0.0001). Similar differences were seen after 30 weeks of treatment.
The original NCBI report with references
A 2002 animal experiment on “the effect of flaxseed (FS), the richest source of lignans and alpha-linolenic acid, on growth and
metastasis of established human breast cancer in a nude mice model” concluded that “Dietary flaxseed inhibits human breast cancer growth and metastasis”.
Dietary flaxseed inhibits human breast cancer growth and metastasis and
downregulates expression of insulin-like growth factor and epidermal growth factor receptor.
Chen J, Stavro PM, Thompson LU. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3E2.
Recent studies indicate that diets rich in phytoestrogens and n-3 fatty acid have
anticancer potential. This study determined the effect of flaxseed (FS), the richest source of lignans and alpha-linolenic acid, on growth and metastasis of established
human breast cancer in a nude mice model. Estrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-435, were injected into the mammary fat pad of mice
(Ncr nu/nu) fed a basal diet (BD). At Week 8, mice were randomized into two diet groups, such that the groups had similar tumor size and body weight. One continued
on the BD, while the other was changed to BD supplemented with 10% FS, until sacrifice at Week 15. A significant reduction (P < 0.05) in tumor growth rate and a
45% reduction (P = 0.08) in total incidence of metastasis were observed in the FS group. Lung metastasis incidence was 55.6% in the BD group and 22.2% in the FS
group, while the lymph node metastasis incidence was 88.9% in the BD group and 33.3% in the FS group (P < 0.05). Mean tumor number (tumor load) of total and
lymph node metastasis was significantly lower in the FS than in the BD group (P < 0.05). Metastatic lung tumor number was reduced by 82%, and a significantly lower
tumor trend (P < 0.01) was observed in the FS group. Lung weight, which also reflects metastatic tumor load, in the FS group was reduced by 20% (P < 0.05) compared with the BD group.
Immunohistochemical study showed that Ki-67 labeling index and expression of insulin-like growth factor I and epithelial growth factor receptor in the primary tumor
were lower in the FS (P < 0.05) than in the BD group.
In conclusion, flaxseed inhibited the established human breast cancer growth and
metastasis in a nude mice model, and this effect is partly due to its downregulation of insulin-like growth factor I and epidermal growth factor receptor expression.
The original NCBI report with references
A 1996 animal experiment aiming “to determine whether supplementation with flaxseed, its lignan or oil fractions, beginning
13 weeks after carcinogen administration, would reduce the size of established mammary tumors (present at the start of treatment) and appearance of new tumors in rats” concluded that “the S.D. in
flaxseed appears to be beneficial throughout the promotional phase of carcinogenesis whereas the oil component is more effective at the stage when tumors have already been established.”
Flaxseed and its lignan and oil components reduce mammary tumor growth at a late
stage of carcinogenesis.
Thompson LU, Rickard SE, Orcheson LJ, Seidl MM. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Flaxseed, a rich source of mammalian lignan precursor secoisolariciresinol- diglycoside (S.D.) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), has been shown to be protective at
the early promotion stage of carcinogenesis. The objective of this study was to determine whether supplementation with flaxseed, its lignan or oil fractions,
beginning 13 weeks after carcinogen administration, would reduce the size of established mammary tumors (present at the start of treatment) and appearance of
new tumors in rats. Dietary groups consisted of the basal diet (BD, 20% corn oil) alone or supplemented with a gavage of 2200 nmol/day S.D. [S.D., equal to level in
5% flaxseed (F)], 1.82% flaxseed oil (OIL, equal to level in 5% F) or 2.5% or 5% flaxseed (2.5% F and 5% F, respectively). After 7 weeks of treatment, established
tumor volume was over 50% smaller in all treatment groups (OIL, 2.5% F, 5% F, P < 0.04; S.D., P < 0.08) while there was no change in the BD group. New tumor
number and volume were lowest in the S.D. (P < 0.02) and 2.5% F (P < 0.07) groups. The combined established and new tumor volumes were smaller for the
S.D., 2.5% F and 5% F groups (P < 0.02) compared to the OIL and BD groups. The high negative correlation (r = -0.997, P < 0.001) between established tumor volume
and urinary mammalian lignan excretion in the BD, S.D., 2.5% F and 5% F groups indicates that the reduction in tumor size is due in part to the lignans derived from
the S.D. in flaxseed. However, there was no relationship between new or total tumor development and urinary lignan levels. The effect of flaxseed oil may be
related to its high ALA content. In conclusion, the S.D. in flaxseed appears to be beneficial throughout the promotional phase of carcinogenesis whereas the oil
component is more effective at the stage when tumors have already been established.
