Cottage Cheese

Cottage cheese is a key ingredient in Dr. Johanna Budwig’s suggested cure for cancer.  It is also called Dutch cheese , or  schmierkase fresh, soft, unripened cheese consisting of curds of varying sizes, usually mixed with some whey or cream. It is white and mild but faintly sour in taste. In commercial cheese making, the curds are derived from pasteurized skim milk or reconstituted, low-fat milk products. The whey is drained—but not pressed—from the curds, thus leaving a certain amount of liquid. "cottage cheese." Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica 2007 Deluxe Edition. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008.

In this form, cottage cheese has a low-fat content and is a popular food in low-fat diets. If cream is added and the product contains four percent or more fat, it is sold as creamed cottage cheese.   Cottage cheese is low in fat and carbohydrates while high in protein.  A 4 oz (113 g) serving has approximately 120 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated), 3 g carbohydrates, and 14 g protein. It also contains approximately 500 mg sodium, and 20 mg cholesterol.  Manufacturers also produce healthiest low-fat and non fat varieties which are specifried by the Dr. Johanna Budwig to be used in her cancer fighting diet.  A fat-free kind of a similar serving size has 80 calories, 0g fat (0g saturated), 6g carbohydrates, and 14g protein. To compensate for the flavor missing from the fat, low-fat and non-fat ones tend to have more sugar in them. Very low sodium varieties are also produced, which can be salted to taste.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottage_cheese

A similar soft fresh cheese, usually called pot cheese, is produced in the same manner, but the curds are strained to remove most of the whey; thus, it is drier and less creamy than cottage cheese. The name pot cheese is sometimes used to refer to cottage cheese.  Also derived from cottage cheese is farm or farmer cheese, which is made by pressing the curd thereby eliminating most of the liquid. It is drier than either cottage cheese or pot cheese and is crumbly in texture.  Cottage cheese is commonly eaten plain or mixed with fruit, vegetables, or seasonings; it also is used in baking, especially of cheesecakes (sometimes known as curd cakes), and as filling for pancakes or blintzes. Farmer and pot cheese are used in cooking in similar ways.  Ricotta, a fresh Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese but is smoother in texture, is also used in baking and in fillings for lasagna, ravioli, and other pasta dishes.

Flax Seed Oil and Cottage Cheese

How does cottage cheese relate to flax seed oil?  Flax seed oil in its natural organic state consists of unsaturated fatty acids.  Unsaturated fatty acids can be better understood by analyzing fatty substances.  Fatty acids consist of glycerine.  Glycerine has three arms.  A chain of fatty acids is attached to each arm.  The chain of fatty acids has, with butter for example, 4 links to it.  Coconut butter and palm nut oil have 14 or 16 links to them.  These naturally occurring saturated fats cannot be turned into energy by the body without the presence of essential fatty acids.  The fatty acids in this case that play the biggest role are unsaturated fatty acids.  Unrefined organic flax seed oil contains the highest concentration of unsaturated fatty acids in nature.  The unsaturated fatty acids in flax seed oil are most soluble in water when combined with protein.  Dr. Johanna Budwig gives for example a piece of silk.  If we were to take a silk cloth and tear it, the torn or frayed end would absorb water or dye more easily.  This is also the association of an unsaturated fatty acid in water when combined with protein.  Just as the frayed silk absorbs water more easily, unsaturated fatty acids when combined with protein dissolve into water more easily.  For this reason flax seed oil of the highest unsaturated fatty acid content combined with low-fat cottage cheese of highest protein content will allow the body to best absorb flax seed oil.  Dr. Johanna Budwig pioneered blood research which resulted in cottage cheese and flax seed oil used in her treatment of cancer.