CATEGORY: diseases/cancer
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SUMMARY:
This document details the "Budwig Diet", which is the
anti-cancer diet I have spoken with some of you about. At first
glance, many would consider the approach quackery. However,
as many of you "long timers" to the list will recall, the diet
actually works by boosting your immune response to mutagenic
cells (IE: cancer and virus infected). It's actually quite
a well based diet in the sense that it is loaded with Omega-3
oils, anti-oxidants, sulpher compounds, and proteins.
All of these key ingredents help promote a healthy
and active immune system, and that is the most important aspect
of preventing or recovering from cancer. I won't go into the
mechanisms here (like I did in the past), because they are
too complicated for one single post. I will however, merge
all of this (and the algae stuff) into one long post at a later
time.
Until then, if you know of anyone who is ailing from
cancer, I encourage you to inform them of this diet. You should
also buy the book. It's only $7, and it can literally save your
life. It has certainly proven to be more effective than
chemotherapy and radiation, which usually cuts the vicitims
lifespan to only 5 years post therapy..
Low-carber's and paleo-dieters out there will also
note that it's a low-sugar diet, and also emphasizes the consumption
of as few man-made/processed products as possible. I've been
investigating the option of substituting whey protein for the
cottage cheese, because it has the same protein profile, but
is much less allergenic than the cheese.
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OMEGA-3 OILS
Omega-3 refers to a group of oils found in seafood and many
cold-climate plants, but only very small amounts are contained in most
vegetable oils. Unlike fish oils, which are high in EPA and DHA, flaxseed
oil is the only source of large amounts of alpha linolenic acid, ALA
(55-61%).
From this, the body can manufacture its own EPA, which is important
for helping regulate the production of prostaglandins (hormone-like
substances) useful for good health ("The natural way to better health and
longer life", Bullivant).
THE BUDWIG FLAX OIL DIET
The Flaxseed (Linseed) oil diet was originally proposed by Dr.
Johanna Budwig, a german biochemist and expert on fats and oils, in 1951
and recently re-examined by Dr. Dan C. Roehm M.D. FACP (Oncologist and
former cardiologist) in 1990. Dr. Roehm claims: "this diet is far and away
the most successful anti-cancer diet in the world".
Budwig claims that the diet is both a preventative and a curative.
She says the absence of linol-acids [in the average western diet] is
responsible for the production of oxydase, which induces cancer growth and
is the cause of many other chronic disorders.
The beneficial oxydase ferments are destroyed by heating or boiling
oils in foods, and by nitrates used for preserving meat, etc.
The theory is: the use of oxygen in the organism can be stimulated by
protein compounds of sulphuric content, which make oils water-soluble and
which is present in cheese, nuts, onion and leek vegetables such as leek,
chive, onion and garlic, but especially cottage cheese.
Ferments of cell respiration closely connected with the highly
unsaturated fatty acids, are also needed for proper oxydation. It is
essential to use only unrefined, cold-pressed oils with high linolic acid
content, such as linseed, sunflower, soya, poppyseed, walnut, and corn
oils. Such oil should be consumed together with foods containing the right
proteins otherwise the oils will have the OPPOSITE EFFECT, causing more
harm than good.
The best combination is cottage cheese and linseed oil. The linseed
should be freshly ground. Carbohydrates containing natural sugar, such as
dates, figs, pears, apples and grapes, are also included in the diet.
Honey is also beneficial. Most of the synthetic vitamin A preparations are
bad because they contain oxidation products, but much carotine as
provitamin A (from carrot) is consumed. Vitamin B from buttermilk,
yoghurt, and natural yeast is beneficial.
A person requires daily about 4 oz. of cottage cheese mixed well with
1.5 oz. of linseed oil and 1 oz. of milk. A blender or egg beater works
fine. The mixture an be sweeten with honey or otherwise flavoured
naturally. Fresh fruits can be added. Every morning 2 spoonfuls of freshly
ground linseed oil should be taken in luke warm buttermilk or yoghurt.
The diet is indicated for all kinds of chronic diseases, especially
heart ailments (corony thrombosis), gall disorders, diabetes, arthritis,
and malignancies. It improves failing hearing and sight. It is the ideal
nutrient for children and infants. It is suggested that this diet be
supplemented with lactic acid ferments (4).
"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)... " (Roehm, "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990)
GENERAL RULES
The patient has no nourishment on day #1 other than 250 ml (8.5 oz)
of Flax Oil with honey plus freshly squeezed fruit juices (no sugar
added!). In the case of a very ill person, champagne may be added on the
first day in place of juice and is taken with the Flax Oil and honey.