The original NCBI report with references
A 1992 animal experiment aiming to determine “whether flaxseed decreases the risk for colon carcinogenesis” concluded that while the
observed effects were “not linearly related to the level of flaxseed fed, it suggests that flaxseed feeding may reduce the risk for colon carcinogenesis”.
Flaxseed supplementation and early markers of colon carcinogenesis. Serraino M,
Thompson LU. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Since flaxseed ingestion produces potentially anticarcinogenic lignans in the colon,
this study determined whether flaxseed decreases the risk for colon carcinogenesis. Following a single injection of azoxymethane (15 mg/kg body wt.), five groups of
male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a high-fat (20% corn oil) basal diet with or without supplementation with 5% or 10% flaxseed meal (FM) or flaxseed flour (FF)
for four weeks. Upon sacrifice, colons were examined for aberrant morphology and cell proliferation. In the descending colon of supplemented groups, the total number
of aberrant crypts and foci were significantly reduced by 41-53% and 48-57%, respectively. The labeling index (LI) was also 10-22% lower in these groups, except
for the 5% FM group. While these effects are not linearly related to the level of flaxseed fed, it suggests that flaxseed feeding may reduce the risk for colon carcinogenesis.
The original NCBI report with references
A 1991 animal experiment tested flaxseed for its effect on early markers of risk for mammary carcinogenesis:
The effect of flaxseed supplementation on early risk markers for mammary
carcinogenesis.
Serraino M, Thompson LU. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Since lignans have been suggested to have some cancer-protective effects,
flaxseed, the most abundant source of lignan precursors, was tested for its effect on early markers of risk for mammary carcinogenesis. Supplementation of a high-fat
diet with flaxseed flour (FF) or defatted flaxseed meal (FM) (5% or 10%) reduced the epithelial cell proliferation by 38.8-55.4% and nuclear aberrations by
58.8-65.9% in female rat mammary gland, with optimum effects seen with the 5% FF.
These protective effects were accompanied by increases in urinary lignan excretion
indicating that they may be related to the ability of flaxseed to provide lignan precursors.
The original NCBI report with references
More research studies incl. on humans
***Note by Healing Cancer Naturally:
Personally, I don’t advocate animal experiments for the reasons sketched below. I am including the above pertinent research however (since it has been done in any
case) in support of the efficacy of the “Budwig diet” for those who believe that test results are transferrable to human beings (and to my knowledge they occasionally are).
More generally speaking, animal experiments could justifiably be called “as useless and dangerous for humans as cruel to animals” (e.g. thalidomide was tested safe on
rats while penicillin would have never been allowed for human consumption had it initially been tested on guinea pigs or hamsters, since it kills those species!). For a
good summary re ”Does animal testing help human medicine?” see for instance www.saav.org.za, and for thalidomide & an entire online book 'ANIMAL RESEARCH TAKES LIVES - Humans and Animals BOTH Suffer' see
www.health.org.nz. Dr Irwin D Bross PhD writes, “There is no good factual evidence to show that the use of animals in cancer research has led to the prevention or cure
of a single human cancer.” Full quote of Dr Bross and others under On Cancer
Research.
There are better alternatives that do not involve cruelty to animals and give much
more reliable results for humans (such as tests performed on human cell cultures). These humane and solely reliable test methods just need to be implemented, and if
a sufficiently large part of the public calls for them, they will be applied - to everyone’s benefit! Please consider joining this call!
The subject of cancer research based upon animal models of human
disease is in fact of such major importance that Healing Cancer Naturally now devotes many pages to it. Learn about the detailed scientific arguments and the fundamental implications of the issue of animal
experimentation for everyone’s health, recovery and safety, making it a possible matter of life or death for many, here.
