Budwig
Diet Protocol
In my research, Dr. Johanna
Budwig’s name has been referred to on numerous occasions. The articles
mentioned that Dr. Budwig was using organic
flaxseed oil combined with organic low fat cottage cheese in preventing
and curing Cancer and Chronic Diseases. I would just shake my head in disbelief
and, without giving it a second thought, move on to other research. I was not
willing to take the time to investigate this protocol. It did not make any
sense to me how this could possibly work. That was a big mistake on my part.
If you are researching this
website for a loved one, family member, or a friend who is suffering from a
terminal or chronic disease this is one of the most important pieces of
information I have come across during thousands of hours of research. Please
take the time to read this carefully as this can be a life-saving protocol.
If you are already familiar
with the science on how the Budwig Diet works you may scroll directly down to
The Budwig Protocol section. There it will guide you in what to purchase and
how to mix the organic flax oil and organic low fat cottage cheese as
well as some explanation to the diet.
To understand the full diet,
Dr. Budwig's book will have to be purchased (links to her books are below). In
Dr. Budwig’s protocol, there is much more than just flax oil and cottage
cheese. If you are just now hearing about this protocol for the first time you
need to read this paper in its entirety to understand how this protocol works
in healing your body. This is a very, very powerful protocol when done properly
and has healed thousands of people with chronic and terminal diseases.
One afternoon I decided to take
the time to start researching Dr. Budwig. I wanted to know who she was and
learn more about her protocol. I had no idea that two months later, after
reading three of her books translated from German to English and combing the
internet, I would still be looking at Dr. Budwig’s work. I was trying my best
to understand this protocol so I could pass it along to others. I believe I now
understand why it appears to work so well. The following is what my research
revealed.
Dr. Budwig was born in Germany
in 1908. She passed away in 2003 at the age of 95. She has been referred to as
a top European cancer research scientist, biochemist, blood specialist, German
pharmacologist, and physicist. Dr. Budwig was a seven-time Nobel Prize nominee.
In Germany in 1952, she was the
central government’s senior expert for fats and pharmaceutical drugs. She’s
considered one of the world's leading authorities on fats and oils. Her
research has shown the tremendous effects that commercially processed fats and
oils have in destroying cell membranes and lowering the voltage in the cells of
our bodies, which then result in chronic and terminal disease. What we have
forgotten is that we are body electric.
The cells of our body fire
electrically. They have a nucleus in the center of the cell which is positively
charged, and the cell membrane, which is the outer lining of the cell, is
negatively charged. We are all aware of how fats clog up our veins and arteries
and are the leading cause of heart attacks, but we never looked beyond the end
of our noses to see how these very dangerous fats and oils are affecting the
overall health of our minds and bodies at the cellular level.
Dr. Budwig discovered that when
unsaturated fats have been chemically treated, their unsaturated qualities are
destroyed and the field of electrons removed. This commercial processing of
fats destroys the field of electrons that the cell membranes (60-75 trillion
cells) in our bodies must have to fire properly (i.e. function properly).
The fats' ability to associate
with protein and thereby to achieve water solubility in the fluids of the
living body is destroyed. As Dr. Budwig put it, “the battery is dead because
the electrons in these fats and oils recharge it.” When the electrons are
destroyed the fats are no longer active and cannot flow into the capillaries
and through the fine capillary networks. This is when circulation problems
arise.
Without the proper metabolism
of fats in our bodies, every vital function and every organ is affected. This
includes the generation of new life and new cells. Our bodies produce over 500
million new cells daily. Dr. Budwig points out that in growing new cells, there
is a polarity between the electrically positive nucleus and the electrically
negative cell membrane with its high unsaturated fatty acids. During cell
division, the cell, and new daughter cell must contain enough electron-rich
fatty acids in the cell's surface area to divide off completely from the old
cell. When this process is interrupted the body begins to die. In essence,
these commercially processed fats and oils are shutting down the electrical
field of the cells allowing chronic and terminal diseases to take hold of our
bodies.
