For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn. — William Banting Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth. — William Banting Copy Share Image
Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its… — William Banting Copy Share
I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch… — William Banting Copy Share
It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight,… — William Banting Copy Share
I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of… — William Banting Copy Share
I am under obligations to most of those advisers for the pains and interest they took in my case; but only to one for… — William Banting Copy Share
The great charm and comfort of the system is, that its affects are palpable within a week of trial, which creates a natural stimulus… — William Banting Copy Share
I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being all alike,… — William Banting Copy Share
My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my… — William Banting Copy Share
For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced… — William Banting Copy Share
Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life,… — William Banting Copy Share
Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty… — William Banting Copy Share
At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led… — William Banting Copy Share
The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in… — William Banting Copy Share