Comments on Dr. Budwig’s work
As mentioned above, Dr. Budwig and her work have been attacked and silenced by vested medical, industrial and pharmaceutical
interests throughout her life (compare History of Alternative Cancer Treatment).
A very balanced comment by Dr. Vincent Gammill of the non-profit Center for the Study of Natural Oncology reads:
“
Budwig's observations were correct, but her conclusions require clarification. Flax oil or FSO/CC [cottage cheese] is not in and of itself an anticancer diet. It simply helps correct (perhaps even
overcorrects) an omega-3 deficiency in our diet. This can affect many pathways ranging from prostaglandins to cellular immune function.” In fact, Dr Armin Grunewald, MD, Dr. Budwig's nephew
concurs when he writes, "Dr. Budwig's approach is not a method of healing cancer but a technique which strengthens the body's own immune defence against cancerous cells.”
But perhaps it doesn’t even matter how the “Budwig diet” is called (which, as mentioned, involves an entire “protocol” comprising healthy diet, sunlight, stress management, etc., when properly
applied). As the German saying goes “Wer heilt, hat recht.” (The one who heals is right). And Dr. Budwig’s protocol has a respectable track record of (sometimes near-miraculous-seeming) healings.
A more deplorable (and quite subjective) comment on the Budwig diet has been furnished by Dr. Andrew Weil, a well-known US
doctor with an alternative bend. His “case in point” serves to illustrate how many help-seeking people can be kept in ignorance by the words of “authorities” they so implicitly trust. Dr. Weil’s
website carries an article on Dr. Budwig where he notes “All of this sounds fanciful to me.” and concludes “I certainly would not rely on a combination of flaxseed oil and cottage cheese as a treatment for
any form of cancer.”
As various members of a Budwig forum commented:
“My question is this, how do these so called brilliant doctors watch thousands of people die, due to
withholding valuable lifesaving information such as the flaxoil/cottage cheese... sleep at night?”
“My feeling is this, sometimes mainstream medical doctor's have just enough alternative healing knowledge,
to be VERY dangerous. It's better if they make no statements at all, until they decide who and what they are going to stand for. Too many innocent people will hear a doctor say a few words about natural, alternative
methods, and then believe everything that doctor says. It's just very deceptive and misleading if you yourself are not educated. When I think about how many years it's
taken me to get where I'm at, I shudder to think about the chaos going on inside the heads of people just starting out in their journey of searching out alternative protocols.”
“It's been going on since the 1930s--since Morris Fishbein representing the AMA destroyed Royal Rife and all his records. You can read it (and weep) in a book called The Cancer Cure that Worked by Barry Lynes [currently out of print]. Had Rife been able to share his
discovery with the world, cancer would have long ago ceased to be. The few people, like Richard Schulze the herbalist, who have cured so many by natural means and refused to play the game, have been put out of
commission and many wind up in jail.”
“Self delusion as a result of worshipping money and status. Gross lack of research as a result of relying on tainted studies or the lack of studies to allow continued
worship of money. Simple evil.”
“No doubt he has done a lot of good, but when anyone answers to two kings, it makes me highly suspicious of anything they do and say. Another one, Dr. Rosenfeld, is
not as stupid as he appears. He lies thru his teeth to stay in the good graces of the powers that be. Anytime anyone tells a half truth, or leaves out part of the truth
to create a false illusion, which Rosined does every time he is on TV, I am forced to put him on the list not to be trusted. At times, I think Dr. Weil does the same thing.
So how can any of us trust their beliefs and statements?”
“I have not read a lot of Andrew Weil's stuff, but I can certainly see that he has become a wealthy fellow with a
"cult" following! That is one reason I have not read a lot of his stuff!
By the way, he says, about Dr. Budwig's 7 nominations for the Nobel Prize, that ‘anyone can get nominated.’
How about if this year, I nominate you and you nominate me for the Nobel Prize? Deal? LOL! Weil almost makes it sound like Budwig greased some palms for those nominations just to be able to tout her FO/CC
regimen! LOL!” (by Elliot Yudenfriend) "I respect a doctor who can say 'I don't know.' I don't
respect one who denigrates without knowing and further presumes the scientific results to be 'fanciful'."
