[2] Based on her research on fatty acids she developed a lacto-vegetarian diet that she believed was useful in the treatment of cancer.

[1] She studied pharmacy in Königsberg and Münster where she met her mentor Prof. Hans Kaufmann the founder of the German Institute for Fat Research.

[1] While working as a researcher at the German Federal Health Office she noted many cancer drugs being evaluated in the 1950s contained sulphydryl groups.

[2] Budwig researched the theory that a low oxygen environment would develop in the absence of sulphydryl groups and/or fatty acid partners that would encourage the proliferation of cancerous cells.

[1] She argued that highly heated and chemically modified fats found primarily in margarine were dangerous to human health.

[1] Budwig came to the conclusion that industrial processed fats were a strain on health and caused cardiovascular disease and cancer, whilst polyunsaturated fatty acids were protective.