BANTING

is a method of treating corpulency by a special dict consisting of an exce of nitrogenous food and a great restriction of the carbohydrates, that is, meat, eggs and cheeso are eaten in exce and bread, potatoes, sugar, beer, champagne and cocoa are taken in the smallest po ible quantity. In many cases good results, but in others the work thrown on the kidneys is too much for them, and serious harm ensues. The treatment should therefore be in medical hands. The name is derived from that of a man who treated himself for corpulency with succe by means of the above method. j [s. 334]