The Swank Diet for Multiple Sclerosis Explained by Neurologist

Описание: 0:41 Disclosure
1:05 Theory
5:42 The Swank Diet (What to Eat)
8:54 Recipes
10:23 Swank’s Research
15:35 Critiques

In 1948, Dr. Swank began test a low saturated fat diet in multiple sclerosis, and in the year 2000, he was able to contact 15 patients who had been on the diet for approximately 50 years, and 13/15 were still walking independently and appeared youthful and vibrant. This video explains the theoretical basis of a low saturated fat diet, details of the diet, and Swank's research along with some critiques and skepticism.

Selected sources:

Swank 50 year follow up publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12591...

Swank 34 diet study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1973220/
7 year follow up of the swank diet: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13373...
Swank diet 5.5 year follow up: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14375...
20 year follow up of the swank diet: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5471652/

Swank 1984 publication: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article...

1953 publication showing early results of a low fat diet: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/arch...

Blood viscosity and serum lipids: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13918...

1950 swank publication correlating dietary fat with MS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14771...

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Dr. Brandon Beaber is a board-certified neurologist with subspecialty training in multiple sclerosis and other immunological diseases of the nervous system. He is a partner in the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and practices in Downey, California (South Los Angeles). He has several publications on MS epidemiology and has participated in clinical trials for MS therapeutics. You can follow him on twitter @Brandon_Beaber where he regularly posts about MS news and research.

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