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Main Entry: ban·ting
Pronunciation: 'bant-i[ng]
Function: noun
often capitalized : a method of dieting for obesity by avoiding sweets andcarbohydrates
Banting, William (1797–1878) British undertaker and coffin maker. A well-known obese Londoner, Banting increased in weight as his years increased in number.Finally, when he was 66, his bodily size reached the point where it was almost literally unbearable. After trying various remedies, all fruitless, he consulted William Harvey, who devised for him ahigh-protein, low-carbohydrate diet. The diet was a splendid success. Eager to spread the good word, Banting in 1863 published the pamphlet A Letter on Corpulence, in which he described thewonder diet. Soon “to bant” became a familiar phrase in British households, and banting immortalized a reduced man.

Banting Ban·ting (bān'tĭng), Sir Frederick Grant. 1891-1941.

Canadian physiologist. He shared a 1923 Nobel Prize for the discovery and successful clinical application of insulin.

Banting   (bān'tĭng)  Pronunciation Key  Canadian physician who with the Scottish physiologist John Macleod won a 1923 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the hormone insulin. Banting and his assistant Charles Best experimented on diabetic dogs, demonstrating that insulin lowered their blood sugar. Insulin was tested and proven effective on humans within months of the first experiments with dogs. In acknowledgment of Best's work, Banting gave him a share of his portion of the Nobel Prize.