Johanna Budwig: Difference between revisions

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|birth_date = 1908<ref name="Kerckhof 2020"/>

|death_date = 2003<ref name="Kerckhof 2020"/>

|death_place = [[Freudenstadt]]

'''Johanna Budwig''' (1908 – 2003) was a German [[biochemist]], [[alternative cancer treatment]] advocate and writer.<ref name="Kerckhof 2020">Kerckhof, Annette. (2020). ''Budwig, Johanna (1908–2003)''. In ''Wichtige Frauen in der Naturheilkunde''. Springer. pp. 65-69. {{ISBN|978-3-662-60458-8}}</ref> Budwig was a [[pharmacist]] and held [[doctorate]] degrees in [[physics]] and [[chemistry]].<ref name= "Mannion2010">{{cite journal |first1= C. |last1= Mannion |first2= S. |last2= Page |first3= L.H. |last3= Bell |first4= M. |last4= Verhoef |title= Components of an anticancer diet: Dietary recommendations, restrictions and supplements of the Bill Henderson Protocol |journal= [[Nutrients (journal)|Nutrients]] |year= 2010 |volume= 3 |issue= 1 |pages= 1–26 |doi= 10.3390/nu3010001 |pmid= 22254073 |pmc= 3257729 |doi-access= free }}</ref> Based on her research on [[fatty acid]]s she developed a [[Lacto vegetarianism|lacto-vegetarian]] diet that she believed was useful in the [[Management of cancer|treatment of cancer]]. There is no clinical evidence that thisthe orBudwig otherdiet [[Alternative cancer treatments#Diet-based|"anti-cancer" diets]] areis effective, and the Budwig dietit may because activelyadverse harmfuleffects.<ref name=cruk/><ref name=Hübner2012/>

Budwig was born in [[Essen]] and at the age of 16 joined the Kaiserswerth Deaconess Institute.<ref name="Kerckhof 2020">Kerckhof, Annette. (2020). ''Wichtige Frauen in der Naturheilkunde''. Springer. pp. 65-69. {{ISBN|978-3-662-60458-8}}</ref> She studied pharmacy in [[Königsberg]] and [[Münster]] where she met her mentor Prof. Hans Kaufmann the founder of the German Institute for Fat Research. She worked under Kaufmann as a research assistant and completed her doctorate in 1939.<ref name="Kerckhof 2020"/>

In 1952 she described a diet which she claimed had anti-cancer effects. She called it the “Budwig protocol”.<ref name="ACSF">{{cite web |publisher= [[American Cancer Society]] |url= http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Flaxseed.asp?sitearea=ETO |title= Flaxseed |date= 2011-10-14 |access-date= 2014-03-18 |website= cancer.org |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100329054117/http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Flaxseed.asp?sitearea=ETO |archive-date= 2010-03-29 }}</ref><ref name="ACSO3">{{cite web |publisher= [[American Cancer Society]] |url= http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Omega-3_Fatty_Acids.asp?sitearea=ETO |title= Omega-3 Fatty Acids |website= cancer.org |date= 2013-01-17 |access-date= 2014-03-18 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090608234220/http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Omega-3_Fatty_Acids.asp?sitearea=ETO |archive-date= 2009-06-08 }}</ref> The focus of this diet is on modifying the intake of dietary fats.<ref name= "Mannion2010"/> It is a lacto-vegetarian diet rich in [[flaxseed oil]] and other oldcold-pressed vegetable oils, mixed with cottage cheese and meals high in fruits, vegetables with sauerkraut, freshly squeezed juices, nuts and seeds. The diet and avoids animal fats, butter, margarine, meat, seafood and sugar.<ref name="Kerckhof 2020"/><ref name="Käsmayr 2017"/> She recommended the consumption of garlic, leeks or onions as these plants contain proteins with sulphur content.<ref name="Kerckhof 2020"/> Her dietary ideas inspired the research of [[Catherine Kousmine]].<ref name="Käsmayr 2017">Käsmayr, Anneli. (2017). ''Culinary Turn Aesthetic Practice of Cookery''. Transcript Verlag. p. 165. {{ISBN|978-3-8376-3031-2}}</ref>

There is no reliableclinical evidence supporting the claims of efficiencythe against cancer, or that thisBudwig diet helps people withagainst cancer in any meaningful way. <ref name= "ACSF"/><ref name=cruk>{{cite web |title=Budwig diet |publisher= [[Cancer Research UK]] |url= http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/individual-therapies/budwig-diet |website= cancerresearchuk.org |date= 21 December 2018}}</ref> There is no [[Indication (medicine)|indication]] for using anti cancer diets and they can cause [[adverse effects]] including [[malnutrition]], [[stomach ache]], [[flatulence]], and [[allergic reactions]].<ref name=cruk/> <ref name= "Hübner2012">{{Cite journal |last1= Hübner |first1= J. |last2= Marienfeld |first2= S. |last3= Abbenhardt |first3= C. |last4= Ulrich |first4= C.M. |last5= Löser |first5= C. |display-authors= 4 |title= Wie sinnvoll sind 'Krebsdiäten'? |trans-title= How useful are diets against cancer? |journal= [[Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift]] |volume= 137 |issue= 47 |pages= 2417–22 |year= 2012 |doi = 10.1055/s-0032-1327276 |pmid= 23152069 |s2cid= 76124925 |language= DE}}</ref><ref name= "ACSF"/> [[Adverse effects]] of the diet have included [[malnutrition]], [[stomach ache]], [[flatulence]], and [[allergic reactions]].<ref name=cruk/><ref name= "Hübner2012"/>