McDougall and/or Swank diets

[Guest guest]

    I've read a lot on this list (thank you!) about the BBD and many other

diets.  Does anyone follow the McDougall diet?  My husband is going to start

following it because he has recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. 

As he investigated it, we learned that Dr. Swank, of Swank diet for MS fame, was

McDougall's mentor.  I was told that Swank said that he would have liked to

recommend totally cutting out fat, like McDougall does, but he didn't think

anyone would go that far, all those years ago.  I've also been told by a friend

whose husband has MS that Oregon Health State University is doing a controlled

study to see if the McDougall diet actually works.  He's been following the

McDougall diet pretty religiously and he has been getting worse, now being told

that he has progessive MS with relapse/remitting features.  My friend was

diagnosed with RA a little earlier.  She followed the McDougall diet less

religiously and she's gone into complete remission.

    I read about the Swank diet over 30 years ago when I was first diagnosed. 

I've never followed it, but I have always tried to cut back on saturated fat. 

Coincidentally or not, I have a mild case of relapse/remitting MS. 

    Anyway, I'm very interested in hearing people's opinion of the McDougall or

the Swank diets.

Thanks,

Ann