What is the Swank diet?
Several decades ago, Dr. Roy Swank developed a diet for MS patients which is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (the kinds of fatty acids found in fish oil and vegetables). Presumably, these fatty acids suppress the production of substances responsible for activating immune cells that may cause damage to myelin and axons in MS. Although the Swank diet may be helpful in immune mediated diseases such as MS, these claims have not yet been proven.