A very good example would be
tumors. Dr. Budwig noted that “The formation of tumors usually happens as
follows. In those body areas which normally host many growth processes, such as
in the skin and membranes, the glandular organs, for example, the liver and
pancreas or the glands in the stomach and intestinal tract—it is here that the
growth processes are brought to a stand still. Because the polarity is missing,
due to the lack of electron rich highly unsaturated fat, the course of growth
is disturbed—the surface-active fats are not present; the substance becomes
inactive before the maturing and shedding process of the cells ever takes
place, which results in the formation of tumors.”
She pointed out that this can
be reversed by providing the simple foods, cottage cheese, and flax seed oil, which revises the stagnated
growth processes. This naturally causes the tumor or tumors present to dissolve
and the whole range of symptoms which indicate a “dead battery are cured.” Dr.
Budwig did not believe in the use of growth-inhibiting treatments such as
chemotherapy or radiation. She was quoted as saying “I flat declare that the
usual hospital treatments today, in a case of tumorous growth, most certainly
leads to worsening of the disease or a speedier death, and in healthy people,
quickly causes cancer.”
Dr. Budwig discovered that when
she combined flaxseed oil, with its powerful healing nature of
essential electron rich unsaturated fats, and cottage cheese, which is rich in
sulfur protein, the chemical reaction produced makes the oil water soluble and
easily absorbed into the cell membrane.
I found testimonials of people
from around the world who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer (all types of
cancer), sent home to die and were now living healthy, normal lives. Not only
had Dr. Budwig been using her protocol for treating cancer in Europe, but she
also treated other chronic diseases such as arthritis, heart infarction,
irregular heart beat, psoriasis, eczema (other skin diseases), immune
deficiency syndromes (Multiple Sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases),
diabetes, lungs (respiratory conditions), stomach ulcers, liver, prostate,
strokes, brain tumors, brain (strengthens activity), arteriosclerosis and other
chronic diseases. Dr. Budwig’s protocol proved successful where orthodox
traditional medicine was failing.
Since Dr. Budwig mentioned the
strengthening of the brain, I believe not only Multiple Sclerosis, but also ALS
“Lou Gehrig’s Disease”, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease could also
be significantly impacted with her protocol. I also believe that this protocol
could have the greatest impact early into the disease, and could very possibly
reverse these diseases entirely. Dr. Budwig states, “A Swede has proved that (no
brain function) can take place at all without three-fold unsaturated fats.
Without any doubt, every function of the brain—and this has been scientifically
proven–needs the very easy activation effect of three-fold unsaturated fats.
“The same applies to nerve
functions and for regeneration within the muscle after strenuous muscle
activity, in the so-called oxidative recovery phase during sleep. This process
requires the highly unsaturated, particularly electron-rich fatty acids in flax
seed oil. So, when I wish to help a very sick patient, I must first give the
most optimal oil I have. My opinion is flax seed oil.”
– Dr. Budwig
Dr. Budwig pointed out in her
book that she often took very sick cancer patients from the hospital and had
very good results with her protocol, much of the time. I would assume some
patients she worked with were too badly damaged by the chemotherapy and
radiation treatments. She pointed out that in some of these patients she would
start their therapy with an enema of 500 CCs of an oil mixture and “that their
subjective awareness of well-being increased immediately.”
She pointed out that many
patients could not urinate, produce bowel movements, or when coughing were
unable to bring up the mucous, but once the protocol was initiated this started
reactivation of the vital functions and the patients immediately began feeling
better. The Budwig diet appears to allow cancer cells to start breathing again.
Here are a couple of
testimonials I found quite interesting and thought I would share with you.
These testimonials were found in Cliff Beckwith’s website:
Cliff’s story and his recovery
from Stage IV Prostate Cancer using Budwig’s Protocol are also there along with
other cancer testimonials including lung, colon, breast, ovarian, brain cancer
and much more.