Memorable Quotes on Dr. Budwig's work
Some of the following quotes already appear in other sections on this page but are
additionally included here.
"This diet is far and away the most successful anti-cancer diet in the world".
Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP (oncologist & former cardiologist)
“I suggest that all those who find it necessary to add other protocols or to add supplements to it have not even given the Budwig
Protocol half a chance. They just don't look beyond the flaxoil/cottage cheese part. There is much more to it than that. It is a scientifically well thought out, all natural approach to health, that
has a tremendous rate of success and track record... and it costs next to nothing. I think that if it were very expensive and much money could be made on it, it would be much more popular
because it would be pushed by business. But as it stands, it doesn't lend itself to it. So you have to take it at practically no cost or go for some other high priced methods.”
Wilhelm H
“It's not the results of the ‘bone scans’ or ‘CTs’ which are of crucial
importance ... but whether the cancer can be gotten under control or not. While many of the test methods used by us physicians are certainly scientific, they say nothing about the patient's state of health*.
Dr. Budwig's approach is not a method of healing cancer but a technique which strengthens the body's own immune defence against cancerous cells.”
Dr. Budwig’s nephew Dr Armin Grunewald, MD, who uses her approach in his office
* Compare “Modern Medicine Is Not A Science”.
"I only wish that all my patients had a PhD in Biochemistry and Quantum Physics to enable them to see how with such consummate
skill this diet was put together. It is a wonder."
Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP (oncologist & former cardiologist)
"It is amazing how quickly the tumor, for instance with colon cancer, is being eliminated. Even with an old patient of 84 years
who was scheduled for an operation because of his colon threatening to become blocked, I was able to achieve the complete elimination of the tumor and the patient’s restoration to health
within a few days. These are not isolated cases, in fact 99% of the sick that come to see me to use the biological method of cancer therapy, are cancer patients who have had operations and radiation
sessions, or who were diagnosed as being too far advanced for an operation to be of any help. Even in these cases health can be restored, usually within a few months, I would say in 90% of cases." [Also compare I have followed the Budwig protocol for a
long time but don’t see a positive effect concerning the cancer I want to heal, Does the Budwig protocol heal ANY condition of disease within ANY human/animal body? and Which complementary
treatments did Dr. Budwig allow, endorse or recommend? for advice for those who don’t seem to respond.]
Dr. Budwig in "Der Tod des Tumors, Band II" (The Death of the Tumor, Vol. II)
transcribing an interview broadcast by the Süddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart (South German Radio Station) on 11 Sep 1967, translated by Wilhelm H.
“What she (Dr. Johanna Budwig) has demonstrated to my initial disbelief but lately, to my complete satisfaction in my practice is:
CANCER IS EASILY CURABLE, the treatment is dietary/lifestyle, the response is immediate; the cancer cell is weak and vulnerable; the precise biochemical breakdown point was identified by her in 1951
and is specifically correctable, in vitro (test-tube) as well as in vivo (real)...”
Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP, oncologist & former cardiologist,
in "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990
"Of all the nutritional theories that I have investigated, Dr. Johanna Budwig’s is definitely number one ... Nowhere in the world have I
found not even remotely such fantastic cases as with Dr. Budwig. It’s phenomenal."
Lothar Hirneise, eminent German cancer researcher and author of Chemotherapy Heals Cancer and The Earth Is Flat
"Numerous, independent clinical studies published in major medical journals world-wide confirm Dr. Budwig’s findings….Over 40 years
ago Dr Budwig presented clear and convincing evidence, which has been confirmed by hundreds of other related scientific research papers since, that the essential fatty acids were at the core of the
answer to the cancer problem…You will come to your own conclusions as to why this simple effective prevention and therapy has not only been ignored—it has been suppressed!"
Dr Willner, M.D., Ph.D. (The Cancer Solution)
”Over the years I have been given a lot of different advice as well, so when I heard about Dr Budwig’s protocol I too was very
sceptical, until I tried it."
