Diet is a four letter word we would rather avoid if at all possible. It has been around a long, long time and has worn many different titles. In the present day, we do not consider how the women of the 1800’s dealt with losing weight without the benefit of exercise, but then there was the corset. That torturous piece of clothing was tossed aside a long time ago and thank heaven’s for that together with whalebone ribs in dresses and the bustle. Going Banting was the diet of the day and was whispered discreetly over tea in polite society. Strangely enough, this was the first low carbohydrate diet and it worked. Way back then. You can find the original diet in “A Letter of Corpulence. “