1. In a Christmas letter, Dec.
1993, we heard that a friend of ours in Wooster, Ohio, was having a bout with
ovarian cancer. The blood test for that condition is GAC 125 and the normal is
35 or below. Her count was 75. Later I learned she'd visited my sister in
September and was very apprehensive. She'd had about four rounds of chemo (i.e.
many chemotherapy sessions) and couldn't take that. We sent information about
Flaxseed oil in our Christmas letter.
Joanie is an RN and she and her
husband had been missionaries in Sri Lanka. They bought the books and started
using Flax oil. In February she was feeling fine. On May 12, 1994, she had a
checkup and the count was two and she was praising the Lord. In October 1994
she had another physical and now the count was one. Since then there's been no
further indication of cancer.
2. We were asked by a friend to
send a tape to his son whose wife was badly off with cancer. We have just learned
that the daughter-in-law had cancer through her lymphatic system and her brain.
She used 4 Tbsp. of oil a day and today the tests for cancer are normal. The
doctors can't figure out what's happened and she is not saying anything.
However, her husband, mother, father, and sisters are all using Flax oil for
prevention.
Here’s a testimonial for man’s
best friend, and I’ve read where it works on cats too.
3. Several weeks ago a man
called us from South Bend, Indiana. He said, “You'll enjoy this. I have a 13-year-old
dog. He has cancer. His eyes were dull and he was so weak he couldn't lift his
leg. I should have put him to sleep, but I didn't want to. I put 1 Tbsp. of
Flax oil and a half cup of cottage cheese in his bowl and he wolfed it down. I
did that three times a day for ten weeks. Today he's running all over the
place, his eyes are bright, his coat is shiny and he's gaining weight.” That
was the second dog I'd heard of in three days that showed improvement from
using Flax oil. The other is owned by my cousin's daughter.
This second set of testimonials
was taken from a FlaxSeedOil2 Chat group. The purpose of this group is for
information and discussion of Dr. Johanna Budwig's Oil-Protein Diet and Protocol.
FlaxSeedOil2 appears to be one of the best sources of reliable information on
the Budwig Protocol in the English-speaking world. The following link for
additional testimonies is (scroll down to FSO2 Folder 6 – Anecdotes &
Testimonials. Click and read away at all the testimonials):
(Note: This link requires that
you have a Yahoo email account and join the group)
1. From: “Bill and Nancy
Parsons” <huckink@poncacity.net>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2003, 10:31
p.m.
Subject: Re: [FlaxSeedOil2] mom
dx with nsclc 8/03
Hello Elena,
I feel real good about my case
and will very soon have tests done that should give a definitive answer to how
I am doing. I was diagnosed on Oct. 8, 2002, with a large breast cancer —
“lobular infiltrating carcinoma”. I began that same day on FO/CC. My cancer was
very painful at first – in fact, that is when I discovered it, was when the
pain awakened me at 5:00 a.m. I started that same day eating FO/CC (Flax Oil/
low fat cottage cheese). By the middle of November, my pain was all gone and I
have remained pain-free. The tumor has shrunk dramatically, and my doctor was
even amazed. On October 14, I will have a C.A.T. scan. I have already had a
P.E.T. scan. The results of both of these scans will tell me the whole story.
With the P.E.T. scan, they
injected into my veins sugar and radio-active-isotopes. The sugar goes to all
spots in my body where there is any cancer, and will even show how large it is.
It can be tracked by the radioactive isotopes. I can still feel a small ridge
and I have wondered if that is scar tissue (since it has been so long since I
have felt any pain). Well, now when I get these results, I will know if it is
still cancer or just scar tissue. I will post to this group whatever my results
are.
I had no doubts about beginning
on the FL/CC regimen, as my husband had a very large and metastasized
pancreatic cancer, in 1994.
He took many things in the
alternative field, but NOTHING IN the medical field, (unless you want to
consider his 3 weeks of IV treatments of Laetrile).
He also took FO/CC 3 times a
day.
To his surgeon's astonishment,
he was well in 5 months. After the surgery the surgeon had told us that he
would die and that he might live 3 to 6 months – 3 being most likely.
