That’s interesting. I would have thought that method would work.

Hi James P

Thanks for that. I’ve never heard of Joanna Budwig. Must check out the linseed oil in the health food shop.

Diet is now being taken far more seriously for preventing/treating/containing cancer. At long last.

Not a lot to tell, really. We got interested in linseed oil after reading about Dr Johanna Budwig, who treated cancer with (don’t laugh) a mixture of linseed oil and cottage cheese. She wrote extensively about this, but naturally got ignored by the medics, even though she had several nominations for the Nobel Prize. She did this work in the 50′s and only died quite recently, aged nearly 100, so I suspect she knew what she was talking about.

Anyway, you have to choose your linseed oil carefully, as the stuff for cricket bats isn’t really food grade (it’s extracted with solvents) and I thought a way round it might be to start with the seeds, but they are amazingly tough! Some health food shops sell cold-pressed flax oil, which is fine, if a tad expensive. Still rather easier than doing it yourself, though…