banting

A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.

Noun

  1. 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.

Related

Bantingism Bantingize