Letter of Corpulence the 19th century Atkins Diet
Well before Dr. Herman Tarnowner’s Scarsdale diet or The Atkins Diet, William Banting had written the small book: The Letter of Corpulence. Banting was a 5 foot, 5 inch, 66 year old retired business man, who, in 1862, weighed 202 pounds. Aside from obesity, he also had hearing problems and was losing his eye sight.
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