What is her background? Dr. Budwig was a qualified pharmacologist, chemist and physicist with a doctorate in physics who worked as the chief expert-consultant for drugs and fats at the former Bundesanstalt fur Fettforschung (Federal Institute for Fats Research).

Dr. Budwig was not only a researcher but also a writer. I recall seeing numerous books and documents lining the book shelves as she toured me, along with another doctor who came with me, Dr. Raymond Hilu and our translator. It seemed to me that in every room I walked into there were books and documents piled here and there. She authored numerous books (among them Cancer - The Problem and The Solution, Das Fettsyndrom [The Fat Syndrome, discussing the links between fats and next to all diseases of the heart and lung as well as cancer], Krebs, ein Fettproblem [Cancer - A Fat Problem, on the right choice and use of fats], Der Tod des Tumors [The Death of the Tumor], as well as numerous scientific papers and treatises in which she published her findings on the critical importance of the right fatty acids and the deleterious effect of the wrong fats on human health.

Three of her works "FlaxOil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Heart Infarction, Cancer, And Other Diseases" , "The Oil Protein Diet Cookbook" and the above-mentioned "Cancer - The Problem and The Solution" have been translated into English.

The former, though a slender volume of only about 60 pages, is "packed with the most clear thinking on the genesis of serious diseases and health recovery" including healing cancer.

Its not surprising that in her time, she attacked the cancer industry. She had a very strong and determined character, to say the least. She attacked the cancer industry for their approach. "It is not correct to regard the problem of tumours simply as a problem of too much growth and thereby to instigate all manners and means of growth inhibiting treatments" Said Dr. Budwig

She gave numerous conferences and of course The Central Committee for Cancer Research were not happy with many of her statements which finally lead to their taking court action against her.

In court, the judge, after having reviewed the evidence from both sides, pulled the cancer research people aside and told them not to take on this woman. The court records quote the presiding judge: "Doctor Budwig's documents and papers are conclusive. There would be a scandal in the scientific worlds, because the public would certainly support Doctor Budwig."

• A coffee bean grinder to grind the flaxseeds.
• An immersion hand-held blender (a stick-shaped mixer) It's important to use an electric mixer rather than stirring by hand.
• A juice Machine. A masticating type juicer is said to give a more healthful juice than a centrifugal type. If you do not have this type of juicer the BUDWIG CENTER can help you locate one.

• To make the Budwig Muesli, blend
  
• 3 Tablespoons (British dessert spoons) of flaxseed oil (FO) with
  
• 6 Tbps low-fat(less than 2%) Quark or Cottage Cheese (CC) with a hand-held immersion electric blender for up to a minute
  
• If the mixture is too thick and/or the oil does not disappear you may need to add 2 or 3 Tablespoons of milk (goat milk would be the best option).
  
• Do not add water or juices when blending FO with CC or quark. The mixture should be like rich whipped cream with no separated oil. Remember you must mix ONLY the FO and CC and nothing else at first. Always use organic food products when possible.
• Now once the FO and CC are well mixed grind 2 Tbps of whole flaxseeds and add to the mixture. Please note that freshly ground flaxseeds must be used within 20 minutes after being ground or they will become rancid. Therefore do not grind up flaxseeds ahead of time and store.
• Next mix in by hand or with the blender 1 teaspoon of honey (raw non-pasteurized is recommended)
• (Optional) For variety you may add other ingredients such as sugar free apple sauce, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon juice, chopped almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews (no peanuts), pine kernels, rosehip-marrow. For people who find the Budwig Muesli hard to take these added foods will make the mixture more palatable. Some of our patients have even added a pinch of Celtic sea salt and others put in a pinch of cayenne pepper for a change
• (Optional) Dr. Harvey Diamond who wrote a book on the importance of "food combining" and other experts recommend not mixing fruit with other foods (they say to eat fruit on its own on an empty stomach and wait 10 minutes before eating other foods) If however you do not have any digestion problems you may want to add various fruits, especially berries fresh or frozen. No more than 1 cup of fruit should be added.
• (Optional) Add ground up Apricot kernels (no more than 6 kernels per day). Or you may decide to eat these apricot kernels on their own

