I see there is worldwide support for the Budwig protocol through various forums. This website shares information that makes it easier to follow the Budwig Diet in the UK and keep it as close as possible to Johanna Budwig’s original diet. Linseed oil and ground linseed has certainly helped me, to take more control of my own health and seeing my health improve by doing so. This is why I feel this protocol needs to be more widely known. This Budwig diet is too good not to share. I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me. I highly recommend Flax Farm for all of the products I use for my recipes.
Tzatziki is from made from simple ingredients. This is a Budwig compliant version of the classic Indian side dish.
With a food-grater or food processor grate or finely chop a de-seeded cucumber, add ½ to 1 garlic mashed clove per helping, squeeze of lemon juice, a small handful of chopped dill or mint to taste, and combine with a roughly equal quantity quark-linseed oil cream. Season to taste with black pepper and chopped green or red chili (optional) sprinkle with cayenne pepper (also optional).
Serve with curries, cooked vegetables, dhall (curried lentils or chickpeas), rice or buckwheat or enjoy as a dip.
The quark-linseed oil cream makes an excellent base for a healthy mayonnaise that is every bit as good as the real thing.
This is the basic mayonnaise recipe from Dr Johanna Budwig’s Oil Protein Cookbook.
3 tbsp cold-pressed linseed oil
3 tbsp quark
3 tbsp milk (or 6 yoghurt)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
and/or 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar,
tbsp made mustard smooth or seeded,
Pinch salt.
Blend oil and quark very thoroughly then stir in the rest of the ingredients.
Use to top raw veggies or any salad, have on top a slice of bread or as a sandwich filling, use as a dip or as a relish or chutney with a bean dish or curry, use with a baked potato or mash – brilliant with salad potatoes.
Variations
Add in individually or any combination of the following:
Chopped cornichon/pickled gherkins/dill pickles
Chopped capers,
Finely chopped herbs; dill, marjoram, chives, thyme, coriander, parsley, mint
Chopped chillies
Mashed garlic
Soaked, chopped dried tomatoes
Chopped onions, celery, tomatoes, cucumber, courgette, apple
Soy sauce
Caraway seeds, ground and/or whole
2 tbs soft cheese, hard cheese, herbed cheese or even blue cheese.
Dr Johanna Budwig encouraged her patients to consume hot drinks.
A bowl of Green Tea ready to drink without sugar of milk
Green Tea and Herbal Teas for the Budwig Diet
Teas are all stimulating as they contain nearly as much caffeine as coffee but it is a far healthier drink. Green tea and herbal teas such as chamomile or peppermint are all recommended by Dr Budwig. A specific herbal tea for treating the immune system and cancer, Essiac tea, is also drunk by many following the Budwig Diet.
Tea growing: Camellia Sinensis the plant from which tea is made
Black Tea
Black tea is a version of Camellia Sinensis from which green tea also comes. It has undergone a series of processes to give it the characteristic darkness and robust flavour of the Great British cuppa. It is lower in polyphenols and health benefit than green tea.
Dr Johanna Budwig permits a cup of black tea in the afternoon – or “on occasion”, which means the odd cup is OK but not to drink it wholesale as some people do.
Your black tea should be drunk black, without milk and without sweetening (other than a little honey – which tastes jolly funny to the average tea-drinker…). It is probably best to go for a lighter sort of black tea such as Darjeeling which is slightly richer in beneficial polyphenols and makes a less harsh drink when taken without milk or sugar.
Avoid smoked teas such as Lapsang Souchong as the smoke contains cancer-promoting compounds.
