(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:02:42

Ban"ting*ism (?), n.

A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.

 

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