Thursday, July 18, 2013

The Original High Protein Low Carbohydrate Diet by William Banting

William Banting in one year went from 202 lbs to 152 lbs following a low-carbohydrate diet after years of trying various methods to obtain health.

Banting's Diet Prior to 1862

BREAKFAST: Bread and milk, or a pint of tea with plenty of milk and sugar, buttered toast.
DINNER: meat, beer, much bread (of which he had always been fond) and pastry.
TEA: a meal similar to breakfast.
SUPPER: generally a fruit tart or bread and milk.

Harvey's Diet Plan

BREAKFAST: 4-5 ounces beef, mutton, kidneys, broiled fish, bacon or cold meat of any kind except pork,1 a large cup of tea (without milk or sugar), a little biscuit or one ounce of dry toast.
DINNER: 5-6 ounces of any fish except salmon, any meat except pork, any vegetable except potato, one ounce of dry toast, fruit of any pudding,2 any kind of poultry or game, and 2-3 glasses of good claret, sherry or Madeira (champagne, port, beer were forbidden).
TEA: 2-3 ounces fruit, a rusk or two and a cup of tea without milk or sugar.
SUPPER: 3-4 ounces of meat or fish, similar to dinner, with a glass or two of claret.
NIGHTCAP:Tumbler of grog: gin, whisky or brandy (without sugar) or a glass or two of claret or sherry.
1. Pork was not allowed as it was thought then that it contained starch.
2. Banting was not allowed the pastry.

Sources:
William Banting Father of the Low-Carbohydrate Diet

Letter on corpulence, addressed to the public ... Reprinted from the 3d London ed. With a review of the work from Blackwood's magazine, and an article on corpulency & leanness from Harper's Weekly (1865)

Low-carbohydrate diet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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