Comments on: Flax Oil As a True Aid Against Arthritis Heart Infarction Cancer and Other Diseases

By: Max Likely

Max Likely — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:21:59 +0000

This reprint of Johanna Budwig’s original, November 1959 lecture is well worth a careful read. But I found it tough going because, at least in the beginning, it entangles her useful and interesting historical findings and ideas with an attack on the food-processing industry of the day, for its harmful preservatives and additives. She’s gone, now, but I would have loved to see her produce an update, based on what we have learned about metabolism, cell biology and molecular biology, up to the time of her death in 2003. I deducted one star for the “entanglement” and another star because it is out of date. But she is still one of my heroes.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Prepare Terminate

Prepare Terminate — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:51:19 +0000

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By: P. D. I. Varchavtc

P. D. I. Varchavtc — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:53:41 +0000

The idea with flax is not exactly new. Still important and worth considering. Good book.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Jose L. Muniz

Jose L. Muniz — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:09:39 +0000

Great book with very helpful information. And seller delivered as promised. The book was in excellent condition.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: D. Sun

D. Sun — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:59:16 +0000

Don’t believe that any one particular oil is a cure all for life’s ailments. There are so many factors — genetics, environment, diet, bad habits, exercise, exposure to toxins, etc. , that all contribute to health or illness. Heck, mental attitude and your outlook on life are also major factors.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:49:27 +0000

The people who say "it makes so much sense" probably have forgotten any science they learned in school. The book is so rife with errors I'll just mention a couple. One of the biggest pieces of nonsense is the promotion of "electron-rich foods. " All matter has the same amount of electrons as it does protons, otherwise it would carry a static electric charge. "It is the human being, with his gradual concentration of electrons, ever striving towards the future, who conceals within himself the greatest potential for the sun's energy on earth. "A way to get a gradual concentration of electrons is to shuffle your shoes against a carpet when the weather is dry. That will generally cause a small accumulation of electrons unbalanced by protons. When you get close enough to a conductor such a doorknob or another person there is a shock as the excess electrons jump to the body with the lesser excess charge. Imagine a larger "concentration of electrons. ""Thus, the human who eats refined foodstuffs or food which lacks electron. . . . " No food could lack electrons, that is physically impossible. It can't even have a relative lack of electrons, or it would be electrically charged, like static cling from the dryer, or worse. Her characterization of all cancer is patently false: "the only substance which characterised the cancerous cells, as opposed to healthy ones, was isolated fat; the formation of fat in the cell nucleus, cell body and cytoplasm. It was the single distinguishing feature of cancerous cells in contrast to healthy ones. "That is certainly not accepted today. Cancer is much more complicated than that. You can read more information at the NCI site cancer. gov. I do sympathize with those who are desperate for help. But the whole theory that this book is based on is utter nonsense. The late Dr. Budwig seems to have believed in her theory, but there have been no controlled studies, even retrospective studies, looking at groups of patients who either did or did not go on the Budwig diet. I can't say the diet is nonsense, but the ideas behind it certainly are. Rating: 1 / 5