Anonymous comment
”For the most part one cannot expect the doctors to place any real credibility to the use of FO/CC [flax oil and cottage cheese]. It
seems incredible that anything could be successful other than what they are taught in Med school. Imagine the blow to one's ego if it became official that something with which he or she is not familiar
would be found to be much better than the things that were studied 10 years to learn.”
Cliff Beckwith
"Dr. Budwig to my knowledge had over 1000 documented successes. However, her work was not popular with the Oncology
Industry in Europe. Her ideas would have meant a lot of losses in the Food Industry [too]; especially in the fats industry.My cousin, Richard Beckwith, called her probably eleven years ago and talked
to her about forty five minutes. She told him that American doctors had come to Germany and been impressed with her work. Then they wanted to try to work out some way to have exclusive rights to
her methods in the United States and make a lot of money and she wouldn't do that.
She believed her work was very important and was anxious to see it
carried on but no one seemed interested unless they could make a lot of money.
I had Advanced [prostate] cancer and I could not wait for scientific confirmation and began to use these ideas immediately. One thing
led to another, none of it planned, and we have seen many folks recover from cancer or have lives greatly extended. A lot of that information is at www.beckwithfamily.com.
That is all based on anecdotal evidence. Other than the evidence in Dr. Budwig's records that is all there is. No one is doing any scientific testing. That is done to prove the value of drugs for profit
and one cannot patent Flaxseed Oil.
...In my view there should be enough on those lists [the evidence regularly reported on the FlaxseedOil2 Budwig discussion list] and
what we have seen to at least cause someone really interested in human welfare to be curious."
Cliff Beckwith
“Over 50% of Dr. Budwig's patients were doctors or relatives of doctors who knew why in such a serious disease they would rely on
the experiences of this brilliant physicist, chemist and pharmacologist rather than follow the prevailing opinion which says that tumors must be destroyed through chemotherapy and radiation.”
From the back cover of Dr. Budwig's last book: Cancer - The Problem and The Solution
“And what do I actually do? I give cancer patients simple, natural foods. That is all. I take sick people out of the hospital, when it is
said there that they do not have more than an hour or two left to live, that the scientifically attested diagnosis is at hand and that the patient is completely moribund. In most cases I can help even these
patients quickly and conclusively.”
Dr. Johanna Budwig in Flax Oil as a True Aid
“The food we eat is not mankind's only determining factor. The
body, soul, mind and spirit all have their functions and roles to play,
their areas of influence. But the harm done by eating the wrong kind of food fats has repercussions in all realms of life, including healthy mental and spiritual functioning. In our world, however, the
choice of healthy food is one of the elementary aspects of our lives which we should organize as such. It is far more important than many people in the Western world are willing to admit. It is not
those who acknowledge this fact who are materialistic in their way of thinking, but those who are not willing to forego something, in order to achieve a far greater goal.”
Dr. Johanna Budwig in "Flax Oil as a True Aid"
“I would not think of using the allopathic treatment. I don't think it was bravery on my part to reject it. For me it would have been
stupidity to consider it after having seen what it did to so many I knew. My best friend died in my arms shortly after choosing chemo and radiation. I know of so many others who had different cancers
and used the traditional treatments and died.
This is my opinion. I believe 150% in what I am choosing to not do and to do. I think that is very important. To give in to any protocol
because of the strong opinions of others is a mistake. Research is crucial on the part of the one with the diagnosis.”
Rhoda Freed replying to "Is anyone here using flaxoil/cottage cheese as a first line
anti-cancer treatment i.e. have you had the guts to reject chemo/radiation? I think anyone who rejects the traditional ‘approved’ treatments must be very brave.”
And to add here my very personal opinion of Dr. Budwig’s diet and protocol (if I may ;-): I think that it can be a true life-saver for
people with serious and less serious ill-health. Due to its affordability and relative ease of implementation combined with an amazing success rate, it is by far my number one favourite basic
healing approach. In the long term, it might not be optimal for a healthy person considering the continual inclusion of animal protein in the diet, especially considering the conditions under which most
of earth’s dairy is currently produced (see next major heading).