Champagne is easily absorbable and has a serious purpose here.
1) SUGAR IS ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN. Grape juice may be added to sweeten any
other freshly squeezed juices. Honey is also allowed and is included in
the recipes. Fortunately, honey, although sweet, is not detrimental
like commercial white sugar. (unboiled Honey is best - available
through Healthfood stores).
2) Other 'forbiddens' are:
- All animal fats.
- All Salad Oils (this included commercial mayonnaise)
- All Meats (chemicals & hormones)
- Butter
- Margarine
- Preserved Meats (the preservatives block metabolism even of Flax Oil)
3) Freshly squeezed vegetable juices are fine - carrot, celery, apple, and
red beet.
4) Three times daily a warm tea is essential - peppermint, rose hips or
grape tea - all sweetened as desired with honey. One cup of black tea
before noon is fine.
DAILY PLAN
Before breakfast - a glass of Acidophilus milk or Sauerkraut juice is
taken.
Breakfast - Muesli (regular cereal) is overlaid with 2 tablespoons (30 ml)
of Flax Oil and honey and fresh fruit according to season - berries,
cherries, apricots, peaches, grated apple. Vary the flavour from day to
day. Use any nuts except peanuts! Herbal teas as desired or black tea. A 4
oz (120 g) serving of THE SPREAD (directions below). This is fine to eat
'straight' like a custard, or add it to other foods taken in the day as
you will see.
Morning tea (10am) - A glass of fresh carrot juice, apple, celery, or
beet-apple juice is taken.
Lunch - Raw salad with yoghurt-Flax Oil Mayonnaise (directions below). In
addition to 'greens' salads, use grated turnips, carrots, kohlrabi,
radishes, sauerkraut or cauliflower. A fine powder of horseradish, chives
or parsley may be added for flavour.
Cooked Meal Course - Steamed vegetables, potatoes, or such grains as rice,
buck-wheat or millet may be served. to these add either THE SPREAD or THE
MAYO - for flavour and to up your intake of Flax Oil. Also mix THE SPREAD
with potatoes for an especially hearty meal. Add caraway, chives, parsley
or other herbs.
Dessert - Mix fresh fruit other than those used for breakfast with THE
SPREAD, this time (instead of honey), flavoured using cream of lemon,
vanilla or berries.
Afternoon Tea (4pm) - A small glass of natural wine (no preservatives) or
champagne or fresh fruit juice with 1-2 tablespoons of honey-coated Fax
Seeds.
Supper - Have this early, at 6pm. Make a hot meal using buckwheat, oat or
soy cakes. grits from buckwheat are the very best and can be placed in a
vegetable soup, or in a more solid form of cakes with herbal sauce. Sweet
sauces & soups can always be given far more healing energy by adding THE
SPREAD. Only honey or grape juice can be used for sweeteners. NO white
sugar (or brown!) Only freshly squeezed juices and NOT reconstituted
juices (preservative danger) may be used. These must be completely
natural.
How to prepare 'THE SPREAD'
Place 250 ml (8.5 oz) Flax Oil into a mixer bowl and add one pound
(450 g) of 1% Cottage Cheese (ie low fat eg Quark) and add 4 tablespoons
(60 ml) of Honey. Turn on the mixer and add just enough low fat milk or
water to get the contents of the bowl to blend in together. In 5 minutes,
a preparation of custard consistency results that has NO taste of the oil
(and no oily 'ring' should be seen when you rinse out the bowl).
Alternatively, you can use Yoghurt instead of Cottage Cheese in
proportions of 1 oz (30 g) of Yoghurt to 1 tablespoon (15 ml) each of Flax
Oil and of honey and blend as above.
NOTE: When Flax Oil is blended like this, it does not cause diarrhoea
even when given in large amounts. It reacts chemically with the (sulphur)
proteins of the cottage cheese, yoghurt, etc.
How to prepare 'THE MAYO' (Mayonnaise):
Mix together 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Flax Oil, 2 tablespoons (30 ml)
milk, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Yoghurt.
Then add 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Lemon juice (or Apple Cider
Vinegar) and add 1 teaspoon (2.5g) Mustard plus some herbs such as
marjoram or dill.
Next add 2 or 3 slices of health food store pickles (no
preservatives! - read label!) and a pinch of herbal salts.
(The above mayonnaise plus lots of mustard and a few bananas is very
tasty!)
