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LOL, I love to browse Linda's website cause I find some really cool stuff.
Did you know that William Banting, in 1863, wrote a small booklet entitled Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public
AND he wasn't a doctor, he was an undertaker and had gained lots of weight. LOL his diet wasn't exactly Atkins friendly - -
up to six ounces of bacon, beef, mutton, venison, kidneys, fish or any form of poultry or game;
the 'fruit of any pudding' — he was denied the pastry
any vegetable except potato;
and at dinner, two or three glasses of good claret, sherry or Madeira.
Banting could drink tea without milk or sugar.
Champagne, port and beer were forbidden and he could eat only one ounce of toast.
This is what he said about the diet
About William Banting, author of Letter on Corpulence - Second Opinions, UK
Did you know that William Banting, in 1863, wrote a small booklet entitled Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public
AND he wasn't a doctor, he was an undertaker and had gained lots of weight. LOL his diet wasn't exactly Atkins friendly - -
up to six ounces of bacon, beef, mutton, venison, kidneys, fish or any form of poultry or game;
the 'fruit of any pudding' — he was denied the pastry
any vegetable except potato;
and at dinner, two or three glasses of good claret, sherry or Madeira.
Banting could drink tea without milk or sugar.
Champagne, port and beer were forbidden and he could eat only one ounce of toast.
This is what he said about the diet
"I can confidently state that quantity of diet may safely be left to the natural appetite; and that it is quality only which is essential to abate and cure corpulence. . . . These important desiderata have been attained by the most easy and comfortable means . . . by a system of diet, that formerly I should have thought dangerously generous."