More important in my eyes, however is the following: I believe that for true and permanent healing to be achieved, one often needs to
consider and work at healing all known aspects and levels of human existence, which particularly include the emotional, mental, spiritual as well as the environmental ones, with the first three subsumable under the term energetic factors. In fact, I very much agree with eminent alternative and conventional cancer treatment researcher Lothar Hirneise who concurs with a number of other thinkers and
healing approaches including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in stipulating that energetic blockages in the widest sense frequently or invariably provide the basis for disease to develop (likely exceptions
in my eyes are ionizing radiation damage and similar noxious
impacts assaulting the body’s integrity). Such blockages in energy flow would consequently need to be addressed and removed to allow life energies which form the basis of healthy functioning to flow normally again. See Budwig protocol & life energies blockages:
On the question why the cancer always/sometimes will come back when the Budwig diet is abandoned and Energetics, particularly the outstanding DIY healing tool of EFT (Emotional Freedom
Technique). I most highly recommend combining the Budwig protocol with EFT and related energetic approaches such as Qigong to optimise one’s cancer “healing curve”.
For more Dr Budwig quotes, read excerpts from her book FlaxOil As A True Aid.
Why Use Organic Dairy in the Budwig Diet?
1. Antibiotics
Conventional milk (and meat) products are very likely to contain antibiotics which harm and destroy the good (beneficial) intestinal
flora. This apparently both impedes proper digestion/optimal mineral nutrient assimilation and immune system performance and contributes to the currently observed Candidiasis epidemic
(Candidiasis being defined as “overgrowth in the gastrointestinal tract of the usually benign yeast [or fungus] Candida albicans”). Candida fungus overgrowth has become widespread apparently due
to indiscriminate antibiotics use in the food chain.
Compare On supplements, intestinal flora, cancer and immune system and Fungi
producing mycotoxins: The Fungal/Mycotoxin Etiology of Human Disease (particularly CANCER)
2. Genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (Posilac)
Conventional dairy products in the US may or do contain bovine growth hormone. See for instance rense.com/general48/milk.htm
(“cows treated with Posilac have been developing bone cancers”).
Also compare Milk and the Cancer Connection I, Milk and the cancer connection II and Cancer Causes: Aflatoxins.
3. Ethics
(see Vegan Alternatives)
Tips
Organic Cottage Cheese and the Budwig diet
has moved to Making the flaxseed oil plus cottage cheese or quark mixture.
Vegan Alternatives to Cottage Cheese/Quark?
has moved here.
Tips, Suggestions & Testimonials For Dairy/Cottage Cheese/Lactose
Intolerance/Sensitivity
has moved here.
**Methionine, Cystine, and Cysteine: Methionine, cystine, and cysteine and their
derivatives owe their designation of “sulphurated amino acids” to the fact that they contain sulfur in addition to carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. Incidentally,
they are also well-known as an effective cleaning "squad" for all toxic substances that we ingest because they attach themselves to harmful substances and pollutants
and carry them out of the body. One example: methionine and cysteine aid in lead elimination (Karen Vago).
Also compare Cancer Causes: Aflatoxins
Budwig Testimonials
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Esophagus Cancer, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Lymphatic Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, Ovarian Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Prostate Cancer,
Testicular Cancer, Tongue Cancer. Reported successes include: steady recovery, tumours excreted even from brain, pain reduction without noxious painkillers, all lymph nodes and skin metastases
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Support Groups, Flaxseed Oil/Cottage Cheese Forums, Budwig Forums & Other
Introductory note: As I know from owning 13 of Dr. Budwig’s original German-language writings, Dr. Budwig’s work contains
many details and scientific intricacies. Browsing the internet for websites offering free Budwig information, alternative cancer treatment advisors who sell such information as well as for forums
and groups discussing the Budwig diet/protocol made me keenly aware that there is a certain amount of (doubtless largely well-intentioned but) partially incorrect information on the Budwig
Protocol offered to the English-speaking public. To help dispel the misinformation / misinterpretation / misrepresentation shrouding the genuine Budwig Protocol and to implement and spread the word
about Dr. Budwig’s authentic discoveries and “teachings”, I will continue to publish more central details gleaned and translated by me from Dr. Budwig’s original works as well as from my contacts
with Budwig patients, Budwig cancer carers and Dr. Budwig’s former associate, using the platform of Healing Cancer Naturally’s Budwig pages.