Concluding remarks by Dr. Roehm - "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. The
champagne vehicle IS easier to assimilate and get someone almost on their
death-bed going again. A retention enema of 250 ml (8.5 oz) of oil is
another route to get this precious life-furthering, ELECTRON-RICH oil into
the body. It can also be applied to the skin for transdermal absorption.
I'll answer your questions and give you "special orders" for you
particular case.
You will have to remain on this diet for a good 5 years, at which
time your tumour may have disappeared. Persons who break the rules of this
diet, Dr Budwig reports, (ie eating preserved meats, candy, etc) will
sometimes grow rapidly worse and cannot be saved after they come back from
their spree (bon-bons mean bye-bye).
In 1967, Dr Budwig broadcast the following sentence during an
interview over the South German Radio Network, describing her incoming
patients with failed operations and x-ray therapy":
"Even in these cases it is possible to restore health in a few months
at most, I would truly say 90% of the time".
"This has never been contradicted, but this knowledge has been a long
time reaching this side of the ocean, hasn't it? Cancer treatment can be
very simple and very successful once you know how. The cancer interests
dont want you to know this.
May those of you who have suffered from this disease (and I include
your family and friends in this) forgive the miscreants who have kept this
simple information from reaching you for so long".
(signed) Dan C. Roehm, M.D. FACP
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"The best, purest, most carefully prepared Flax Oil in America is, in
my opinion", said Roehm, "is Omegaflo. Arrowhead mills label is most often
seen in Florida (USA). Look for the Omegaflo".
"FLAX (LINSEED) OIL is readily denatured by oxygen, heat, and light.
That's why it is used in paint. Rancid oil is bad for health, so oil MUST
be carefully produced, packed under nitrogen in light-proof containers,
refrigerated until used, used as fresh as possible, and stabilised with
protein (THE SPREAD, etc) promptly once the container is opened..."
(In Australia: Stoney Creek Flaxseed oil is manufactured to these
specifications - available through health food stores - Max)
Flax Seeds may also be used. Seeds need only be cracked in a food
blender, or they may be ground in a coffee grinder. One needs three times
the amount of seed to get the oil equivalent. Seeds are high in calories,
so one may gain weight. The seeds are also high in soluble fibre, so
blending with liquid tends to produce ever-hardening "jellies".
Fresh-cracked seed sprinkled on muesli & eaten promptly tastes great.
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Ed McCabe (p85, "Oxygen Therapies") discusses his point of view on
essential fatty acids:
"The red blood cells in the lungs give up carbon dioxide and take on
oxygen. They are then transported to the cell site via the blood vessels,
where, they release their oxygen into the plasma. This released oxygen is
"attracted" to the cells by the "resonance" of the pi-electron"
oxidation-enhancing fatty acids. Otherwise, oxygen cannot work its way
into the cell. "Electron rich fatty acids" play the decisive role in
"respiratory enzymes, which are the basis of cell oxidation...".
"Dont eat anything hydrogenated like (like margarine, or fried foods)
as it defeats oxygenation. Avoid products that say "hydrogenated".
"We should eat essential polyunsaturated fatty acids to enhance
oxygenation. They can be found naturally in Carotene, Saffron, and
Flaxseed oil."
REFERENCES
1. "Promotion and Prevention of Tumour Growth Effects of Endotoxin,
Inflamation, and Dietary Lipids", by Raymond Kearney, Ph.D, Department of
Infectious Diseases, The University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006
Australia. International Clinical Nutrition Review, October, 1987 Vol. 7,
No. 4.
2. Roehm, "Townsend Letter for Doctors", July 1990
3. Ed McCabe, "Oxygen Therapies"
4. "The natural way to better health and longer life", Bullivant.
5. Arlin J. Brown, "March of Truth On Cancer", (seventh edition). Summary
of 79 nontoxic cancer treatments. Available from the Arlin J. Brown
Information Centre Inc., P.O. Box 251, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060. Ph:
1-703-752-9511.
DISCLAIMER
This information should not be construed as an attempt to encourage
people to self-treat their disorders; nor does the information attempt to
endorse any particular brand or product. Nor do the authors and/or
compilers necessarily endorse any views presented in this document.
Although, to the best of the compilers knowledge, this information is
correct at the time of publishing, it should not be relied on as a
substitute for the reader's own investigations. Except for any
reproduction costs, this information is given freely and no responsibility
or liability is accepted for the use of this information. Any person
intending to treat themselves or their family is advised to first consult
a sympathetic health-care professional who is familiar with the proposed
mode of treatment. -END-
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