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What was the original Banting diet?

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In 1863, an undertaker published what is considered the first diet book, detailing his remarkable weight loss. That book described what was the original Banting diet, a pioneering low-carbohydrate eating plan that influenced modern dietary approaches and made 'Banting' a verb synonymous with dieting.