| When people become ill with cancer, there are usually | | | | was green and yellow in color found only in the blood |
| a set number of recommended treatments for them | | | | of cancer patients. |
| to go through. Doctors will offer these treatments as | | | | The Idea Behind The Budwig Diet |
| the best course of action for them, but each of | | | | The idea behind the Budwig Diet was actually quite |
| these treatments has its drawbacks. Chemotherapy | | | | simple: to reverse the harm caused by the bad |
| and radiotherapy are two common treatments that | | | | elements of the modern diet by cutting them out |
| can have a number of unpleasant side effects, and in | | | | completely. |
| many cases invasive surgery is used as a last resort. | | | | Dr Budwig decided that if she could create a diet |
| However, there is another option. The Budwig Diet is | | | | that would counter the effects of the modern diet, it |
| an entirely natural method of combating cancer in | | | | could help people to live a healthy life and could |
| order to fight the disease and carry on living a | | | | actually reverse the problems caused by that diet. By |
| normal, healthy life. There are no drugs, no surgical | | | | providing a diet that was high in nutrients this could |
| procedures, just a simple and healthy diet that has | | | | help to combat the cancerous cells and increase the |
| been proven time and again to be a powerful | | | | level of red blood cells in the patients. |
| antidote to the nightmare of cancer. Here we will | | | | Main Foundation Of The Budwig Diet |
| explain a bit about the diet to help you make the | | | | Dr Budwig set about creating her famous diet, and |
| right choice of treatment for you, should you be | | | | came up with two main ingredients that would be the |
| affected by cancer. | | | | foundation of the diet: flaxseed oil and quark (similar |
| History Of The Budwig Diet | | | | to cottage cheese and common in Germany). |
| The origins of the Budwig Diet go back to 1908, with | | | | She believed that these two ingredients were key in |
| the birth of its creator, Dr Johanna Budwig. | | | | reversing the damage caused by the previous diet |
| Throughout her long life - she died in 2003 at the age | | | | and preventing the development of cancer. |
| of 95 - the German doctor became one of the top | | | | She decided on flaxseed oil due to its high levels of |
| cancer researchers in Europe. She carried out a | | | | Omega 3, which was lacking in the blood of cancer |
| significant amount of research into cancer and its | | | | patients, as well as being tolerated by most people. |
| causes, and her vast body of work led her to being | | | | Quark added the high levels of protein, and she |
| nominated for the Nobel Prize seven times, although | | | | found that the two ingredients complemented each |
| she never won it. | | | | other perfectly. |
| Throughout her lengthy research, she came to a | | | | Other Elements Of The Diet |
| startling conclusion. It was her expert opinion that all | | | | Because no one could be expected to stick to a diet |
| forms of cancer in the body are caused by our diets, | | | | of just two ingredients, Dr Budwig included a long list |
| and that rising cancer levels could be put down to | | | | of other ingredients to make up the diet that would |
| the processed foods and the hydrogenated fats that | | | | not only counter the effects of the cancer, but |
| are so prevalent in our modern diets. | | | | would also provide enough variation for a tasty diet |
| As a result of this, she devised her famous diet, and | | | | that would be easy to stick to. |
| began to test it out on cancer patients. The results | | | | There are numerous ingredients allowed on the diet, |
| would change the medical community forever. | | | | and many recipes can be made from them, including: |
| Amazing Findings | | | | lentils, brown rice, raw vegetables, porridge and many |
| It was clear to Dr Budwig that the diet was the | | | | others besides. |
| fundamental cause of cancer. She discovered | | | | Results |
| throughout her research that trans fats found in our | | | | Dr Budwig trialled her diet on numerous cancer |
| diets had a negative effect on our cell membranes | | | | patients, and it soon became clear that she had |
| by targeting the electrical charge found within them, | | | | found a solution to the rising number of cancer cases |
| and that this was the main factor in the development | | | | across the world. She began to witness |
| of cancer. | | | | improvements after just a few months of the trials |
| She also did research into a large number of cancer | | | | beginning, with the blood of the cancer patients |
| patients, and found that their blood revealed some | | | | returning to normal. |
| surprising signs. One of these was that they had far | | | | It is for this reason that people all over the world are |
| lower levels of Omega 3 in their blood than healthy | | | | now benefiting from the Budwig Diet and the lifetime |
| people. Another was that they had much lower levels | | | | of research that went into its creation to cure cases |
| of phosphatides and lipoproteins than healthy people. | | | | of cancer by a natural method. |
| And she even discovered a strange substance that | | | | |