Johanna Budwig: Difference between revisions

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 cold-pressed vegetable oils, mixed with cottage cheese and meals high in fruits, vegetables with sauerkraut, freshly squeezed juices, nuts and seeds. The diet 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>

 

 

People with cancer who delay or forgo effective treatments as a result of using diets such as the Budwig Diet might suffer [[relapse]], experience unnecessary disease progression, and experience continuing cancer-related symptoms.<ref name= "Huebner2014">{{Cite journal |last1= Huebner |first1= J. |last2= Marienfeld |first2= S. |last3= Abbenhardt |first3= C. |last4= Ulrich |first4= C. |last5= Muenstedt |first5= K. |last6= Micke |first6= O. |last7= Muecke |first7= R. |last8= Loeser |first8= C. |display-authors= 4 |title= Counseling patients on cancer diets: A review of the literature and recommendations for clinical practice |journal= [[Anticancer Research]] |volume= 34 |issue= 1 |pages= 39–48 |year= 2014 |pmid= 24403443 |url= http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/1/39.long}}</ref>