William Banting
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William Banting was an English undertaker. Formerly obese, he is also known for being the first to popularise a weight loss diet based on limiting the intake of carbohydrates, especially those of a starchy or sugary nature.
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![William Banting's weight loss journey represented visually, from 202 pounds (26 August 1862) to 156 pounds (12 September 1863) [1 ]; and later further reduced to 150 pounds by some unstated date prior to April 1864 (represented by the orange dotted line) [2 ].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/William_Banting_weight_loss_journey.png/1280px-William_Banting_weight_loss_journey.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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William Banting was an English undertaker. Formerly obese, he is also known for being the first to popularise a weight loss diet based on limiting the intake of carbohydrates, especially those of a starchy or sugary nature. He undertook his dietary changes at the suggestion of Soho Square physician William Harvey, who in turn had learned of this type of diet, but in the context of diabetes management, from attending lectures in Paris by Claude Bernard.
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