1. Stevia, raw non-pasteurized honey, dates, figs, berry and fruit juices serve as sweeteners - no other sweeteners are permitted
2. Herbs in their natural form (pure nothing added)
3. All nuts (raw unroasted) are fine except peanuts
4. All seeds good, sunflower seeds are very complete and filling
5. Raw un processed cocoa, shredded (unsweetened coconut) and rose hip puree
6. Cup of black tea is accepted (coffee beans are toxic and not recommended)
7. Any flour is permissible as long as it's 100% whole grain. Corn is generally believed by the group to be an exception because of mold/fungus and genetic manipulation
8. 2 or 3 slices of health food store pickles (no preservatives! - read label!)
9. Freezing cottage cheese /Quark as well as fruits and vegetables is ok.
10. VERY IMPORTANT: The flaxseed oil must always be kept in the refrigerator. It will keep for 12 months in the freezer. Arrange to purchase as direct as possible from a manufacturer (like Barlean's) and when it arrives put it right away in the refrigerator. Or arrange with the local health shop to keep a supply in the refrigerator for you.
11. Drink only distilled water or reverse osmosis water

• NO hydrogenated oils, NO trans-fats, (cold pressed sunflower seed oil is a better choice than olive oil)
• NO animal fats NO pork (pigs are the cleaners of the earth and their meat is loaded with toxins. ham, bacon, sausages, etc should be avoided)
• NO seafood (lobsters, clams, shrimp, all fish with a hard shell are cleaners of the sea and are loaded with toxins..)
• White regular pasta is eliminated, as is white bread, (Spelt pasta and bread is a better choice than wheat as many cancer patients have an intolerance to wheat, whole Rye, Oat, Multigrain bread is good. Corn is very discouraged (because of mold and genetic modification issues).
• NO ice cream or dairy products (other than the cottage cheese and some cheese)
• NO cane sugar, white sugar, molasses, maple syrup, Xylitol, preservatives
• NO processed foods (NO store bought pastries), make your own with our recipes
• NO Soy products (unless fermented or used for 2 or 3 weeks at the beginning if you cannot tolerate the cottage cheese)
• Avoid pesticides and chemicals, even those in household products & cosmetics. Good old vinegar, as well as baking soda are excellent household cleaners (look on the Internet for more info)
• NO microwave, NO Teflon or aluminium cooking ware or aluminium foil. We recommend and provide during your stay at Budwig Center enamel cooking ware. Stainless steel, ceramic, cast iron, glass and corning cooking wear are fine.

For centuries, ginger has been used by practitioners of Chinese medicine and by traditional Indian and Japanese healers to treat a host of conditions including vomiting and nausea, chronic coughs, morning sickness, gastrointestinal complaints and migraine headaches. It has also been used to treat both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. However, Western medicine has only recently started to seriously study the medicinal qualities of ginger.

So far, several studies have shown that ginger appears to have anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties similar to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, but without the side effects (which can include gastrointestinal bleeding and ulcers). In one study, taking a daily dose of ginger (30 to 500 mg.) for four to 36 weeks successfully reduced knee pain in people suffering from osteoarthritis.

Now, in new research from the University of Georgia and Georgia College and State University (GCSU), scientists have found even more evidence that ginger is a potent muscle pain reliever. The scientists worked with seventy-four student volunteers who were divided into three groups. One group was given raw ginger, one group received heated ginger and the third group received a fake ginger placebo.

Muscle pain was induced in the volunteers by having them perform 18 eccentric muscle exercises. Then the research subjects were tested on 11 consecutive days to see if those taking the ginger had reduced muscle aches and pains. And they did -- dramatically. The results showed that both raw and heat-treated ginger lowered muscle pain intensity by 25 and 23 percent, respectively.

More breaking ginger news: in a study just reported in the journal Pediatric Blood and Cancer, researchers from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi have documented that ginger significantly reduced nausea and vomiting in children subjected to chemotherapy for cancer. In addition, new research published this month in the journal Molecular Vision suggests ginger may prevent or delay the development of cataracts in diabetics.

For more information:
http://ampainsoc.org/press/2010_jop...
http://www.naturalnews.com/025930_h...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...
http://www.naturalnews.com/ginger.html

"Increase in the usage of electronic gadgets has led to electropollution of the environment. Honeybee behavior and biology has been affected by electrosmog since these insects have magnetite in their bodies which helps them in navigation," the researchers wrote.

