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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/for-the-sake-of-argument-and-illustration-i-will-presume-that-certain/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/experience-has-taught-me-to-believe-that-these-human-beans-are-the/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

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## Other authors on Beans

## More by William Banting

> [Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/yet-the-evil-still-increased-and-like-the-parasite-of-barnacles-on-a/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/i-am-now-in-that-happy-comfortable-state-that-i-do-not-hesitate-to/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/it-is-true-i-gained-muscular-vigour-but-with-it-a-prodigious-appetite/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/i-am-most-thankful-to-almighty-providence-for-mercies-received-and/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [I am under obligations to most of those advisers for the pains and interest they took in my case; but only to one for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/i-am-under-obligations-to-most-of-those-advisers-for-the-pains-and/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [The great charm and comfort of the system is, that its affects are palpable within a week of trial, which creates a natural stimulus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/the-great-charm-and-comfort-of-the-system-is-that-its-affects-are/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/i-am-fully-persuaded-that-thousands-of-our-fellow-men-might-profit/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/my-diminished-girth-in-tailor-phraseology-was-hardly-conceivable-even/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/for-the-sake-of-argument-and-illustration-i-will-presume-that-certain/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [My other bodily ailments have become mere matters of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/my-other-bodily-ailments-have-become-mere-matters-of-history/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/experience-has-taught-me-to-believe-that-these-human-beans-are-the/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/few-men-have-led-a-more-active-life-bodily-or-mentally-from-a/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/at-one-time-i-thought-the-editor-of-the-lancet-would-kindly-publish-a/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

> [The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-banting/the-very-gradual-reductions-in-my-weight-which-i-am-able-to-show-may/)

[William Banting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-banting/)

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