He had gotten ill at the end of
December 1993 and was in and out of the hospital until May 25, he had
exploratory surgery and got the grim reports I reported above. But after we got
home and got him on the juicing, he just began getting better. I was making
fresh vegetable juice and giving him 12 ounces about every 2 hours. And we
followed the diet scrupulously – no meat, absolutely no pork, no sugar, no
processed foods of any kind, etc. etc. and he just kept getting better.
Finally, in November 1994, I
wrote to the surgeon and ask him if he would schedule a CT scan for when we had
an appointment on December 5, 1994.
He did that and when he came to
give us the report, he was just shaking his head. He said “I don't know what to
tell you folks, but there is no cancer in there. I even had the radiologist come
back and study that with me and we can see nothing abnormal in there of any
kind.” So with that kind of encouragement, I felt confident to do basically the
same thing. Except that in the meantime, I have learned a lot more about FO/CC
and so I am going mostly all the way with that. I guess you could say I have
put all my eggs in that one basket. I know this is a long message and I am
sorry. I hope it helps your mother. My husband was 54 the year he got sick. He
is still well and still with me today.
Hope this helps, Nan
2. There is a melanoma case in
Dr. Budwig's book “Der Tod des Tumors” (The Death of the Tumor) p.85.
I will give a partial and loose
translation of it and paraphrase the first paragraph:
A Mrs. Harriett had a malignant
melanoma cut out of her thigh. About one and a half years later she had lymph
node metastasis at her left temple, which was treated with radiation. Four
months after that she had lymph node metastasis at her left neck which was also
brought under control with radiation. Two months after that she had several
skin metastases over her body. That is when she came to Dr. Budwig, evidently
on her own. What follows are excerpts of a letter from the woman's doctor to
Dr. Budwig:
“A patient of mine, Mrs.
Harriett, has recently been treated by you…” A detailed history with dates
follows as outlined above without dates. “…After your treatment, all lymph
nodes and skin metastasis were in remission. Also, all blood test indicators
were normalized. I have never seen this happening with metastasized malignant
melanoma. I would be extremely thankful if you could tell me which therapy you
used. Since I have another patient with the same illness, I would be glad to
send her to you so as to extend her life. On the other hand, I would naturally
also gladly treat this patient here if you would instruct me of the method you
used.”
The above information I found
intriguing, but I still questioned why combining flaxseed oil and cottage
cheese together was the impact on the body so intensive? I believe I have found
the reason and it’s mentioned below in several different excerpts from her
book.
Dr. Budwig states “What we need
in Europe today, in Germany as well as in Switzerland, America, and France,
what we really need are electron rich highly unsaturated fats. The moment two
unsaturated double links occur together in a fatty acid chain, the effects are
multiplied and in the highly unsaturated fats, the so-called “linoleic” acids,
there is generated a field of electrons, a veritable electrical charge which
can be quickly conducted off into the body, thus causing a recharging of the
living substance — especially of the brain and nerves. It is exactly those highly
unsaturated fatty acids which play a decisive role in the respiratory
functioning of the body. Without these fatty acids, the enzymes in the breath
can not function and we asphyxiate, even when given extra oxygen, as for
examples in hospitals. The lack of these highly unsaturated fatty acids
paralyzes many vital functions. Primarily, it cuts off the air we breath. We
can not survive without air and food and we cannot survive without these fatty
acids — that was proven long ago.”
Dr. Budwig, in her book,
brought up other areas of interest and how electron-rich fats affect other
vital functions of the body. I will mention them, but will not go into any
detail, as one may purchase her books to learn much more than presented in this
paper. The lack of electron rich unsaturated fats affect; respiratory enzyme
function — It is basically proven that highly unsaturated fatty acids are the
undiscovered decisive factor in achieving the desired effect of cellular
respiratory stimulation:
·
All glands of the body
·
Brain Function- Including mental and spiritual
·
Scholastic performance of children
·
Function of the Heart — Proper firing of the heart
·
Marital infertility
·
Moral and behavior problems
·
Human sexual relationships
·
Cell division
·
Formation of tumors
·
Ingestion of wrong fats — Humans will eat six times their normal
amount of food
Dr. Budwig, in her book, also
brought up the relationship between the Fats Syndrome, Electrons, Photons, and
Solar Energy provided by the Sun.