Honeybees play a major role in pollinating some of the world's most important food crops. Populations have been steadily falling across North America, Europe and some other parts of the world, raising alarm for reasons of both ecological health and food security.

Numerous studies have aimed to uncover the reasons for the decline, and most scientists are now blaming a combination of pesticides, disease and habitat loss. In the new study, researchers sought to determine whether cell phone radiation might play a role by attaching two mobile phones to one beehive and attaching two dummy phones to a control hive. The active phones were then powered on for two 15-minute sessions each day for three months.

"There are reports of sudden disappearance of bee populations from honeybee colonies," they wrote. "The reason is still not clear. We have compared the performance of honeybees in cell phone radiation exposed and unexposed colonies."

At the end of the study period, the number of eggs laid by the queen had dropped significantly in the cell phone-fitted hive, and production of honey had ceased. The overall population of bees also decreased, as did the number of workers returning from foraging trips. The absence of workers in turn led to an overall drop in nectar production.

"The behavior of exposed foragers was negatively influenced by the exposure; there was neither honey nor pollen in the colony at the end of the experiment," the researchers wrote.

Sources for this story include: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wi....

If you go to your doctor with a wound or a sports injury, he will do the very worst thing for you - he will try to reduce the inflammation. But don't blame him, it's the way generations of doctors have been taught at medical school, and only this week researchers have discovered the therapy is wrong.

Doctors have always been taught that it's important to reduce the inflammation as quickly as possible - but researchers have now discovered that it's nature's way of healing damaged muscles.

Faced with an acute muscle injury caused by trauma - such as a sports injury - or by chemicals, infections or drugs, the doctor usually prescribes an NSAID drug in order to reduce the inflammation. Once the inflammation is under control, the wound will begin to heal, he says.
But what he's been taught is the exact opposite of the way the body works. Inflammation is an important part of the healing process, as researchers from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio have revealed this week.

Inflammatory cells around an acute muscle injury produce a high level of a growth factor that naturally increases the rate of muscle regeneration, they have discovered.

(Source: FASEB Journal, 1 October 2010; doi: 10.1096/fj.10-171579).

"Just one advertised food item by itself will provide, on average, three times your daily recommended servings of sugar and two and half times your daily recommended servings of fat," said lead researcher Michael Mink.

The researchers recorded 84 hours of prime time broadcasts on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox over the course of 28 days, plus 12 hours of Saturday morning programming. In that time, more than 3,500 commercials were aired, over 600 of them for food products. In contrast, none of the 116 public service announcements aired concerned nutrition.

Researchers used a computer program to analyze the nutritional content of the more than 800 individual food items advertised, then constructed a 2,000 calorie diet of only these foods. This hypothetical diet was then compared with government dietary guidelines.

The TV diet provided 20 times the recommended amount of fat and 25 times the recommended amount of sugar, as well as too much protein, sodium, saturated and cholesterol. It provided too little in the way of fresh fruits and vegetables, resulting in only 55 percent of recommended calcium intake, 50 percent of recommended magnesium and insufficient levels of vitamin E, potassium and fiber.

"The thing that really struck us is that this is a double whammy," Mink said. "You're getting too many of the things that are associated with a higher risk of illness and too few of the nutrients that are associated with protecting us from illness. It's the worst combination."

The food industry spent more than $11 billion on television advertisements in 2004.

Sources for this story include: http://health.usnews.com/health-new... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/h... http://news.discovery.com/human/tv-....

But despite the view of many that osteoarthritis is an inevitable part of aging, researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) believe they are hot on the trail of a way to prevent this form of arthritis from developing in the first place. The potential solution? A natural, bioactive compound called sulforaphane that is found in cruciferous vegetables, especially broccoli.

The UEA scientists have already discovered sulforaphane blocks the enzymes that cause joint destruction in osteoarthritis. Now the same researchers are launching a new and groundbreaking project to investigate how sulforaphane may act to slow or even prevent the development of osteoarthritis. This initial study will pave the way for additional patient trials that could lead to safe and natural ways of preventing and treating this painful disease.

