The Swank diet is a diet low in saturated fat proposed in 1949 by Roy Laver Swank, an academic neurologist at the University of Oregon, for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Swank, who lived from 1909 to 2008, developed and promoted the diet as a way to manage multiple sclerosis, but the claims made for it are unsubstantiated by medical evidence.
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Why this is disputed. Proposed by Swank in 1949 as a multiple sclerosis treatment; the same Wikipedia article's Effectiveness section states there is no good medical evidence supporting it and that the British Dietetic Association does not recommend it.
Source Swank Diet (Wikipedia)
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The Swank Diet is a diet that is low in saturated fat, which was proposed in 1949 by Roy Laver Swank (1909-2008), academic neurologist at the University of Oregon, for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
2. Swank Diet (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section, 1949 proposal by Swank
The Swank Diet is a diet that is low in saturated fat, which was proposed in 1949 by Roy Laver Swank (1909-2008), academic neurologist at the University of Oregon, for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
Treats: Multiple Sclerosis, Effectiveness section, no supporting evidence found
There is no good medical evidence supporting the use of the Swank or any alternative diet for the treatment of MS.
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Does the Swank diet actually treat multiple sclerosis
The claims made for it are unsubstantiated by medical evidence, despite the diet being promoted by the neurologist who proposed it.
The Swank diet is a diet low in saturated fat proposed in 1949 by Roy Laver Swank, an academic neurologist at the University of Oregon who lived from 1909 to 2008, as a way to manage multiple sclerosis. Swank developed and promoted the diet himself, but the claims made for it are unsubstantiated by medical evidence.
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