She pointed out that the sun is
an inexhaustible source of energy and an element of life that affects the vital
functions of the body. This, in part, is due to the photons in sunlight which
are the purest form of energy, the purest wave, and in continual movement. Dr.
Budwig states, “electrons are already a constituent of matter, even though they
are also in continual movement and that electrons love photons, attracting each
other due to their magnetic fields. There is nothing else on earth with a
higher concentration of photons of the sun’s energy than man. This
concentration of the sun’s energy — very much an iso-energetic point for
humans, with their eminently suitable wavelengths — is improved when we eat
food which has electrons which in turn attract the electromagnetic waves of
sunbeams, of photons.
“A high amount of these
electrons which are on the wavelength of the sun’s energy, are to be found, for
example, in seed oils. Scientifically, these oils are even known as
electron–rich essential highly unsaturated fats. But, when people began to
treat fats to make them keep longer, no-one stopped to consider the
consequences of this, for the existence and higher development of the human
race. These vitally important amounts of electrons, with their continual
movement and the wonderful reaction of light, were destroyed.”
Dr. Budwig found when she
treated patients and had them lie in the sun she noticed they started feeling
much better and became rejuvenated. She referred to the sun as having a
stimulating effect on the secretions of the liver, gall bladder, pancreas,
bladder and salivary glands. Dr. Budwig also stated “Matter always has its own
vibration, and so, of course, does the living body. The absorption of energy
must correspond to one’s own wavelength.” It appears apparently that sunlight
is absolutely essential for the stimulation effect of the vital functions of
the mind and body, contributing to the factors which allow the body to heal
itself.
Dr. Budwig mentioned that
doctors tell patients and cancer patients to avoid the sun as they can’t
tolerate it and that is correct. She says once these patients start on her
oil-protein nutritional advice for two or three days which means they have been
getting sufficient amounts of essential fats, they can then tolerate the sun
very well. She said the patients then tell her how much better they feel as
their vitality and vigor is re-stimulated.
The last of the points
mentioned by Dr. Budwig, and maybe the most important, is the electrons in our
food serve as the resonance system for the sun’s energy and are truly the
element of life. Man acts as an antenna for the sun. The interplay between the
photons in the sunbeams and the electrons in the seed oils and our foods
governs all the vital functions of the body.
This has to be one of the
greatest discoveries ever made as this combination promotes healing in the body
of chronic and terminal diseases. In her book, Dr. Budwig states “Various
highly trained and educated individuals are dismayed and irritated by the fact
that serious medical conditions can be cured by cottage cheese and flaxseed
oil.”
The mixing of the oil and
cottage cheese allows for the chemical reaction to take place between the
sulfur protein in the cottage cheese and the oil, which makes the oil water
soluble for easy absorption into your cells.
The Budwig
Protocol
The mixing ratio is two
tablespoons of cottage cheese to one tablespoon of oil. Mix only the amount you
are consuming at one time so it is mixed fresh each and every time. One example
would be to mix (4) tablespoons of cottage cheese to (2) tablespoons of flax
oil, consumed twice daily or more depending on the severity of the health
condition one is attempting to address. One should probably start slowly with
the oil, maybe just once a day and work their way up letting the body adjust to
the protocol. The oil and the cottage cheese must be thoroughly mixed at a low
speed, using an Immersion Blender,
blending until a creamy texture with no standing oil is achieved.
The mixture should then be
immediately consumed.
Do not add anything to the
mixture until after it
is mixed.
One may want to consider
sprinkling a tablespoon or two of freshly ground flaxseed over the top of
the freshly mixed flax oil and cottage cheese mixture. Mix this in by hand.
This supercharges the protocol. Do not buy pre-ground flax seed as the flax
seed goes rancid 15 minutes after grinding. Brown or golden whole flaxseed is
available at the health food stores and either will work. You may grind up the
fresh flax seed with a small coffee grinder. Store the seeds in the
refrigerator and grind fresh each time.
