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Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis with Low-Fat Diet

1955; American Medical Association; Volume: 73; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archneurpsyc.1955.02330120035004

2330-9601

Roy L. Swank,

T-cell and Retrovirus Studies

The primary purpose of this paper is to report the results of five and one-half years' experience of treating multiple sclerosis with a low-fat diet. A preliminary report of this method of treatment on the same patients was made two years ago.1At that time it was reported that during an average treatment period of nearly three years 45 patients with exacerbating-remitting type of multiple sclerosis seemed to benefit from the low-fat diet. This tentative assumption was based on a reduction in the frequency and severity of exacerbation of the disease and upon an increased performance of patients on the low-fat diet. The earlier cases seemed to benefit more than those with established disabilities. At that time possible theoretical reasons for employing the low-fat diet were discussed, and papers by me in collaboration with other investigators * bearing on our problem were reviewed in detail. The secondary purpose of the