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Sugar and Sweeteners

Sugar, the Warburg Hypostesis, cell respiration and oxygen

Sugar is a complete no-no on the Budwig diet.  See the Warburg hypothesis about the  lack of correct respiration which allowed cancer cells to fuel themselves by effectively fermenting sugar in the absence of sufficient oxygen.  This is called glycolysis or non-oxidative breakdown of glucose.  In 1924 the Nobel  laureate, Otto Heinrich Warburg, proposed that sugar allows cancer cells and cause tumours to grow,  This was the foundation for the recommendation  for cancer patients to avoid sugar.

Natural cold-extracted raw honey
Natural cold-extracted raw honey

Honey

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Breakfasts, Flaxseed Oil and Cottage Chesse, Muesli, Puddings, Recipes

Budwig Breakfast Muesli with Grapefruit and Raspberries

This muesli was so good this morning it was like having pudding for breakfast.

I diced half a grapefruit and added freshly ground bronze linseed meal. Then made the Budwig cream to which I added a few drops vanilla extract,  1/2 tsp Ceylon cinnamon and a teaspoon of raw honey; dolloped that on the top of the grapefruit and linseed meal and topped the whole thing with some defrosted  home-grown raspberries (they are self-seeded and grow like weeds) and pinenuts.   Use this for breakfast or lunchtime pudding.

Thank you Dr Budwig… 🙂

Breakfasts, Flaxseed Oil and Cottage Chesse, Muesli, Puddings, Recipes

Eton Mess Pudding, Budwig Diet Style

Eton mess style with mango
Eton mess style with mango, strawberries and blueberries

This is a great dessert to serve if you are entertaining, it’s quick to make,  it is much lighter and healthier, and most people prefer it to the traditional cream based Eton Mess.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons Gold Linseeds
  • Quark-Linseed Oil Cream (made from 150 g quark and 75 ml cold-pressed linseed oil thoroughly blended and optionally sweetened with 1 teaspoon Honey and or stevia)
  • Half a pear and half a banana sliced (or other fruit)
  • Raspberries and/or sliced strawberries
  • A little fresh fruit juice
  • A pinch of ground vanilla
  • A dusting of cinnamon (optional)
  • Macadamia nuts or lightly toasted sliced almonds

Method

Grind the linseeds to a fine powder in a dedicated electric coffee grinder and place in a bowl.  Add sliced fruit and juice.  Mix the quark-linseed cream with vanilla and heap up in bowl. Add the raspberries and stir everything lightly.   Top with nuts and an optional  dusting of cinnamon.

Breakfasts, Flaxseed Oil and Cottage Chesse, Muesli, Puddings, Recipes

Quark-Linseed Oil Smoothie Recipe

  • 2 tablespoons Linseeds
  • 1 portion of Quark-Linseed Oil Cream (made from 100 g quark and 3 tablespoons cold-pressed linseed oil thoroughly blended and optionally sweetened with 1 teaspoon Honey; see recipe)
  • A portion of raw seasonal fruit
  • Berries
  • 1-2 cups  freshly made juice,
  • spices, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, etc to taste

Method

Make the quark-linseed oil cream as usual but in this instance milk isn’t essential but make sure it is thoroughly blended and the oil is fully incorporated.  Grind the linseeds to a fine powder in a dedicated electric coffee grinder and place in a blender with the fruit, berries, spices and fresh juice, whiz until smooth.  Then add the quark-linseed oil cream and blend briefly add more juice if required.

Variations:  From this basic recipe, the only limit is your imagination!

Vary the fruits and spices according to the seasons and what tickles your tastebuds that day.

Leave out the honey, make savoury smoothies instead – a sort of chilled vegetable soup.

Try a Budwig Borscht with beetroot, chives, celery, caraway, apple & nettle juice and a pinch of cayenne!

Flaxseed Oil and Cottage Chesse, Puddings, Recipes

Budwig Diet Ice Cream Recipe

It might seem too good to be true but you can have ice cream on the Budwig diet.  When made with the fat-free quark, it is cholesterol-free and rich in the good fat omega-3.  You can use this recipe for an interesting way to have the linseed oil-quark cream instead of a muesli-style dessert.

This ice cream was created by Johanna Budwig.  It has got to be the all-time easiest home-made ice-cream recipe, the result is creamy,  smooth  and absolutely delicious – and is probably one of the healthiest ice creams ever.  It is a great treat, especially for anyone wanting to eat more healthily or with concerns about cholesterol, and it’s a good option for tempting a patient with a flagging appetite.

Vanilla Ice Cream

  • 100 g quark
  • 45 g linseed (flax) oil
  • 50g skimmed milk
  • 1 tablespoon raw natural honey
  • 1/4  teaspoon vanilla  extract or vanilla bean paste ( but not flavouring or “essence.”)

Simply blend and freeze.

Enjoy with fresh fruits, berries, nuts and a couple of heaped dessertspoons of ground linseed.

Variations:

  1.  Chocolate Ice Cream: add 1 tablespoon cocoa powder to the mix above and blend.  Particularly good with ripe pears and chopped Brazil nuts
  2. Blueberry Ice Cream: add 3 tablespoons blueberries and blend, then fold in a handful of chopped walnuts.  Good with sliced peaches and almonds.
  3. Raspberry Ice Cream: add 3 tablespoons of raspberries and blend.
  4. Banana Ice Cream: mash a ripe banana and blend, great with fresh strawberries and mixed nuts.

Try your own variations with different fruit purees and juices, seeds and berries. Who would have thought linseed oil ice cream would taste this good?

 

 

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Chocolate Muesli and Desserts

Chocolate & Pear Linseed Muesli Dessert

Chocolate pear Budwig Muesli dessert
Chocolate & Pear Budwig Linseed Muesli dessert

Pears and chocolate always go well together; this is good enough to serve for dinner parties and is sublime. It is rather like a chocolate pear Eton mess.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons ground linseed
  • 1 portion linseed-quark cream
  • 1-2 dessertspoons cocoa or to taste
  • A little skimmed milk
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • A small diced pear
  • Chopped nuts
Mix the honey and some skimmed milk into the quark linseed cream, add cocoa powder, mix well, add ground linseed and spoon into a dessert bowl and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Chocolate, Banana and Raspberry Muesli

This is more of a dessert but chocolate makes a great breakfast too.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons ground linseed
  • 1 portion linseed-quark cream
  • 1-2 dessertspoons cocoa or to taste
  • A little skimmed milk
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • A small banana
  • A handful of raspberries
  • Unsweetened coconut chips or ribbons – grated fresh coconut or chopped Brazil nuts (optional)

Place ground linseed in a bowl and mash into it the banana.

Mix the honey and some skimmed milk into the quark linseed cream, add cocoa powder, mix well and pour over mashed banana and linseed.  Sprinkle with raspberries and coconut or Brazil nuts.