You may also stir in with a
spoon 2-3 tablespoons of organic low-fat milk for a creamier mixture. This can
be mixed in by hand after the initial blending. The mixture can be flavored
differently every day by adding nuts, preferably organic such as pecans,
almonds or walnuts (not peanuts), banana, organic cocoa, organic shredded
coconut, pineapple (fresh), blueberries, raspberries, cinnamon, or (freshly)
squeezed fruit juice. It’s usually best to place the fresh fruit on top of the
completed mixture and enjoy as its own meal. Try your best to obtain organic
fruit when possible. Many times this can be found frozen when not in season.
Dr. Budwig pointed out that
people who are suffering from chronic or terminal disease should work
themselves up to consuming 4 – 8 Tbs of the oil daily. Usually, the higher
limits 6-8 Tbsp were for people with cancer. She stated people with liver or
pancreatic cancer etc, may have to work up very slowly with the oil and
possibly only start with 1 teaspoon at a time giving their body time to adjust.
Dr. Budwig pointed out that cancer patients once starting the protocol and
getting it under control must continue with a maintenance dose to prevent
reoccurrence. A maintenance dose is considered (1) Tbsp of the oil per 100
pounds of body weight. The Budwig Diet takes time to work and in the event of
cancer, tumors, etc may take 3-6 months to see results. Many other health
issues may respond much faster.
Also here is a very good YouTube video which
actually shows how to make the flax oil and cottage cheese mixture correctly.
When starting the protocol you would not want to make such a large amount at
first, as shown in the video.
If you are lactose intolerant
you may want to try the following. Since commercial milk is pasteurized,
beneficial bacteria and enzymes in the milk and dairy products are destroyed.
This has led to a number of people having difficulty in tolerating quark or
cottage cheese.
Dairy is an important component
in Dr. Budwig's Oil-Protein Diet. Because good substitutes are hard to find, it
is worthwhile for those who are lactose intolerant to try different ways of
tolerating dairy.
Some possibilities (in no
particular order):
·
Use raw milk and raw milk products if you can get them.
·
Use goat's milk instead of cow's milk products.
Try Nancy's Cottage Cheese
which is made with lactic cultures. For more details, including a store
locator, go to
this website:
·
Make yogurt quark (recipe under “Foods” in the files)
·
Make kefir quark (straining kefir to get a cream cheese
consistency)
·
Get kefir grains, make kefir, remove grains, and strain through
fine muslin cloth.
To learn more, do a Google
search for “kefir”.
FSO2 member Cheryl du Toit says
this about kefir in message #29710: “Kefir cottage cheese (or quark) is most
certainly our solution for lactose intolerant people. It works like a charm.”
If one does not wish to make
kefir, it can be purchased from the health food store in the refrigerated
section. Organic Kefir comes in a liquid and the oil may be stirred into the
kefir and consumed. It tastes very good. Make sure the oil is totally dissolved
into the kefir before consuming. You may want to check with the health food
store and see if they have a kefir cheese similar to cottage cheese which
should work, as long as the flax oil blends in and does not float back to the top.
In the case of a person with a
feeding tube, one could mix flax oil into the organic kefir by hand as
mentioned above. Then pour into the feeding tube. Again, this can be done using
¼ cup kefir to 1 tablespoon of the flax oil and given throughout the day at
different times. You may be able to use even a little more oil with the ¼ cup
kefir. One may have to play with the mixture to get the desired results. Make
sure there is no oil floating on top of the kefir before pouring into the
feeding tube.
Dr. Budwig noted prior to
administering her protocol she had observed blood analysis of seriously ill
cancer patients which showed a strange greenish-yellow substance in the place
of the healthy red oxygen carrying hemoglobin. She found their blood, without
exception, was deficient in substances called phosphatides and lipoproteins. It
has also been found that most people have blood that is 80 percent deficient in
Omega 3. Dr. Budwig found that cancer patient’s blood, after three months of
using her protocol, returned to bright red and the tumors began disappearing.
