Dr. Johanna Budwig
After three decades of research Dr. Budwig, sixtime nominee for the Nobel Award, found that the blood of seriously ill cancer patients was always, without exception, deficient in certain important essential ingredients which included substances called phosphatides and lipoproteins. (The blood of a healthy person always contains sufficient quantities of these essential ingredients. However, without these natural ingredients cancer cells grow wild and out of control.) Blood analysis showed a strange greenish-yellow substance in place of the healthy red oxygen carrying hemoglobin that belongs there. This explained why cancer patients weaken and become anemic. This startling discovery led Dr. Budwig to test her theory. She found that when these natural ingredients where replaced over approximately a three month period, tumors gradually receded.The strange greenish elements in the blood were replaced with healthy red blood cells as the phosphatides and lipoproteins almost miraculously reappeared. Weakness and anemia disappeared and life energy was restored. Symptoms of cancer, liver dysfunction and diabetes were completely alleviated. Dr. Budwig then discovered an all natural way for people to replace those essential ingredients their bodies so desperately needed in their daily diet. By simply eating a combination of just two natural and delicious foods not only can cancer be prevented but in case after case it was actually cured. (These two natural foods, organic flax seed oil & cottage cheese) must be eaten together to be effective since one triggers the properties of the other to be released.) After more than 10 years of solid clinical application, Dr. Budwig's natural formula has proven successful where many orthodox remedies have failed. Dr. Budwig's formula has been used therapeutically in Europe for prevention of: Cancer! Arteriosclerosis, Strokes, Cardiac Infarction, Heartbeat (irregular), Liver (fatty degeneration), Lungs (reduces bronchial spasms), Intestines (regulates activity). Stomach Ulcers (normalizes gastric juices), Prostate (hypertopic), Arthritis (exerts a favorable influence), Eczema (assists all skin diseases), Old age (improves many common afflictions), Brain (strenghthens activity), Immune Deficiency Syndromes (multiple sclerosis, autoimmune illnesses) Thousands have flocked to hear Dr. Budwig lecture all over Europe. The many people Dr. Budwig's formula has helped testify to the benefits of her remarkable discovery.
Dr. Budwig is internationally recognized as the world's leading authority on fats and oils. She was one of the first to realize the detrimental effect of processing methods on essential fatty acids. The two essential fats are defined as alpha-linolenic LNA , an omega-3 fatty acid, and linoleic acid LA an omega-6 fatty acid. They are two of the 90 essential nutrients necessary for good health. The essential nutrients must be obtained through the diet and cannot be biosynthesized by the human body. A deficiency of alpha- linolenic acid or linoleic acid potentiates faulty fatty acid metabolism. Essential fatty acids are found most abundantly in unadulterated seed oils. Flaxseed oil is the undisputed champion, containing both essential fats in appreciable amounts, and especialy Omega 3 , which most people are deficient of. Flax is nature's richest source of omega-3 fatty acids with a whopping 57% alpha-linolenic acid. Essential fats are classified as polyunsaturated fatty acids. This class of fats are relatively unstable when exposed to excessive heat, light and oxygen. Large commercialized processing methods employ these destructive elements, in addition to chemical means, to effectively saturate the previously unsaturated bonds. This mechanism robs the essential fats of their omega-3 and -6 properties, transforming them into totally saturated, altered fats (hydrogenated trans-isomers). Dr. Budwig attributes not only the escalating rate of heart disease to hazardous processing methods, but also the incidence of cancer, stroke, eczema, arthritis, MS, IBD, Asthma, Aids, Psoriasis, and many other maladies of our time. This may very well be factually proven, as leading researcher and author, Dr. Donald Rudin, has reported that most Americans are at least 80% deficient in the essential fats. Hormone-like substances, called prostaglandins, are produced from essential fatty acids. One of the many important functions of prostaglandins are their regulating effect on arterial muscle tone. Any disturbance facilitated by a lack of dietary essential fatty acids may disrupt this system of checks and balances, resulting in arterial muscle spasm. A favorable dietary intake of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in the form of flaxseed oil ensures balanced prostaglandin production, thus regulating proper arterial constriction and relaxation. The best ballance of Omega3 : Omega6 is 1:2. Flaxseed oil is not suppose to be the only fat in your diet, as in this case actual ballance would be 2 :1, what will after 5 - 12 months cause LA deficiency and diseases. Scientific studies have also shown normalization of blood lipids (fats) in hyper-lipidemic individuals when supplemented with essential fatty acids. Decreases in harmful LDL cholesterol, increase in favorable HDL cholesterol, and reduction of triglyceride levels have been demonstrated. Never has this paradox of decreasing harmful blood lipids by increasing favorable fatty acids been so wonderfully depicted as in the true life story, now made famous in the film, "Lorenzo's Oil". Further, essential fatty acids are paramount in ferrying oxygen from hemoglobin (the oxygen carrier in red blood cells) to each and every one of our one hundred trillion cells. A lack of oxygen (hypoxia) or loss of oxygen (anoxia) to the heart muscle with resultant tissue death is the definition of myocardial infarction (heart attack). References (And recomandation for further srudy): 1) "Flax as a True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, and other Diseases" by Dr. Johanna Budwig. (Apple Publishing Company, 1992) 2) "The Kellogg Report", Joseph D. Beasley, M.D., Jerry J. Swift, M.A. (The Institute of Health Policy and Practice, U.S.A. 1989) 3) "Potential Uses of Flax in Human Nutrition", Stephen C. Cunnane, Ph.D., Thomas M.S. Wolever, M.D., Ph.D. (Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medkine, University of Toronto) 4) "Improving Atherogenic Risk in Hyper-lipidemic Humans with Flax Seed Supplementation", Marvin L Bierenbaum, M.D., Tom R. Watkins, Ph.D. (Kenneth L. Jordan Heart Fund, U.S.A.) 5) "Does Dietary Linolenic Acid Influence Blood Pressure?", E.M. Barry, J. Hirsch (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 44:436-440,1989) 6) "Effect of Flax and Dietary Alpha-Linolenic Acid on Blood Platelets in Human Subjects", B.J. Holub (Proceedings of the 53rd Flax Institute, U.S.A., 1990) 7) "Use of Flaxseed as a Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acid in Human Nutrition", Molly A. Dieken (Proceedings of the 54th Flax Institute, U.S.A. 1992) 8) "The Omega-3 Phenomenon", D. Ruden and C. Felix (Avon, 1987) 9) "Beyond Pritiken", A.L.G. (Bantam U.S.A. 1988) 10) "Fats That Heal Fats That Kill" by Udo Erasmus (Alive: Vancouver, 1986)