Journal ArticleDOI
Multiple sclerosis: twenty years on low fat diet.
TLDR
The author's experience in treating cases of multiple sclerosis with a low fat diet for more than 20 years is assessed, both in treatment of the data and in conclusions.Abstract:
THIS paper assesses the author's experience in treating cases of multiple sclerosis with a low fat diet for more than 20 years. Previous reports of these studies 1-5 were preliminary in intent. The present paper is intended to be final, both in treatment of the data and in conclusions. Materials and Methods Patient Material.— Evaluation and discussion of the materials and methods were presented in detail in a previous paper. 4 The more pertinent points, however, will be included here. From December 1948 to April 1954, 264 patients with multiple sclerosis were examined at the Montreal Neurological Institute; 108 were seen only a few times. The remaining 156 patients maintained contact to and beyond April 1954, and no patients were added after this date. Two were rejected because of uncertain diagnosis, and eight were lost during the ensuing years. The remaining 146 patients are included in this report ofread more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Impact of the Swank and Wahls elimination dietary interventions on fatigue and quality of life in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: The WAVES randomized parallel-arm clinical trial:
Terry L. Wahls,Tyler J. Titcomb,Babita Bisht,Patrick Ten Eyck,Linda M. Rubenstein,Lucas J. Carr,Warren G. Darling,Karin F. Hoth,John Kamholz,Linda Snetselaar +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of modified Paleolithic elimination (Wahls) and low-saturated fat (Swank) diets in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) was compared.
Journal ArticleDOI
Plasma lipids and their fatty acid composition in multiple sclerosis.
Xavier Navarro,R. Segura +1 more
TL;DR: In the MS patients studied there was a deficiency in essential fatty acids, although this metabolic abnormality does not seem specific to MS.
Journal ArticleDOI
Complementary and alternative medicine in multiple sclerosis: survey of licensed naturopaths.
TL;DR: Naturopaths use both a broad range and multiple complementary and alternative medicine CAM therapies for treating MS and report treatment effectiveness on the following outcomes: quality of life; symptom severity; relapse rates; and disease progression.
Journal ArticleDOI
Dietary approaches to treat MS-related fatigue: comparing the modified Paleolithic (Wahls Elimination) and low saturated fat (Swank) diets on perceived fatigue in persons with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Terry L. Wahls,Maria O. Scott,Zaidoon Al-Share,Linda M. Rubenstein,Warren G. Darling,Lucas J. Carr,Karen Smith,Catherine A. Chenard,Nicholas G. LaRocca,Linda Snetselaar +9 more
TL;DR: The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of a modified Paleolithic and low saturated fat diet on perceived fatigue, cognitive and motor symptoms, and quality of life in persons with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).
Journal ArticleDOI
Major plasma lipids and their fatty acid composition in multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases
TL;DR: No differences were found between patients with multiple sclerosis and with other neurological diseases concerning the plasma lipid composition or the fatty acid pattern.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Multiple sclerosis in rural Norway its geographic and occupational incidence in relation to nutrition.
TL;DR: The investigation of the distribution of cases of multiple sclerosis in Switzerland between the years 1918 and 1922 seems to have established that the frequency of this disease can vary greatly in different geographic locations.
Journal ArticleDOI
Some aspects of the natural history of disseminated sclerosis.
Douglas McALPINE,Nigel Compston +1 more
Journal ArticleDOI
Observations on the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in northern scotland
Journal ArticleDOI
Studies on the natural history of multiple sclerosis. 1. Design and diagnosis.
Benedict Nagler,Gilbert W. Beebe,John F. Kurtzke,Leonard T. Kurland,Thomas L. Auth,M. D. Nefzger +5 more
TL;DR: Since men with known multiple sclerosis were ineligible for military service in World War I, those so diagnosed during service provide a sample of the disease in its earlier phases, which cannot be reliably constructed outside a complete medical care program such as the armed services provided.
Related Papers (5)
Effect of low saturated fat diet in early and late cases of multiple sclerosis
Roy L. Swank,B. Brewer Dugan +1 more