Budwig
Budwig Diet & Protocol: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Find here answers to numerous questions asked about Dr. Johanna Budwig's dietary and lifestyle self-treatment for cancer and other illnesses.
Budwig Diet and Protocol: Tips and FAQ
- Intro: Tips and FAQ
- Is there a vegan alternative to cottage cheese/quark?
- Should I cook with flaxseed, coconut or other oil?
- Should I add Vitamin E to the flax oil to prevent it from going rancid/take Vitamin E along with flaxseed oil to prevent oxidation within the body?
- Can supplemental antioxidants interfere with the Budwig protocol?
- Thoughts on supplemental vitamins & minerals
- If antioxidants block the oxygenation that Dr. Budwig was striving for, then I don't understand why it's okay to eat them in natural food but not okay to supplement with them.
- Vitamin C as adjuvant therapy?
- Can I have intravenous vitamin c therapy/undergo chemotherapy while on the Budwig diet?
- Does the Budwig protocol require additions such as supplements and vitamins? What about using different therapies with it, such as Essiac?
- Can Pau D'Arco and Essiac be used with the Budwig Protocol?
- Are there self-administered supplements or protocols which can work in tandem with the Budwig diet? I'd like to add more self-treatment weapons to my cancer battle arsenal.
- Is there a possible need for the use of supplemental enzymes?
- Which supplements, medications, etc. are definitively incompatible with the Budwig diet?
- Do apricot kernels or laetrile (Vitamin B17) interfere with the effectiveness of the Budwig Protocol.
- Which complementary therapies did Dr. Budwig recommend, endorse or allow? On treatment modalities compatible with Dr. Budwig’s protocol and natural healing approach to cancer & other diseases.
- Thoughts on supplemental vitamins & minerals
- Why use organic dairy in the Budwig diet?
- Is low-fat or fat-free cottage cheese best to use with the flaxseed oil?
- When low-fat organic cottage cheese is unavailable, which is better used in Dr Budwig's diet, organic high fat or non-organic low fat?
- Difference between taking fish oils and flax oil/cottage cheese as a source of omega 3s: Is substituting fish oil for flax oil as good or better than using flax oil?
- Flaxseed vs. fish oil: why did Dr. Budwig prefer flaxseed oil over fish oil?
- Estrogen-receptive tumors:. replacing flaxoil with fish oil
- Using whey powder/Correct ratio sulfurated proteins to flaxseed oil: What amount of sulfurated proteins is found within 100 g of cottage cheese or quark? I.e. how much of these proteins should be combined with each tablespoon of flaxoil? I am asking since I use whey protein powder instead of quark or cottage cheese.
- Is flaxseed oil dangerous?
- Does flax oil (poly unsaturated fatty acids) in large quantities create free radical damage?
- Does flax seed oil promote prostate cancer?
- Fruit and sugar: Dr. Budwig recommends fruit and juices, but isn’t sugar in any form a cancer feeder?
- I suffer from extreme gas, bloating and constipation after starting on Dr. Budwig’s protocol.
- I suffer from nausea after ingesting flaxseed oil plus cottage cheese.
- I am on the Budwig diet and am suffering from swelling and weakness in my arm after blood test/excessive bleeding after an operation.
- What are the "Respiratory Poisons" Dr. Budwig refers to?
- What is the purpose of the sauerkraut juice? Is drinking Saurkraut juice mandatory even if I juice several times a day?
- I thought animal fats were prohibited, but the Budwig cookbook says "the heavy eater is allowed all types of cheeses."
- Which vegetables & fruit are allowed on the Budwig diet? How do sprouts, sprouting and juice made of sprouts for instance coincide with Dr. Budwig's protocol?
- Is butter allowed?
- When making my own yoghurt or quark, can I use goat’s milk?
- When making my own yoghurt or quark, can I use kefir?
- Can Fromage Blanc be used instead of cottage cheese (or quark)?
- Can I use ricotta instead of cottage cheese or quark?
- Can I use sour cream with or in place of the cottage cheese?
- Dr. Budwig’s cookbook mentions comfrey root. Is this really what she meant us to use?
- Can MSM be used with flax oil to supply the necessary sulfur?
- Will taking barley greens in pill form interfere with the Budwig diet’s healing effects?
- Is there a difference between golden and brown flaxseeds as well as between linseed and flaxseed?
- Is is really necessary to grind the flaxseeds separately or is it OK to mix them in directly?
- What are sulphurated (or sulfurated) amino acids?
- Should I preferably buy flaxseed oil with lignans?
- Are there flaxseed oil substitutes for treating cancer?
- Can I use hempseed oil instead of flax oil?
- Can I use olive oil with the Budwig diet?
- Is it ok to use a blender to mix the flaxseed oil/cottage cheese or should a hand beater be used?
- Did Dr. Budwig actually recommend the use of yogurt in place of cottage cheese/quark?
- I find it difficult to eat other foods in addition to the flax oil/cottage cheese in the recommended amounts. I've been depending on the flax oil/cottage cheese primarily because I'm assuming that is the most important.
