Advisable Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— William Banting

My other bodily ailments have become mere matters of history.

— 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,…

— William Banting

Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty…

— 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…

— William Banting