The Optimal Diet is a high fat, low carbohydrate diet developed by Polish doctor Jan Kwasniewski. The diet uses specific proportions between proteins, fats and carbohydrates (typically a 1: 3 : 0.8 weight ratio), and it emphasizes foods with “high biological value”, such as butter, lard, egg yolks, pork meat and bone stocks.
The Optimal Diet has been used in Poland since the 1970s, but has gained a broader popularity the last decade with the publication of several books by Dr. Kwasniewski. The book’s publishers claim that two million people worldwide use the diet. In Poland there are approximately 30 health clinics and 300 doctors that practice according to the teachings of Kwasniewski. However, although this diet has been claimed to be very effective by various doctors and researchers, this has not been documented in any peer-reviewed journal
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