banting
A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.
Noun
- A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.
- Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting. - 1932, Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems:
Origin
Named after William Banting.