It is to be hoped that eventually correctly translated editions of more of her books will allow all parts of Dr. Budwig’s work and the
full details of her thinking and experience with the healing of cancer to become known and accessible in the English-speaking world.
The following non-exhaustive list shows some “grassroots” forums discussing the use of Dr. Johanna Budwig’s often-successful
oil-protein protocol (or parts or “free-style versions” of it) to treat and control cancer as well as other diseases.
http://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=55
Flax Seed Oil & Virgin Flax Oil Cottage cheese Forum - Dr. Budwig
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flaxseedoil/
This flax oil/cottage cheese group is inactive but carries several
thousand messages in its archives which are freely accessible without needing to subscribe.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flaxseedoil2/
Budwig approach for cancer healing discussion group (moderated)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/flaxhealth/
"This group focus is to spread the good word about the postive
benefits of utilizing flax in your diet"
(The complete Budwig protocol for healing cancer and other diseases calls for the
daily addition of freshly ground flaxseeds.)
Flaxseed Oil Sources: Buying Quality Flax Oil
There are several companies and outlets which offer quality flax oil. Barlean's is known to offer a discount to (verified) cancer patients
but you may also find bargains on quality flaxoil elsewhere including at Amazon. I’d make sure to go for organic, fresh, cold-pressed and unadulterated flax oil (no Vitamin E or other
preservatives added) and read the customer reviews before deciding on any one brand. Also be aware that Dr. Budwig did not use flaxseed oil with lignans (in fact, lignan-added flax oil to this day is
not even available in Germany). This factor may however be of little consequence.
To find flax oil at Amazon, you can enter Amazon via one of these links, then type “flax oil” or “flaxseed oil” into their search box:
US visitors
Canadian visitors
UK visitors
Dr. Johanna Budwig’s Works in English & German
 FlaxOil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, And Other Diseases by Dr. Johanna Budwig
“Every home library needs to have a copy of this book.”
At the time of most recent pubishing of this page, Amazon.com had the
following offer: List Price: $6.95, used & new from $4.45
More Info (US visitors)
More Info (Canadian visitors)
More Info (UK visitors)
Read excerpts from FlaxOil As A True Aid.
 The Oil-Protein Diet Cookbook by Dr. Johanna Budwig
How to use flaxoil plus cottage cheese in many varied tasty vegetarian dishes, even including ice-cream! “[I]ndispensible to someone serious about closely following the Budwig Protocol.” “I have found that one of
THE MOST VALUABLE, yea NECESSARY items one should get for following the Budwig diet is Dr. Budwig's ‘Oil Protein Cookbook.’ It demystifies all kinds of things for you, and has OVER 500 recipes in it
to make sure [you] will be getting all the things Dr. Budwig wanted her clients to get in their diet.” “I recently received my copy of the Oil
Protein Diet Cookbook by Dr. Budwig. I am so glad I ordered it! It is much more than a cook book, it helped to really understand the use of flax oil and seeds, and how to
portion our food intake throughout the day. The suggested ways of preparing food also were wonderful, and allow for using your imagination in ways to prepare the
food to be tasty as well as healthful. This book is way [more] than a cook book....should be entitled more like, "practical applications of the oil protein diet in your everyday life". (Users’ comments)
Read excerpts from her book FlaxOil As A True Aid.
At the time of most recent pubishing of this page, Amazon.com had the following offer: List Price: $12.95, used & new from $8.25
More info (US visitors)
More info (Canadian visitors)
More info (UK visitors)
 ... newly
published: Cancer - The Problem and The Solution by Dr Johanna Budwig
See Extract from Cancer - The Problem and The Solution.
More Info (US visitors)
More Info (Canadian visitors)
More Info (UK visitors)
(The following title is not written by Dr. Budwig but on the subject of her healing diet
& protocol for cancer and other disease:)
 How to Fight Cancer & Win by William L. Fischer
William L. Fischer has been involved in medicine, health care, and natural healing for over 30 years. After working with several of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in his native Germany, he moved
to the United States and began publishing books on natural healing. For him to obtain the most comprehensive information available, his research has taken him around the world to such diverse places as
Iran, the Far East, Europe, and Egypt to study natural healing techniques... Fischer, too, arrived at the conclusion that Dr. Johanna Budwig’s easy-to-implement protocol is the number one choice in healing cancer... Read excerpts from Dr. Budwig’s book FlaxOil As A
True Aid.
