Archive for Wednesday 23rd October 2002 - Self-healing
The key to good health could be fat But it has to be just the right kind. German bio-chemist and veteran health pioneer, Johanna Budwig, believes that the unsaturated fat in flax seed oil is not only essential for a healthy life but is effective in the treatment of arthritis, heart disease and cancer. Her seven Nobel prize nominations and attempts by the medical establishment and food manufacturers to silence her through the courts almost certainly underline the significance of her findings. After a lifetime of research she believes that ‘the metabolism of fat has such an extensive effect on the vital functions and every individual organ - quite simply on life itself, including the generation of new life, that the lack of unsaturated fats is no longer acceptable.’

Flax seed oil, which contains both Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, two of the 50 nutrients essential to life, fulfils this essential dietary requirement. In her ‘Oil and Protein Diet’ Budwig recommends combining it with cottage cheese. This mixture of fat and protein makes the oil water soluble so that it can permeate and revitalise cells. Processed foods with preservatives are particularly hazardous to health. The chemical processing of fats destroys their vitality and can turn them into toxic substances, which, for example, end up as fatty deposits on the heart muscle itself. Without the proper nutrients our ‘batteries become dead’ and we become vulnerable to diseases that build up over time, such as cancer, heart disease and arthritis.

London based nutrionist, Maria Alder, endorses Budwig’s theories: “Essential fatty acids, like flax oil, fish oil and olive oil, are crucial to life, they balance the fluids and minerals in our bodies.”

Budwig’s book, Flax Oil As A True Aid Against Arthritis, Cancer And Other Diseases is not published in the UK but can be ordered via Mirror Direct for £6.99. Call 0870 0703 200 or send a cheque/PO payable to Mirror Direct, PO Box 60 Helston Cornwall TR13 0TP. Allow 28 days for delivery. Offer open to UK residents only.

Mark Winter