| Dr. Johanna Budwig, who died in 2003 at the age of | | | | fruit, and can be eaten all at once or in small servings |
| 92, was a practicing physician in Germany for over 60 | | | | throughout the day. Dr. Budwig prescribed only very |
| years. In the 1950's she noticed that people with | | | | small doses of this mixture, starting with just one |
| cancer whose diets were rich in foods containing | | | | tablespoon a day for her very sickest patients. She |
| more linoleic and linolenic acids lived longer and were | | | | increased the dosage up to at most 8 tablespoons |
| more likely to go into remission. Linoleic and linolenic | | | | (half a cup) for maintenance. |
| acids are found in many nuts and seeds, notably | | | | Cancer patients are often advised to make Dr. |
| flaxseed. | | | | Budwig's mixture with raw milk. I have nothing against |
| Dr. Budwig did not label fatty acids as "good" and | | | | raw milk, but I would caution to be very sure about |
| "bad." She noted that the omega-6 fatty acids that | | | | the source. The last thing anyone with cancer needs |
| abundant in a diet of prepared foods were just as | | | | is a food-borne infection. |
| necessary to cellular health as the omega-3 fatty | | | | As you can read in Cancer--The Problem and the |
| acids found in fish, nuts, and plankton, and in less | | | | Solution, Dr. Budwig reported that this simple addition |
| amounts in many other foods. Both omega-3's and | | | | to diet contributed to remission from many kinds of |
| omega-6's are essential to repairing the oxygen | | | | cancer, especially cancers of the breast and prostate, |
| transport system in the linings of cells. The objective | | | | although she cautioned that consuming the flaxseed |
| of her diet was simply to ensure that both kinds of | | | | oil without the appropriate protein from cottage |
| essential fatty acids were provided in the diet. | | | | cheese could actually be harmful. Dr. Budwig was also |
| Getting the right mix of essential fatty acids is simple | | | | one of the earliest advocates of juicing, especially |
| and inexpensive. Consuming up to 3 tablespoons (45 | | | | juicing carrots, and supplementing with resveratrol. |
| ml) of cold-pressed flaxseed oil with 1/3 cup (75 g) | | | | Most of her patients were so advanced in their |
| of low-fat cottage cheese daily provides the right | | | | cancers that they had trouble taking even the small |
| balance of essential fatty acids as well as a full range | | | | amount of cottage cheese and oil she prescribed, so |
| of amino acids and the body's daily supply of calcium. | | | | her diet did not emphasize prohibitions of meat, eggs, |
| The mixture could be made into a smoothie with | | | | and processed foods. |