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"For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn."

William Banting on Diet

More quotes about Diet

• "I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond."

  Mae West on Diet

• "Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie."

  Jim Davis on Diet

• "My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people."

  Orson Welles on Diet

• "No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means."

  Maimonides on Diet

• "Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise."

  Linford Christie on Diet

More quotes by William Banting

• "I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort."

• "My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change."

• "I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude."