March 26, 2012
William Banting 1864: These are excerpts from the original letter (embeded below). Obesity seems to me very little understood or properly appreciated by the faculty and the public generally, or the former would long ere this have hit upon the cause for so lamentable a disease, and applied effective remedies, whilst the latter would have [...]
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February 27, 2012
With the penetration of books such as the 4 hour Body (and several others) into our diet dialogue the idea that carbohydrates are responsible for obesity has gradually seeped into our collective consciousness. As a result, many well intentioned, weight and health conscious people have cut out whole fruits from their diet, thinking that fruits [...]
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