Weakness and anemia disappeared and the life energy was restored. Symptoms of
cancer, liver dysfunction, and diabetes were completely alleviated.
It has been mentioned in
several articles that once a chronic or terminal disease has been brought under
control or into remission the amount of flax oil may be reduced to
1 tablespoon per 100 pounds of body weight for maintenance. To prevent
reoccurrence of the cancer one should stay on the maintenance dose.
If yogurt is used in place of
the cottage cheese it will require three times more yogurt to be consumed than
cottage cheese as it lacks the protein density of cottage cheese. Even then,
this may not be as effective. There is some question, as Dr. Budwig never
addressed this issue. The yogurt will have to be (live cultures, not the kind
in the supermarket). An example of using the yogurt would be a ¾ cup of yogurt
to 1 tablespoon of flax oil.
The following items listed
below should be avoided on this diet.
(The reason one needs to
exclude these items from his / her diet is that they interfere with the diet by
lowering the voltage field in the cells.)
·
Sugar
·
All animal fats
·
All meats
·
Margarine
·
Butter
·
Salad dressing oils- exception extra virgin olive oil and balsamic
vinegar or lemon
·
Foods high in Preservatives
Vendors of
Flaxseed Oil
Here are two excellent vendors
of flaxseed oil:
Better Way Health (If
you purchase Transfer Point Beta Glucan)
Bio Natures (If
you do not purchase Transfer Point Beta Glucan)
Dr. Budwig
Diet Plan
The following is an example of
the protocol given in Dr. Budwig's book.
Most people begin gradually
adding healthy foods & liquids and eliminating damaging ones. The diet
seems simple, but foods are powerful and can damage or heal a person. This
protocol has over a 90 percent success rate, with all kinds of cancer patients,
according to Dr. Budwig, and those who studied and reported on her work in
Germany over a 50-year period. Many research studies done in the last 10 years
support the cancer-fighting value of the foods, juices, sun exposure, and
relaxation which Dr. Budwig recommended. There are many testimonials in the
files of the FSO2 group written by members who have regained their health by
following this protocol after being diagnosed with cancer — many terminal.
The following are some excerpts
from the above message link.
To start the diet, it helps to
have three appliances. One is a coffee bean grinder to grind the whole brown
flaxseeds sold in health food stores or online. In Dr. Budwig’s protocol, she
used 2-3 tablespoons daily of the ground up flax seed. The flax seeds should be
ground and used immediately. They must be consumed within 15 minutes of
grinding or considered rancid. They can be used in cereals, oatmeal, shakes
etc.
The 2nd appliance is an immersion
hand-held mixer, a somewhat stick-shaped mixer, to blend the flaxseed oil [FO]
and the cottage cheese [CC] together so that they become one food, making the
oil water-soluble and more absorbable to the cells of the body.
The third appliance needed is
a vegetable
juicer. A masticating-type may give a more healthful juice than a
centrifugal type. Purchasing a vegetable juicer is absolutely essential.
Patients with liver,
gallbladder or pancreatic cancer, may need to start with a lesser amount of the
oil and build up slowly to Dr. Budwig’s recommended dosage. A transitional diet
can be found in the FSO2 files or in Dr. Budwig’s book.
SUNSHINE — Sun on the skin is
very healthful for vitamin D and other benefits but avoid burning. If you feel
up to having some exercise, INDIVIDUALIZE IT ACCORDING TO YOUR STRENGTH NEVER
OVERDO IT. Dr. Budwig did not push the idea of exercise, she felt that one
needs rest to heal. So, take caution. [For those who can exercise, besides
walking, a rebounder (a small, round trampoline) is beneficial for the lymph
system, heart and circulation. RELAXATION IN THE SUN IF POSSIBLE to relieve
stress is healing – nature, music, chat, laughter. [On days when you cannot be
in the sun, high-quality, cold-pressed cod liver oil offers vitamin D and other
benefits]
DR BUDWIG STRESSED THAT IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO AVOID UNHEALTHY FOODS and SUBSTANCES such as hydrogenated
fats, animal fats, sugar, white flour, preservatives, chemicals and processed
foods. Avoid leftovers – food should be prepared fresh and eaten soon after
preparation to get the health-giving electrons and enzymes – within 15-20
minutes. At least three times a day drink a warm liquid, such as green or
herbal teas, sweeten only with raw honey. Keep a food diary. Avoid stress and
anxiety; take time to relax and enjoy each day. Listen to beautiful music,
laugh, do deep breathing, connect with nature, and spend time with people you
like. Dr Budwig spoke about the damaging effects of stress.