In a statement to the media, the UEA research team noted that broccoli has previously been associated with a reduced risk of cancer. But their study is the first major research into its effects on joint health. As part of their three year long project, the UEA scientists will also investigate the impact of other natural compounds on osteoarthritis -- including diallyl disulphide, a component of garlic that appears to slow the destruction of cartilage in laboratory models.

As reported previously in NaturalNews, phytochemical compounds in cruciferous vegetables are turning out to be remarkably powerful disease fighters and health builders. For example, scientists at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center at Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and the Richard J. Solove Research Institute have discovered that a substance in broccoli and Brussels sprouts specifically blocks the growth of breast cancer cells

(http://www.naturalnews.com/029204_b...).

Other research has concluded eating broccoli can protect against asthma, too (http://www.naturalnews.com/025771_b...).

For more information:
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/home/home.aspx
http://www.naturalnews.com/broccoli...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/...

"HIV-positive women are holding the health system accountable for the wrongs done to them," said Veronica Kalambi of the Women's Health Network.

The plaintiffs are represented by the Legal Assistance Center, which says it has collected evidence of 15 such forced sterilizations since 2008. The three women are seeking one million Namibian dollars (U.S. $130,000) in damages.

"We want a health system based on human rights which promotes equality for all," said Amon Ngavetene of the Legal Assistance Center.

According to Ngavetene, women in Namibia who are diagnosed with HIV are often urged by their doctors to undergo sterilization operations. The women are not always given a clear explanation of the risks and consequences of the procedure, nor of the alternatives available (such as drugs) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus. In addition, doctors do not always take into account pre-existing conditions that might make the sterilization more dangerous.

All these problems are exacerbated by communication barriers in a country with 11 indigenous languages.

Hundreds of people marched in support of the women in the Namibian capital of Windhoek, as well as in South Africa, Zambia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Supporters also held sit-ins at two of the hospitals accused of performing the procedures.

According to protest organizer Vicky Noa, women deserve "peace of mind that if you have HIV you can still go to the hospital and be treated with dignity and equality."

"If we were scared that we might be sterilized, we will not use the hospital services as much," she said. "We do not want to be denied the right to motherhood."

According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS, one in five Namibians, or 200,000 people, have been diagnosed as HIV positive.

Sources for this story include: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/af... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap....

African Coconut Cream and Banana Soup

Ingredients:

1 dozen small green bananas
2 cups home made chicken, fish or vegetable stock
1 cup coconut cream
1 small onion, chopped
Fresh hot chili, to taste

Method:

1. Peel and grate the bananas or puree in a blender, if preferred, then mix with the stock.
2. Saute the onion and chili until soft.
3. Mix all the ingredients together and heat but do not allow to boil.
4. Decorate with fresh parsley or coriander.

Main Course Using Coconut Milk

Many people confuse coconut milk with the liquid found inside a coconut, which is coconut water. Coconut milk is extracted from the meat of coconuts. The fresh meat can be squeezed directly (usually referred to as coconut cream) or it can be grated, mixed with hot water and then squeezed, making a thinner coconut milk. It can easily be made at home or it can be purchased at stores, canned or frozen.

Spicy Potato Curry with Coconut Milk

Ingredients:

3 cups potatoes, cut into cubes
1/2 cup coconut cream, 1/2 cup coconut milk
1 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 sliced red chilies, or more, to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil

Method:

1. Fry the cumin seeds, onion and chilies until the onion is soft.
2. Add potatoes and then stir in the coconut milk.
3. Simmer on a low heat until potatoes are soft.
4. Add the coconut cream and seasoning, to taste.
5. Bring to a boil, allow to cook at a high heat for a minute or two, and then turn off the heat.
6. Serve hot with brown rice.

Coconut Oil and Strawberry Smoothie

Healthy strawberry smoothies are packed with phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals and enzymes that come in a whole-food form. Combined with coconut oil, a strawberry smoothie is rich and filling enough for a complete meal.

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1/3 cup raw almonds, soaked
1 and 1/2 cups water

Method:

Blend until smooth and strain to remove almond meal.

Sources:

http://www.antioxidants-for-health-...
http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/
http://www.nursingdegree.net/blog/3...