slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
Word origin
C19: named after William Banting (1797–1878), London undertaker who popularized this diet
Banting in British English
(ˈbæntɪŋ)
noun
Sir Frederick Grant. 1891–1941, Canadian physiologist: discovered the insulin treatment for diabetes with Best and Macleod (1922) and shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Macleod (1923)
Banting in American English
(ˈbæntɪŋ)
Sir Frederick Grant1891-1941; Cdn. physiologist: co-discoverer of insulin (1922)