Johanna Budwig
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Johanna Budwig (30 September 1908–19 May 2003) was a German chemist, pharmacologist and physicist. She developed and promoted (from 1952) the Budwig protocol/Budwig diet, which centers around the regular consumption of foods rich in linolenic and linoleic acids.
The two unsaturated fatty acids have 3 high-energy double bonds (pi-electrons). These fatty acids affect the membranes of cells and are believed to affect oxygen transport and assimilation. Budwig's concept was that the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids act to repair damaged cell walls and affect chemical communication of cancer cells to the point where they normalize.
Flaxseed oil (cold-pressed, unprocessed) and low fat cottage cheese are the mainstay of Budwig's cancer diet (also used for heart disease) (cottage cheese has actually become to be used as a more readily-available substitute for the quark cheese which Johanna Budwig had used in her original work).
In addition to the above components, the Budwig diet advocates the consumption of organic vegetable juices (most prominently carrot juice) and polyphenols such as resveratrol (found in red wine). The diet bans consumption of animal and hydrogenated fats, foods high in preservatives, meats, and especially sugar. She advocated the consumption of whole foods which contain antioxidants in their natural form.
Budwig claimed this diet would cure or prevent many forms of cancers, particularly breast and prostate cancer, and a long list of other degenerative diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and skin diseases.
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[edit] Publications
German only:
- "Die elementare Funktion der Atmung in ihrer Beziehung zu autoxydablen Nahrungsstoffen", 1956
- "Krebs, ein Fettproblem" (Cancer - A Fat Problem), 1956
- "Öl-Eiweiss-Kost", 1956, 1965, 2000
- "Kosmische Kräfte gegen Krebs", 1966
- "Laserstrahlen gegen Krebs", 1968
- "Fette als wahre Hilfe gegen Arteriosklerose, Herzinfarkt, Krebs u. a.", 1972
- "Das Fettsyndrom" (The Fat Syndrome), 1972
- "Der Tod des Tumors" (The Death of the Tumor) 2 vols. 1977
- "Fotoelemente des Lebens, auch zur Überwindung der Erkrankung an Krebs", 1979
- "Krebs, das Problem und die Lösung", 1999
German and translated to English:
- "Flax Oil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer And Other Diseases" 1994[1]
- "The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook"
- "Cancer - The Problem and the Solution" 1999.
[edit] References
- BUDWIG, J.; . (1956). "Cytostatic or cytodynamic control of cancer?". Hippokrates 27 (19): 605–612.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- "Flaxseed and flaxseed oil (Linum usitatissimum)" Monograph from the Mayo Clinic
- "Dr. Johanna Budwig’s Healing Diet & Protocol (1)"
- "Budwig Diet" cancure.org
- "Clifford Beckwith" Transcript of taped testimony
