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Banting eating plan
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Totto
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I know of quite a few who have had success with LCHF http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
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Your post header brought back some lovely memories of my step grandmother
She never "went on a diet" but always said "I'm banting"
Apparently, that is what it was called when she was a lass, to lose weight !
Signy
Your post header brought back some lovely memories of my step grandmother
She never "went on a diet" but always said "I'm banting" Apparently, that is what it was called when she was a lass, to lose weight !
Signy
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If you mean the Banting diet 1864, it's freely available online.
In the first edition his basic diet is :
14 oz of meat poultry, game or fish (except salmon and pork), 3-4 slices of dried toast or rusk , small amounts of fruit, 2-3 glasses of claret, sherry or madeira at dinner, another glass or two of claret with supper and a nightcap of another couple of glasses of wine or a tumbler of grog made with whisky, gin or brandy but no sugar.
no butter, milk, sugar, beer, and potatoes,
In a latter appendix he prohibits other starchy veg, says green veg are ok as are non hard boiled eggs and rice.
The Victorian gentleman's low(ish) carb, lowish calorie, high protein and high alcohol diet. It works out as just over 2000 calories but 44% of the calories are from alcohol
https://archive.org/details/letteroncorpulen00bant
In the first edition his basic diet is :
14 oz of meat poultry, game or fish (except salmon and pork), 3-4 slices of dried toast or rusk , small amounts of fruit, 2-3 glasses of claret, sherry or madeira at dinner, another glass or two of claret with supper and a nightcap of another couple of glasses of wine or a tumbler of grog made with whisky, gin or brandy but no sugar.
no butter, milk, sugar, beer, and potatoes,
In a latter appendix he prohibits other starchy veg, says green veg are ok as are non hard boiled eggs and rice.
The Victorian gentleman's low(ish) carb, lowish calorie, high protein and high alcohol diet. It works out as just over 2000 calories but 44% of the calories are from alcohol
https://archive.org/details/letteroncorpulen00bant
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A very traditional friend used the term 'Banting' about our LCHF diet a few weeks back so we went and looked it up.
I have kept meaning to post about it, but checked first and found this thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting makes interesting reading.
"William Banting (c. December 1796 – 16 March 1878),[1][2] was a notable English undertaker. Formerly suffering from obesity, he is also known for being the first to popularise a weight loss diet based on limiting intake of refined and easily digestible carbohydrates.[3] He undertook his dietary changes at the suggestion of Soho Square physician Dr. William Harvey, who in turn had learnt of this type of diet, but in the context of diabetes management, from attending lectures in Paris by Claude Bernard.[3][4]"
Note especially "..in the context of diabetes management."
Presumably further detailed research will find people back another few centuries who championed LCHF back to the point where there weren't enough bulk carbs and everyone lived mainly on protein, fats, fruits and greens.
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