- Flaxoil capsules: is there any danger in just taking flaxoil capsules instead of mixing oil and cottage cheese together?
- What about the "warning" concerning rough-ground flaxseeds appearing in one of Dr. Budwig's books?
- "Maintenance dose": I have been doing the Budwig diet on and off in addition to traditional treatments for Hodgkin's Lymphoma and am in remission. When do I go on maintenance dose only?
- 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?
- However I prepare it, I tend to find the taste of the mix slightly oily and unappetising.
- I find the Budwig diet somewhat monotonous, what can I do?
- Why does the cookbook allow flax oil to be used without cottage cheese although Dr. Budwig states elsewhere that flaxseed oil alone could cause more harm than good?
- Why is some alcohol & champagne allowed on the protocol? Does it have to be organic? Wouldn’t it be preferable to drink the ground flaxseeds stirred into papaya juice?
- Can I use Stevia with the Budwig diet?
- Lack of sunlight: how can I compensate for a lack of sun exposure in winter when following the Budwig protocol?
- My loved one with cancer is in great pain. How can I manage his pain if pain killers can interfere with the healing effects of the Budwig protocol?
- Dr. Budwig reports an over 90% cure rate. Are there current percentage numbers of how many people cured their cancer after starting flaxoil/cottage cheese?
- Tumor enlargement (tumor growth) after adopting the Budwig diet
- How long until I can count on seeing tumor shrinkage/response?
- I have followed the Budwig protocol for a long time but don’t see a positive effect concerning the cancer I want to heal.
- I have been progressing towards being cancer free, but my body, the immune system has not completed the healing. If Budwig works why did the healing process stop?
- Is Proscar for prostate safe to take while on the Budwig Protocol?
- Tamoxifen
- Weaning off medications (drug intake can jeopardize the healing effectiveness of the Budwig protocol)
- Danger of growth hormones in cottage cheese?
- How do I keep flaxoil fresh and how do I tell when it starts to go rancid?
- How long will the flaxoil/cottage cheese mixture, the Budwig mayonnaise & Budwig’s oleolux last if made in advance?
- I don't understand the Oleolux. I thought Budwig said the flax oil has to be mixed with protein to be effective. Why is it mixed with coconut fat in the Oleolox?
- Is surgery advisable to accelerate cancer healing (anesthetics impede the immune system)?
- Anti-VIRAL aspect of the Budwig Diet?
- Diabetes and the Budwig Protocol Is flax good or bad for diabetes type II?
- What do I do when the liver is affected?
- Has this protocol been effective with pancreatic and liver cancers, breast cancers, lung cancers, brain cancers, prostate cancers, bladder cancers, colon cancers and pet cancers?
- Cholesterol levels: on the impact of taking (even low-fat) cottage cheese/quark daily
- I read many testimonials from folks who "quit" chemo, went on the "diet", and then got better, giving all the credit to the diet. Maybe the chemo had something to do with their recovery and not the Johanna Budwig diet?
- Cesium Chloride Therapy, PolyMVA and the Budwig Protocol
- In the "China Study", Dr. Campbell argues that animal protein and particularly milk casein is the main cause of cancer and other diseases. How can the Budwig diet help with cancer if that is true?
- What can I do about recurring diarrhea with danger of dehydration?
- Does the Budwig protocol heal ANY condition of disease within ANY human/animal body?
- Details on Dr. Johanna Budwig’s use of flax oil enemas
- Eldi Oil and oil enemas
- What do I do when traveling/on vacation?
- Does it matter whether I use (only) ground flax seed or must I also use flax oil in the Budwig protocol? I prefer using the ground flax seeds exclusively because then I get the full nutritional value of the seed, along with the fiber.
- Allergies/allergic reactions to flax oil and/or flaxseed
- Where can I obtain flaxseed oil in India?
- Buying flax seed oil in South Africa
- Buying cottage cheese in South Africa
- I went off the diet to be able to go out to dinner- now my tumor has increased.
- Radiation damage makes my stomach hurt when I eat flax oil or cottage cheese
- In Cancer-The Problem and The Solution, page 35, Dr. Budwig says about the patients she would reject...: "I also reject patients with breast cancer whose arm is already swollen through water retention. The pain is too great because tumor masses have also collected behind the shoulder blade"....So Dr. Budwig would have REJECTED me as a patient?
- Why and how do the sulphurated amino acids from cottage cheese change the dynamic of flax seed (Omega 3) and provide the cancer-fighting components?
- What exactly is the purpose of the cottage cheese in the Budwig protocol?
- What is the exact dosage for the Budwig blend for people of different weight? What if I am petite and can only finish half the amount because my stomach is very small?
- Can I overdose on quark/flax oil?
- On feeling terrible & developing dry cracked skin, joint pains etc. on the Budwig diet
- On the question why the cancer always/sometimes will come back with a vengeance when the Budwig diet is abandoned
- If Dr. Johanna Budwig’s discoveries and approach to healing cancer are valid, why aren’t they taught in medical school?
- Tip: Chemo, nausea & flaxseed oil/cottage cheese
- Tip: grinding flaxseed
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