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Budwig Flax Oil Diet

The Budwig Flax Oil Diet

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      The flaxseed (linseed) oil diet was originally proposed by Dr Johanna Budwig in 1951 and recently re-examined by Dr Dan C Roehm MD 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".1

      Budwig claims that the diet is both preventative and curative. She says the absence of linoleic acids (in the average Western diet) is responsible for the production of oxidase, which induces cancer growth and is the cause of many other chronic disorders. The beneficial oxidase 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 oxidation. It is essential to use only unrefined, cold-pressed oils with high linoleic acid content, such as linseed, sunflower, soya, poppy seed, walnut and corn oils. Such oils 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. Some synthetic vitamin A preparations are bad because they contain oxidation products, but much carotene 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 1oz of milk. A blender or eggbeater works fine. The mixture can be sweetened with honey or otherwise flavoured naturally. Fresh fruits can be added. Every morning two 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 (coronary 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.

General Rules

      The patient has no nourishment on day one other than 250ml (8.5oz) 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.

Sugar is absolutely forbidden. Grape juice may be added to sweeten any other freshly squeezed juices.

Other 'forbiddens' are:
all animal fats;
all salad oils (this includes commercial mayonnaise);
all meats (chemicals and hormones);
butter;
margarine;
preserved meats (the preservatives block metabolism even of flax oil).

Freshly squeezed vegetable juices are fine – carrot, celery, apple and red beet.

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 two tablespoons (30ml) of flax oil and honey and fresh fruit according to season, e.g. 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 4oz (120g) 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, 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, buckwheat 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 flax 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 and 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.

      "If only all 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 his or her deathbed going again. A retention enema of 250ml (8.5oz) 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."1

      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?

      "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."1

      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 and eaten promptly tastes great.

      Ed McCabe2 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…"

      "Don't eat anything hydrogenated (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."

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