More Info (US visitors)
More Info (Canadian visitors)
More Info (UK visitors)
Amazon seems to regularly offer most of the above titles at discounts (such as
offering brand-new copies at “used” prices). Support this site by buying any of these books or other products through my Amazon links and take advantage of Amazon’s (often) low prices.
 Krebs - Das Problem und die Lösung [Cancer - The Problem and The Solution] by Johanna Budwig
Sensei-Verlag, Germany (September 1999)
 Öl-Eiweiß-Kost [The Oil-Protein Diet Cookbook] by Johanna Budwig
Sensei-Verlag, Germany (November 2000)
 Kosmische Kräfte gegen Krebs [Cosmic Forces Against Cancer] by Johanna Budwig. Hyperion-Verlag, Germany (1966)
(possibly available second-hand in bookstores)
 Krebs, ein Fettproblem. Richtige Wahl und Verwendung der
Fette [Cancer - A Fats Problem, on the right choice and use of fats] by Johanna Budwig, Hyperion, Freiburg, Germany (1967)
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
 Fette als wahre Hilfe gegen Arteriosklerose, Herzinfarkt, Krebs u. a. Drei Vorträge. [published in English as FlaxOil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, And Other Diseases. Three
Lectures] by Johanna Budwig, Hyperion, Frbg. Germany (1972)
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
Die elementare Funktion der Atmung in ihrer Beziehung zu autoxydablen Nahrungsstoffen [The Elementary Function of Respiration in its Relationship to Autoxydable Foodstuffs] by Johanna Budwig
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
 Das Fettsyndrom [The Fat Syndrome] by Johanna Budwig
Hyperion, Frbg., Germany (1972)
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
Fettfibel by Johanna Budwig
Hyperion, Frbg., Germany (1979)
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
 Der Tod des Tumors, Bd. I, by Johanna Budwig
1977
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
Der Tod des Tumors, Bd. II, by Johanna Budwig
1977
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
Laserstrahlen gegen Krebs by Johanna Budwig
Hyperion, Frbg., Germany (1968)
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)´
Fotoelemente des Lebens by Johanna Budwig
Resch Verlag, Innsbruck (1979)
(possibly available second-hand or in bookstores)
Inaugural Disputation by Johanna Budwig
(November 1979)
“Dieses Manuskript mit Einleitung liegt dem Karolinska MedicoKirurgiska Institut Stockholm vor, in englischer Sprache.
Der Nobelpreis für Medizin wurde für die Autorin vorgeschlagen
von mehreren Vertretern der Medizin aus dem In- und Auslande.”
(possibly available second-hand)
Mensch sein. Atmung, Immunabwehr im Würgegriff by Johanna Budwig
(1986/87)
A very personal book describing both her scientific work and inventions and the relentless suppression of her research findings & work
Dr. Budwig had to face.
(possibly available second-hand)
Learn more about Dr. Budwig’s healing protocol by reading excerpts from her books Flax Oil As A True Aid and Cancer - The Problem and The Solution.
For further healing suggestions, see Healing Cancer, Diet & Nutrition, Detoxification, Juicing & Juicers, Gerson Therapy (apparently well compatible and possibly mutually enhancing with the Budwig protocol), Healing with Light, Herbs & Supplements, Emotions, Healing Cancer & Your Mind, Spirituality, Lothar Hirneise’s Cancer Research and The Cure For All Cancers (Dr. Hulda Clark): Parasites and/or
pollutants as purported cancer cause. Always bear in mind that healing may be a very individual journey, with individual needs varying from one person to the next. Compare this introductory note on healing and disclaimer.
Vegan Alternatives • Why Organic Dairy
Quotes • Research • Cancer Cure Testimonials • Tips
Comments • Budwig Diet Details • FAQ • High Lignan Flaxseed Oil
Dr. Budwig • Dr. Budwig‘s Major Discovery • Books • Breast Cancer Testimonials
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