Also, she did not include
supplements or drugs in her protocol. Some supplements, especially high amounts
of antioxidants, can interfere with how well the diet works, as can some drugs.
Dr. Budwig in her protocol also
used Eldi R Oils and Oil packs to help in the healing process of chronic and
terminal diseases. Dr. Budwig created the Eldi Oils (Electron Differentiation
oils) through exact spectroscopic measurements via the absorption of light in
different oils. The Eldi Oils have a favorable ‘retuning' effect on the
metabolism for people who are ill. The ‘retuning' effect relates to the
creation of oxygen and energy within the system. The sun’s energy resonates
with the electronic energy created by the flax oil and cottage cheese
combination, and the Eldi oils do exactly the same when applied topically to
the skin or as a rectal enema. When applying in a rectal enema it appeared she
used ½ cup to 1 cup of the oils daily. It appears a person would hold the oil
for about 15-20 minutes before release. I guess common sense will have to
prevail. If Eldi oils are not available one can use flax oil.
The following protocol on how
Dr. Budwig used Eldi Oil R was sent to me from Germany by Wolfgang Bloching.
The Eldi Oil R is essential in this healing protocol. Wolfgang also advised
that Dr. Budwig when necessary used the Eldi Oil R in (Rectal Enemas).
Dr. J. Budwig Eldi Oel R (Eldi
Oil R): Application
Two times a day, i.e. morning
and evening, rub Eldi Oil R into the skin over the whole body, a bit more
intensively on the shoulders (armpits), breast and groin (where the lymphatic
vessels are) and also on the problem areas, like for instance the breast, stomach,
liver, etc. Leave the oil on the skin for about 15-20 minutes. Then take a warm
shower without soap. Then follow up with another shower, this time using a mild
soap. Then rest for 15-20 minutes. The purpose of the shower, after the body
has been oiled and the Eldi Oil has penetrated the skin, is that the warm water
opens the pores so that the oil can penetrate a bit deeper into the skin. The
second shower, this time with soap, is for skin surface cleaning so that
clothes and linen will not become soiled too much.
Always use the Eldi Oil R in
connection with the Oil-Protein Diet (Budwig Diet) and do this consistently,
even if it seems difficult at times. The Oil-Protein Diet together with Eldi
Oil is a helpful method to improve problems and illnesses long term. The Eldi
Oils in small bottles with 95 ml content are all perfumed and contain, like
Eldi Oil R, only highly unsaturated fatty acids, but they are too expensive to
be used for the whole body. They are meant to be used this way for example:
Eldi Oel photo activ (photo
active) only for the face.
Eldi Oel Rose for a woman’s
body (rose oil).
Eldi Oel herb neu (tart new)
for a man’s body (tart scent).
Eldi Oel H-activ (H-active)
only for the breast region (heart) etc.
Eldi Oel balsamicum Salbei
(balsamic sage) is only for oil packs.
Take pure cotton 100 percent or a cotton cloth. Cut these to size for the body
part, for example, the knee. Soak the cotton, place on the knee, cover the
cotton with a plastic sheet and wrap it all with an elastic bandage. Leave it
on for the night. Remove it in the morning and wash the knee. Repeat it in the
evening and do this for weeks. You can also use Eldi Oil R for these local
applications. The oil pack is only suited for local problems (no metastases).
Only three of Dr. Budwig’s
books have been translated from German into English at this time. For more
information on where to purchase Dr. Budwig’s books check out the websites
below. It was very difficult to find the newly released third book.
I hope the information provided
will help you or a loved one.