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Johanna Budwig (30 September 1908–19 May 2003) was a German chemist, pharmacologist and physicist. She developed and promoted the Budwig diet, which centers around the regular consumption of foods rich in linolenic and linoleic acids such as flaxseed oil (cold-pressed, unprocessed) and low fat cottage cheese.

These two unsaturated fatty acids have 3 high-energy double bonds (pi-electrons) in their outer electron shells. These fatty acids affect the membranes of cells and are believed to affect oxygen transport and assimilation.

In addition to the above components, the Budwig diet advocates the consumption of organic vegetable juices (most prominently carrot juice) and polyphenols such as reservatol(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 and a long list of other degenerative disease including cardiovascular diseases and skin diseases.

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Further information regarding flaxseed and its effect on health
Budwig Protocol, quotes detailing the Budwig diet directly from Dr. Budwig's publications and links to sources and discussion groups about this, an alternative cancer therapy which boasts of a 90% success rate.
[1] Dr. Catherine Kousmine and the Budwig cream.

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-'''Dr. Johanna Budwig''' ([[30 September]] [[1908]]&ndash;[[19 May]] [[2003]]) was a German [[chemist]], [[pharmacologist]] and [[physicist]] with a doctorate in physics who worked as the chief expert-consultant for drugs and fats at the Federal Institute for Fats Research. She was nominated seven times for the Nobel Prize.
+'''Johanna Budwig''' ([[30 September]] [[1908]]&ndash;[[19 May]] [[2003]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[chemist]], pharmacologist and physicist.  She developed and promoted the ''Budwig diet'', which centers around the regular consumption of foods rich in [[linolenic acid|linolenic]] and [[linoleic acid]]s such as [[flaxseed oil]] (cold-pressed, unprocessed) and low fat cottage cheese.
+These two unsaturated fatty acids have 3 high-energy double bonds (pi-electrons) in their outer electron shells. These fatty acids affect the membranes of cells and are believed to affect oxygen transport and assimilation.
-Dr. Budwig developed the Budwig Diet, which centers around the regular consumption of foods rich in Linolenic and Linoleic acids such as flaxseed oil (cold-pressed, unprocessed) and low fat cottage cheese.
-These two unsaturated fatty acids have 3 high-energy double bonds (pi-electrons) in their outer electron shells. These fatty acids affect the membranes of cells and permit an increase in oxygen transport and assimilation.
-The flax oil and the cottage cheese were mixed together in a submersible blender, in order to make the Omega-3 fatty acids water soluble, thereby maximizing their absorption in the body.
-By substantially increasing the oxidation potential within the cell, Dr. Budwig proved what her German predecessor, Dr. [[Otto Heinrich Warburg]], had discovered 30 years earlier: cancer cells cannot survive in an oxygen-rich environment. With sulfur-rich protein and calcium provided by the cottage cheese, all the elements are in place for membrane repair and increased energy transfer.
-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 [[hydrogenation|hydrogenated]] fats, foods high in preservatives, meats, and especially sugar.
-Individual antioxidants such as Vitamin C might interfere with the increased oxygen transfer and were therefore rejected by Dr. Budwig.
-Instead she advocated the consumption of whole foods which contain antioxidants in their natural form. She claimed this diet would cure or prevent many forms of cancers and a long list of other degenerative disease including cardiovascular diseases and skin diseases.
-Since the 1950s Dr. Budwig treated nearly 1,000 patients, many of them labeled 'terminal' by their doctors. Her personal records indicate a 90% success rate in curing cancer, yet the medical establishment ignores her work to this day, preferring instead to prescribe highly toxic chemotherapy drugs with very little efficacy.
+In addition to the above components, the Budwig diet advocates the consumption of organic vegetable juices (most prominently carrot juice) and polyphenols such as reservatol(found in red wine).  The diet bans consumption of animal and [[hydrogenation|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 and a long list of other degenerative disease including cardiovascular diseases and skin diseases.
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