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The original Dr. Johanna Budwig anti-cancer program did not include any synthetic vitamin or mineral supplements. Why?
She commented: “Vitamin pills are fragmentized nutrients and they are in most cases synthetic. …[they often contain fillers], one of them is Talc which is akin to asbestos. High doses or levels of antioxidants (antioxidant supplements) [might] reduce the effectiveness of or interfere with the Budwig Protocol.”
Scientists are finally appreciating what Dr. Budwig discovered some 50 years ago. In a study reported in Cancer Research, researchers gave lab rats with cancer tumors several types of food that contained lycopene and other rats the substance via supplements. Those taking the supplements had no major reduction in tumor growth, but those eating the foods did.
What can we conclude from this study? Wholefoods, the way God made them, contain many other phytochemicals that work together with lycopene. When man manipulates these ‘foods’ and puts them into a supplement they are fragmented and do not provide all the benefits.
Our body is intelligently designed and it knows the difference between ‘real food’ and ‘manipulated foods’. No wonder that real foods often have many times the healing power when compared to an equal amount of synthetic vitamins and minerals.
Real and live foods have also been called ‘functional foods’ as they go far beyond just providing basic nutrition. They perform specific medicinal healing effects within the body.
For example, a biologically active component in cruciferous vegetables that offer a natural weapon against cancer and many common diseases is called ‘sulforaphane’.
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