Dr. Johanna Budwig - The Budwig Cancer & Coronary Heart Disease Prevention Diet

Advance Praise for

The Budwig Cancer and Coronary
Heart Disease Prevention Diet

If you are concerned about cancer and heart disease,
Dr. Budwigs delicious recipes will give you a roadmap to
making positive, health-impacting changes to your diet.
Christine Horner, M.D., author Waking the Warrior Goddess

Dr. Johanna Budwig is one of the great health doctors of any period.
Her insights into the health potential of omega-3 fatty acids were
the first, and she is without doubt the mother of the omega-3
revolution. Read this book with care and use the recipes, and you
will give yourself the best chance for a long and healthy life.
Herb Joiner-Bey, N.D., author The Healing Power of Flax

Hopefully, more and more people will learn about
Dr. Budwigs amazing gift to the world.
Sandra Olson, BudwigVideos.com

Yes, I am cancer free but that is only the beginning. I avoid all boiled
or cooked oils, and no longer crave unhealthy fats. My cognitive
functioning and ability to withstand stress have been restored. I am
able to receive energy from the sun into my body as never before, and
radiate with energy, light and health. The Budwig protocol is my daily
breakfast and will continue to be for the rest of my life. The legacy of
Dr. Budwig is the greatest gift to mankind of the 20th century.
Barbara Minton, Natural Health Journalist

The work of Johanna Budwig has inspired tens of thousands of clinicians,
physicians and individuals to take care of their own health. By combining
essential dietary elements such as sulfur-bearing proteins and amino acids and
omega-3 fatty acids-rich plant foods, thousands of lives and trillions of cells are
healthier today. I highly recommend anyone suffering from cancer and heart
disease to implement these groundbreaking principles into their daily diet.
Jordan Rubin, author New York Times bestseller The Makers Diet

The Budwig
Cancer and
Coronary
Heart Disease
Prevention Diet

BY DR. JOHANNA BUDWIG

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Contents

Foreword

When we think of women who have made important contributions to science, health and wellness, we think of Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale, Sophie Germain, Jane Goodall and Rachel Carson among many names.

I think of Dr. Johanna Budwig, a well-respected German pharmacologist, physicist and chemist whose groundbreaking work on fats and the role they play in human health changed welleverything we thought we knew about fats and the role they play in human health.

Some sixty years ago, Dr. Budwig discovered that essential fatty acids are at the heart of our losing battle with cancer. Her in-depth studies on the disastrous effects of hydrogenated other denatured fats on human health has shown time and again just how essential EFAs are to human health and wellness.

Just as any other expert offering an alternative path to health, Dr. Budwig was, in her professional life, criticized and attacked by those with a vested interest in keeping people sick, fat and dependent on the medical and pharmaceutical industries that thrive on our lack of well-being.

Healthcare is all we talk about anymore; whether the healthcare bill is worth the paper its written on and what-ever other scare tactic news pundits can use to panic middle America about their coverage. But no one is talking about the root of the problemor its solution: prevention and maintenance of health.

Everyone, it seems, is missing the point. No healthcare bill can save us from the worst enemy we faceourselves. I recently had the pleasure of being submerged in our system when I fell and broke my wrist. Just sitting in the emergency room of a major metropolitan university teaching hospital was enough to make me feel sick. After seven grueling hours of waiting, a splint was quickly, rudely and badly applied and I was sent home with a note to see a surgeon.

What I dont get is why no one is screamingnot over-worked health care professionals, not the huddled masses praying for decent care in our emergency rooms. Why arent Americans screaming that we have had enough? When are we going to get sick and tired of being sick and tired? Trust me; there is no pill to cure this!

I have not lost my compassion. All of this breaks my heart. But unless you are living in a world completely cut off from communication, you know that there are healthier options than fast foods loaded with the kinds of fats that are stealing Americas health. People know that the meat served in these joints is loaded with growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides and is of the poorest quality imaginable, because it is all subsidizedso it can be sold for cheap. People know all about poor quality fats and what they are doing to health.

I know a lot of people are confused. When you have Cheerios telling you that they are a whole grain, how would you know they are lying? KFC tells us that grilled chicken is healthier. Than what? Fried chicken? Maybe thats true, but it sure isnt healthy. General Mills now adds a check mark to all their Big G cereals to show they contain whole grains and are healthier for your family. Really? Lucky Charms, healthy? With sugar frosted oats, artificially colored marshmallows and 11 grams of sugar in a half cup serving, this is hardly what could be called healthy. Every corporate monolith who wants to do the cooking for you does itthey lie to you. Frosted Mini-Wheats wont help your child focus in class. Whole grains, like brown rice, quinoa, barley and millet will. Processed, sugar-frosted wheatwell, not so much.

We are willing to tolerate this revolutionized food because its easy and cheap. But it comes at a high priceto our health. We spend less on food today than at any timeor any other people in recorded history. And the less we spend on food,the more we spend on healthcare. When I was a kid in the 60s, the average household spent around 18 percent of their income on food and less than 8 percent on healthcare. Now, as we cook and eat less fresh food, we spend less than 9 percent of our income on food and close to 18 percent on healthcare. Coincidence?

So is there an answer? Is there a solution to the crushing epidemics that are turning us into a weak, sick, pharmaceutically-dependent society?

You are holding a solution in your hands.

To be healthy in this country we have to resist what have become the social norms. Even Oprah, with Michael Pollan as her guest, kept making her case that we need not give up everything we love to be healthy; that we can still have fried chicken (as long as its naturally raised). She is still trapped in the thinking that comfort comes from foods that are not healthy for us; that there can be no decadence or luscious flavor in food that is not inappropriate for human health. Eating a plant-based diet is delicious. Yes, there is work involved. Yes, you have to read labels and be aware of what you put in your mouth. Yes, it may be a little more expensive. But its time to grow up and take back ownership of our health.