Date: Thu Oct 2, 2003 10:31 pm
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 radio active 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 scruprously - 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 lose 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 were also brought under control with radiation. Two months after that she had several skin metastasis 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 flax seed 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.
The following excerpt is from Dr Budwig’s book Flax Oil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer And Other Diseases which was translated from German to English. This book is a must read for anyone trying to heal themselves from a terminal or chronic disease.
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. With out 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 paralyses 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 wave lengths---is improved when we eat food which has electrons which in turn attract the electro-magnetic waves of sun beams, of photons.
A high amount of these electrons which are on the wave length 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 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 wave length.” 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 mention 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 absorbsion into your cells.
The Budwig Protocol
Only use Flax Oil from the refrigerated section of your health food store. Never use capsules, flakes or flax oil from the shelves. It must be refrigerated and check the expiration date to make sure it has not expired. I would not use High Lignan Flax Oil because the taste is not clean and you can not tell if it is rancid. They have left the husk from the processing of the seeds in the bottom of the bottle, leaving less product. You want good clean tasting oil and no flavoring added as some oils are doing.
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!!
We have always recommended using the immersion [stick or wand like] mixer for the Flax Seed Oil and Cottage Cheese. Here is a link to photos of an immersion mixer:
Immersion Mixer Vendor
One may want to consider sprinkling a tablespoon or two of freshly ground flax seed over top of the freshly mixed flax oil and cottage cheese mixture. Mix this in by hand. This super charges 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 lowfat milk for a creamer 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 Tbs 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) Tbs of the oil per one hundred 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.
Here's the link to the YouTube page:
YouTube 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.
Take the enzyme Lactase with quark or cottage cheese.
Try Nancy's Cottage Cheese which is made with lactic cultures.
For more details, including a store locator, go to this website:
Store Locator
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" it will get you many hits.
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 through out 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 that 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% 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 hundred lbs. 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 3 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 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
Dr Budwig Diet Plan
Dr Budwig has a diet plan that is available in her cook book, The Oil Protein Diet Cook Book- It can be purchased from www.amazon.com for around $10.00.
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% 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 ten 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.
To see the files, click here:
To See Files
For diet details see:
Diet Details
The following are some excerpts from the above message link.
To start the diet, it helps to have 3 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 to 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 3rd 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 & other benefits but avoid burning. If you feel up to having some
EXERCISE; INDIVIDUALIZE IT ACCORDING TO YOUR STRENGTH NEVER OVER DO 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 & 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 & other benefits]
DR BUDWIG STRESSED THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO AVOID UNHEALTHY FOODS & 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 & enzymes-within 15-20 minutes. At least 3x 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 & 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). This was used for the very sick. The oils can be purchased from Wolfgang by contacting him at the following e-mail address:
Wolfgang.Bloching@t-online.de
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% 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 to 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.
Flax Oil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer And Other Diseases- Can be purchased from www.amazon.com
The Oil Protein Diet Cook Book- Can be purchased from www.amazon.com
Cancer- The Problem and The Solution - Can be purchased from:
To Order
I hope the information provided will help you or a loved one. For further information I would highly recommend the
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaxSeedOil2/files/. They have accumulated some of the best information in the world on Dr Budwig’s Protocol and may be able to answer most any question you may have.
